Guides for running your own community platform
Practical guides for creators who want to own their community.
How to accept UPI payments for your online community
Let Indian members pay for your community with UPI, cards, netbanking or wallets through Razorpay, while charging everyone else through Stripe.
Guide · 6 minHow to run multiple communities on one server
Run a free group, a paid group and course communities from one install, without paying per group. How it works, how to size the server, and what to plan for.
Guide · 7 minSkool vs OpenEscool: what 12 months really costs
Skool pricing at the time of writing, worked through three real scenarios against a self-hosted OpenEscool install. Including where Skool still wins.
Guide · 7 minHow to self-host a Skool-like community
What you need to self-host a Skool-style community with courses, events and paid memberships: VPS, domain, install, payments, email, backups and costs.
Guide · 9 minBest Skool alternatives in 2026: open source and hosted
Hosted and open-source Skool alternatives compared: Circle, Mighty Networks, Kajabi, Discord, Discourse and OpenEscool. How to choose for your community.
Guide · 5 minFree vs paid community: the two-tier setup
How to run a free community that feeds a paid one: separate communities or level unlocks, leaderboards that drive upgrades, and digests that bring people back.
Run it on your own server
Free, open source, and live in about 30 minutes.