Sblurp

Run a server

A community is a server you run. There is no button on sblurp.chat that makes one for you. The server is one small program, and a $5 machine is enough.

Not a developer? You can probably do this with an AI assistant, such as Claude. You make the accounts, and the assistant does the setup with you. Read Set up a server with AI.

Steps

  1. Get a domain or subdomain, such as chat.example.com.
  2. Start the server. The quick start shows the shortest way. Docker and Compose is the easiest to keep up to date.
  3. Open app.sblurp.chat, click Add a community and enter your address.
  4. Join. The first person to join becomes the owner. Do this before you share the address.
  5. Open Community settings from the community's menu and set it up.
  6. Invite people.

Your community's data lives wherever you put your Sblurp server. We do not market Sblurp to the EU in particular, but we must point this out: if you put your server in the EU, all data except accounts lives there, and only there. Accounts stay on sblurp.chat in the United States. See Your data.

Set it up

Community settings has these tabs:

Tab What it does
About Description, banner and icon.
Members Change someone's permission: member, moderator or admin. Kick or ban.
Roles Make roles that decide who can see which channels.
Channels Make channels, limit them to roles, and pick the default ones.
Invites Turn on invite only and make invite links.
Bans See and lift bans.
Bots Make a bot and get its token.

Only admins and the owner see Community settings. The server also lets moderators kick, ban and delete messages; see Moderation and roles.

Invite people

A new community is invite only. Make an invite link on the Invites tab and share it. To let anyone with a Sblurp account join with just your address, such as chat.example.com, turn off Invite only on the same tab. Pick how long it lasts and how many people may use it. See Invites.

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