No news app was exactly what I wanted, so some friends and I built this for our own use, then some more friends started using it, then strangers started using it, now it's a thing. There's a "public news" and "private social" part to this, the main private app also has a Gmail alternative as one of its features, as well as E2EE DM + Voice and radio.

The public news and discussion side is free forever, the paid side will become a PBC or nonprofit, we believe social media should actually do some "social good", instead of just making the rich richer, so the goal is to build the bigger social and email part out, and send most of the revenue from subscriptions to registered charities and good causes.

See svpn.com/about for more details about the private social and email part, or just sign up to the free public news side.

It's also a PWA on each side, so you can install them straight from browser to phone.

SVPN News

Track and discuss high-engagement news, in real-time.

Track and discuss high-engagement news, in real-time.