Ideas
Ideas are the starting point of everything on Origin. Post an idea page for any idea — a small business, an AI startup, a book club, a 10k run — and the people who want to build it find you.
Core objects
Everything a community needs, in one calm workspace
Origin is a social collaboration network built around eight core objects: profiles, ideas, communities, communication, feed, projects, companies, and opportunities. Whether you're starting something new or growing an existing company, your relationships live in one place instead of ten separate tools.
Why Origin instead of ten tools
Most platforms solve only one part of collaboration. Origin combines them around the social graph — the relationships between members — so nothing gets lost between tools.
| Tool | Great at | What JoinOrigin adds |
|---|---|---|
| Slack | connects teams in channels | but is built for a single workspace — it does not carry profiles, communities, projects, and opportunities across the people you already know. |
| Discord | communicates | but is not organized around profiles, communities, projects, and opportunities on a shared social graph. |
| messages | but is a private chat app — it does not give communities durable profiles, projects, and discovery on a shared social graph. | |
| finds professionals | but does not power the communities, chat, and projects that turn connections into collaboration. | |
| Meetup | finds events | but is built around one-time RSVPs — it does not carry the community, projects, and relationships that grow after the event. |
| Eventbrite | sells tickets | but manages events, not communities — it does not give your group a lasting home with profiles, projects, and opportunities. |
| Notion | organizes work | but is a document tool — it does not connect the people behind the pages into a community that works together. |
| Asana | tracks projects | but is built for tasks, not relationships — it does not surface the people and communities that make projects happen. |
| Patreon | funds creators | but is built around subscriptions — it does not give your members profiles, projects, and communities on a shared social graph. |
| connects groups | but is built around an advertising feed — it does not give communities a calm workspace with profiles, projects, and opportunities. |
Core objects
Ideas
Projects
Collaborative efforts where community members work together and turn conversations into outcomes.
Feed
The feed shows posts, updates, and opportunities from the people and communities you follow. It is a calm stream of what matters in your network, not an engagement machine.
Communities
Groups around interests, industries, and goals — Startup Founders, Small Businesses, Book Clubs, Community Organizations, Anyone with an Idea — where members find each other.
Communication
Every community comes with a Matrix room: real-time chat, direct messages, and group discussions over the open Matrix protocol, end-to-end encrypted by default.
Profiles
A profile works like a living resume: it carries your experience, skills, and ideas — plus your reputation and relationships — across every community and project you join.
Opportunities
Jobs, partnerships, and investments discovered through the social graph — the network surfaces the right opportunities at the right time.
Companies
Ventures formed by members inside the network, with team management and opportunity sharing built in.
Roadmap
Phase 1 — Community Foundation
Profiles, communities, chat, and the social graph. Success metric: members forming durable communities.
Phase 2 — Collaboration
Projects, shared workspaces, and tools that turn conversations into joint work. Success metric: communities shipping outcomes together.
Phase 3 — Organization
Companies and ventures formed by members, with team management and governance. Success metric: companies founded inside the network.
Frequently asked questions
How is JoinOrigin different from Discord?
Discord is a chat app. Origin is a social collaboration network — profiles, ideas, communities, chat, feed, projects, and companies all live on one social graph.
Is JoinOrigin open source?
The code is open under AGPL-3.0, and communication runs on the open Matrix protocol. Your data stays portable.
What is the social graph?
The social graph is the web of relationships between members. Origin is organized around it, so every profile, community, and project connects through people.
When will projects and companies launch?
They develop naturally. As people post ideas, visions, and work, they find the people who want to build with them — and projects and companies grow out of those connections instead of waiting for a launch date.
Find your people. Start or grow something together.
Join 2,400+ builders — from first ideas to established companies — on Origin's social collaboration network and get discovered today.