Kindaba 🎈

Big thanks to Bram for Hunting us 🙏 and to Product Hunt for having us. We’re really excited to share Kindaba with you all today after months of work 😊 Kindaba is a private simple sharing space for your family. I’ve always wanted my family to be more connected. I’d set up shared google drive accounts, make a family Slack team, even toyed with the idea of getting everyone a google apps subscription so we could have one place to store our memories. None of it worked! My family is spread all over the world and we’re all pretty privacy conscious. A few years ago, something weird started happening: it seemed like everyone started procreating 🐣. Every few months it seemed, there was a new cousin popping up and we all were trying to find a way to stay connected. What we wanted sounded simple: We wanted our own version of Facebook that was super simple and absolutely private. We didn’t want any ads, and we wanted it to be easy enough for Caroline and Alan (my parents) to use. Kindaba was made for family, however you define yours ❤️ After about 18 months of trying everything under the sun ☀️ and asking others what they used, we realised there was a common pain point. So we set out to solve it for everyone. The result is Kindaba — we’re at the MVP stage right now and are looking for as much feedback as we can get. It doesn’t do everything we want it to do yet, and we’re working on it all the time, but are excited about how it’s gone so far, and, crucially Alan & Caroline think it’s ’not bad’. High praise indeed 😎 From baby journals, to a toddler-friendly family messenger, to private social network. We have high hopes for Kindaba, and we’re looking to you for advice and feedback. 💬 ✨ Exclusive Offer for Product Hunt Members ✨ We're offering Product Hunt members free lifetime access to Kindaba (valued at over $100/year). This is a big thank you from the whole team here at Kindaba. You are helping us shape the future of private sharing for families. We're looking forward to welcoming you and your family on board!

I 😻 products that put privacy first. Rob and the team are super smart and developing a great product. Excited to see this grow in 2018 🚀

Kindaba is still developing, but these guys are SO responsive and so keen to make this a product that really works for people and protects family privacy. Super trustworthy, and I can't wait to see where kindaba goes in the future

Pros:

extremely responsive, helpful team who prioritise your privacy

Cons:

Still working out some bugs, but these get better every day.

Looks great @gelb! Would give it a try! When you say private what does this mean? Are messages encrypted? What about photos?

I don't like social media. I do have family that want to share pictures of babies and travels and new outfits for a wedding or some other such things. These things in my opinion are not for public consumption they are for the small group of people I consider family. Kindaba lets me share what I need without getting annoyed by people seeing these things. Kindaba brings a little class and discretion to the over the top over exposed world of facebook/snapchat/instagram.

Pros:

Private sharing, easy UI for people of all ages

Cons:

A little buggy but every bug I've reported has been dealt with really quickly

Been looking for something like this forever. Excited to check it out.

Having a place to share with family and friends in a controlled social network gets rid of that constant worry about what you are sharing with your inner circles and one of the primary reasons I like Kindaba. I can choose who I share things with, without being tracked or targeted by ads. I see this as a great option for families and parents who want to share photos or experiences with their extended family members, but don't want their child's photos on Facebook, Instagram, etc.

Pros:

Provides the ability to maintain privacy within your own social network without sacrificing useful and necessary features.

Cons:

Features are currently at their beginning stages, but shows high potential as more users join.