Social Media Platform
We design and build custom social media platforms, from niche communities to full-scale networks, engineered for real-time engagement and growth.
Key Capabilities
What we build and integrate in this space
Community & Networking
Profiles, connections, groups and follower graphs that power real communities.
Real-time Feeds
Personalised feeds with likes, comments, shares and smart ranking.
Messaging & Chat
Direct and group messaging with presence, typing indicators and media.
Content & Stories
Posts, stories, reels, polls and live streaming creation tools.
Creator Monetisation
Subscriptions, tipping and ad placements that reward your creators.
Moderation & Safety
AI-assisted moderation, reporting and admin dashboards to keep it safe.
Off-the-shelf community plugins and forum themes hit a ceiling fast: fixed feed logic, no control over moderation, and no path to the features that actually set a network apart, like creator payouts, custom ranking and purpose-built groups. Teams building a serious community product need a platform engineered around their exact model, not a theme bolted onto a generic CMS.
We build the parts that are hard to get right in-house: the data model behind connections, follows and permissions; the queues and workers that keep feeds fast as a community grows past its first few thousand members; and moderation tooling that stays usable once volunteer admins can no longer read every post. The same real-time and event-driven patterns carry over from our own SaaS products.
Most engagements start narrow: a closed beta with core profiles, a scoped feed and direct messaging. From there they expand feature by feature (stories, monetisation, live video) once the community has proven which ones its members actually want, rather than shipping every possible feature on day one and finding out later which half go unused.
How We Work
A clear, proven process from first conversation to launch and beyond.
Discovery & Architecture
We map your community model, feature set and scale targets into a clear technical plan.
UX & Real-time Design
We design feeds, profiles, messaging and notification flows around real engagement.
Build & Scale
We implement with event-driven, real-time infrastructure built to grow with you.
Launch & Grow
We roll out, monitor performance and iterate on retention and engagement.
Built to Scale
A Closed Professional Network, Scoped to Three Features
A membership-based community was running on a page-builder site with no real profiles, no direct messaging and no way to scope content to paying tiers. A generic forum plugin felt wrong for a professional audience and still would not have solved the tiering problem.
We built a focused social core instead of a generic template: member profiles, a feed scoped by membership tier, direct and group messaging over WebSockets, and an admin moderation queue. We deliberately left out discovery feeds and public Stories, since neither fit a closed, invite-only network.
The client launched with exactly the features their members had asked for instead of a generic social template, and the same data model has taken on new membership tiers afterward without a structural rewrite.
What You Can Build
Common use cases we deliver in this space.
Technology Stack
The tools and platforms we build on.
Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- React Native
Real-time
- WebSockets
- Socket.io
- Redis Pub/Sub
Backend
- Node.js
- Go
- GraphQL
Media & Infra
- AWS S3 + CloudFront
- FFmpeg
- Elasticsearch
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you build a platform like Instagram or LinkedIn?
Yes, we build custom social networks with exactly the features your audience needs, from feeds and profiles to messaging and groups.
Does it support real-time chat and notifications?
Yes. We use WebSockets for real-time messaging and presence, plus push and in-app notifications to drive engagement.
How do you keep the community safe?
We build AI-assisted moderation, user reporting and admin dashboards so you can keep content and behaviour in check.
Will it scale as we grow?
Absolutely. We use horizontally scalable, event-driven architecture and CDN-backed media so performance holds from hundreds to millions of users.
Do we need every feature on day one?
No. We recommend launching with a tight core (profiles, feed, messaging) and adding monetisation, stories or live video once real members have told you which ones they want.
Can members pay for subscriptions or tip creators?
Yes. We integrate subscription billing and tipping, with payout handling and the reporting a creator-monetised community needs.
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