What's a Community Home?
A Community Home is a dedicated, branded page for your community — a home base with its own name, photo, and banner where members can post, browse your plans, find your links, and see who else is around. Unlike a plan, it isn't tied to one date — it's an ongoing space members stay in.
New to Community Homes entirely? Start with What Is a Community Home?
Creating a Community Home
Community Homes are created using a dedicated link — head to getpie.app/community/create to get started.
Fill in your community’s name, handle, and who-can-join setting, then tap create — you’ll land directly on your brand-new Community Home, ready to customize.
Customizing your Community Home
From your Community Home page, you'll see edit controls that members don't get:
- edit profile photo — updates the small icon next to your community name
- edit banner image — updates the large header image
- edit details — updates your display name and your demonym
- edit (next to About) — updates your about description and location
What's a demonym? It's what your members are called — think "hackers," "fitchicks," "birders," or in the Zoomies Run Club example, "zoomies." Set it once in edit details (make sure it's plural) and it replaces the generic "members" label everywhere your member count shows up. If you skip it, your community just shows a plain member count.
Your about card also shows a "community since [month/year]" stamp automatically — that's set when the Community Home is created and isn't editable.
Managing your members
Every Community Home has three roles:
| Role | Can do |
|---|---|
| Owner | Everything admins can do, plus the account tied to the original creation link |
| Admin | Edit photo, banner, details, and about; add and edit links; approve join requests; remove members; promote or demote other admins |
| Member | Post, comment, like, and browse — no editing or moderation controls |
Making someone an admin
- Tap the ••• menu next to your Community Home's joined button.
- Tap manage admins.
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Tap make admin next to a member's name (or remove admin to demote).
Links & plans
The links section on your Community Home lets you pin external resources — an Instagram, a newsletter signup, a ticket page, an official app, whatever's useful. As an admin, tap add link to add one, or the pencil icon to edit an existing link.
Any plan you post while in the community shows up automatically in both the activity feed (as a card with RSVP info) and the dedicated plans tab, so members always have a running list of what's coming up. See Setting Up a Plan (Related articles) for how plan creation itself works.
Sharing your Community Home
Tap the share icon next to your joined button (or share community in the ••• menu) to get a shareable link. Then share it out on socials, group chats, or wherever your people are — spread the word!
Finding your Community Homes later
Head to your profile to see every Community Home you’ve created or joined, all in one place — handy if you lose track of a link.
❓ FAQ
What's the difference between an admin and a member?
Admins can edit your Community Home's photo, banner, details, about info, and links, plus manage members and approve requests. Members can post, comment, and like, but can't change any settings.
Can I change our demonym after publishing?
Yes — update it anytime from edit details.
Do I need the app to manage my Community Home?
No — editing, managing admins, and moderating all work the same way on web at getpie.app.
Can I remove someone as owner?
No — ownership isn't transferable from the manage admins screen.