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Work · March 10, 2026

Ballastra

Build structured communities instead of messy group chats

What it does

Ballastra is a community platform designed to help creators, teams and communities build structured spaces instead of chaotic group chats. With Ballastra you can create your own Nexus, organize Spaces, manage members and communicate through chat, media and voice. Early access for Android is now available.

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