Hearthside

A private place for the people you trust

I built this because my kids deserve a social life without strangers, advertisers, and algorithms deciding what they see.

Every social network your children use was built to sell their attention. The ads are obvious. What isn't obvious is everything else — the recommendations, the suggested accounts, the content that surfaces at two in the morning. None of it is accidental, and none of it is for your kids.

Hearthside is different in one way that matters: you control the door. Your family. Your trusted friends. The people you'd invite into your home. Nobody else gets in. Not because we have a policy that says so — because the architecture makes it impossible.

We built it so that we genuinely cannot read what your family says to each other. There are no ads because there is nothing to sell. There is no algorithm because there is no engagement to optimize. There is just your family, in your space, on your terms.

You control who's in
Every member is invited by someone you already trust. No strangers. No open registration.
We can't read it
End-to-end encrypted. Cryptographically. Not as a policy — as a fact.
No ads. Ever.
There is nothing to sell because we cannot see what your family talks about.
No algorithm
No recommended content. No suggested accounts. No engagement traps. Just people you know.
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No spam. No marketing. One email when it's ready.

You're on the list. We'll be in touch when early access opens. In the meantime — tell another parent.

"The internet gave my kids the world. I'm giving them a room in it that I actually control."

— A dad who got tired of waiting for someone else to build this