For Community Organizers

Your community's knowledge is scattered across dozens of tools

LocalNodes brings it all together in one AI-powered knowledge garden. A place where conversations, events, and shared wisdom grow -- and an AI assistant that actually understands your community.
Simple setup

Up and running in minutes

No servers to manage. No technical skills required. Just three simple steps.
1

Name your community

Choose a subdomain that reflects your community's identity. It becomes yourname.localnodes.xyz -- your own corner of the web.

2

Subscribe

$29/month. Everything included -- hosting, AI, updates, and support. No hidden costs, no surprises.

3

Start growing

Your knowledge garden is ready in minutes. Invite your community, start conversations, and watch your collective wisdom grow.

Three pillars

Everything your community needs

Three foundations, working together, to help your community thrive.

AI-Powered Knowledge Assistant

An AI that actually understands your community's context. It reads your events, topics, and conversations -- then helps members find answers, discover connections, and surface insights that would otherwise stay hidden.

Instant Community Platform

Groups, events, topics, file library, and member profiles -- everything a thriving community needs, ready from day one. No plugins to install, no configurations to wrestle with.

Bioregional Sovereignty

Your community owns its knowledge. Hosted on your subdomain, governed by your values. No platform lock-in, no algorithm deciding what your members see. Your data stays yours.

Hybrid Search

Keyword and semantic search working together -- find what you mean, not just what you type.

Managed Hosting

SSL, backups, and automatic updates included. We handle the infrastructure so you can focus on your community.

AI Processing Included

Embeddings, summaries, and intelligent search -- all included in your plan. No per-query costs.

Simple pricing

Open source. Self-host or let us handle it.

LocalNodes is fully open source. Run it yourself for free, or let us handle the infrastructure.
Self-Host
Run your own instance. Full source code, your infrastructure, total control.
Free
 forever
  • Full source code on GitHub
  • Docker Compose deployment
  • All features included
  • Community support
Managed
Everything you need to grow your community's collective knowledge
$29
 /month
  • AI-powered knowledge assistant
  • Groups, events, topics & file library
  • Hybrid search (keyword + semantic)
  • Custom subdomain (yourname.localnodes.xyz)
  • Hosting, SSL & automatic updates
  • AI embeddings & processing included

No hidden costs. No per-query fees. No surprises.

Growing communities

3 communities already growing

Real communities using LocalNodes today. Visit them and see for yourself.

Cascadia

Bioregional knowledge commons for the Pacific Northwest. Connecting communities across watersheds and ecosystems.

Boulder

Community knowledge garden for Boulder, Colorado. Local events, neighborhood wisdom, and civic engagement.

Portland

Local knowledge network for Portland, Oregon. Neighborhood organizing, mutual aid, and community resilience.

Your community's knowledge deserves a home

Stop losing conversations to chat apps and scattered documents. Give your community an AI-powered knowledge garden where everything grows together.