Your inner circle
Friends
A cozy sanctuary for close friends. Share photos in Pictures, plan get-togethers via Events, and keep an intimate group chat alive.
What's inside
- general-chat
- resources
- Pictures
- Events
Real-time Interactive
Social Unity
RISU is a communication and human connection platform that combines the experience of community servers with a social dimension similar to Meta. Build servers around what you love, share moments with friends, and live every interaction in real time.
Free forever for the core experience · No credit card required
Truly real-time
Messages, status, brackets — every event lives over WebSockets.
Communities that fit you
Five curated server categories, each tuned for its purpose.
Yours, safely
2FA, granular blocks, moderation tools and a real admin layer.
What does RISU stand for?
Four letters. One philosophy.
RISU stands for Real-time Interactive Social Unity — and every feature inside the app traces back to one of these four pillars.
R
Real-time
Every action propagates instantly. Chats, presence, tournament brackets — no refresh required.
I
Interactive
From bracket matchups you click through to live vibe status and reactions, RISU is designed to be touched.
S
Social
Friendships, follow graphs, mutual circles, DMs, profile galleries. The social layer is first-class, not an afterthought.
U
Unity
Communities that actually feel together. Sanctuary Spaces, Active Vibe, shared events — designed to bring people closer.
Server categories
Six communities, one platform
Every server in RISU has a category. The category shapes the sidebar, the activities and the energy of the space. Pick the one that fits your circle.
Compete, climb, conquer
Game
A full esports stack: schedule play sessions, run tournaments with bracket-style elimination up to 64 players, and earn your rank on the leaderboard.
What's inside
- general-chat
- resources
- Sessions
- Tournaments
- Bracket
- Leaderboard
Showcase & create
Art
A home for visual creators: a Gallery, weekly Art Challenges with voting, a Critique board, and a co-op Drawing Telephone game.
What's inside
- Gallery
- Challenges
- Critique
- Drawing Game
Listen together
Music
Shared playlists, listening parties, discovery feeds for music communities.
What's inside
- general-chat
- resources
- Listening rooms (soon)
Pop-culture central
Entertainment
Movie clubs, TV chatter, watch parties and ranked-favorite lists.
What's inside
- Watch Rooms
- Watchlist
- general-chat
Read together
Reading
A cozy book community: browse a free public-domain Library you read right in the app, track a Goodreads-style Shelf, join Book Clubs, sit in live Reading Rooms and pin favorites to the Quotes Wall.
What's inside
- Library
- Shelves
- Book Clubs
- Reading Rooms
- Quotes Wall
Friends server
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Game server
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Art server
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Music server
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Entertainment server
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Reading server
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Inside the experience
Features built for real connection
Identity
Profiles that breathe with you
Set your Vibe — Feeling Creative, Focusing, Chilling, Available — and watch friends know exactly when to ping. Add a bio, a cover photo, follow others, and curate your social presence the way you want it.
- Editable vibe status with custom colors
- Cover image & bio
- Follow graph + mutual friends
- Privacy: hide your status anytime
Communication
Real-time everything
Group chat per server, private DMs with read receipts, typing indicators, instant notifications. Every byte runs over WebSockets so the conversation never lags behind the moment.
- general-chat in every server
- Direct messages with online status
- Push notifications & bell counter
- Typing indicators & image attachments
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Events & Sessions
Plan, vote, show up
In Friends servers, propose events and let the group vote them in. In Game servers, host casual play sessions where members tap 'I'm available' to commit. Every event lives on a date strip — never miss a moment.
- Event proposals + group voting
- Casual sessions with availability toggle
- IRL or Online mode with location
- Horizontal date calendar to navigate
Esports
Tournament-grade brackets
Run real single-elimination tournaments inside a Game server. Pick 8, 16, 32 or 64 players. Random or manual draws. Interactive bracket where the host taps the winner of each match and the next round updates instantly. Glory ends up on the leaderboard.
- Bracket sizes from 8 to 64 players
- Random or manual participant selection
- Tap-to-win matches that propagate live
- Tier system: Bronze → Silver → Gold → Platinum → Diamond → Master
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Recognition
A leaderboard that means something
Wins compound. Every match you win pushes you up the server's leaderboard, with a podium for the top three and tier badges showing your division at a glance. Climb to Master and the whole community sees it.
- Auto-calculated score: wins × 3 + participations
- Top-3 diamond podium with tier-coloured rings
- Mini-divisions III / II / I within each tier
- Online status visible next to each rank
Quick start guide
Onboarding in five steps
From sign-up to your first tournament win — here's how RISU unfolds.
- 01
Create your account
Sign up with email or Google. Verify your inbox, optionally enable two-factor auth, and pick a username.
- 02
Land on Home
Three tabs greet you: Servers (the directory), Invitation (find new friends + your server requests), and Private chat (DMs).
- 03
Join — or create — a server
Browse the directory by category, request access to private ones, or spin up your own with a name, cover image and visibility.
- 04
Explore the Sanctuary Spaces
Every server gives you a general-chat and a resources room. The activity rooms shift with the category — Sessions and Tournaments for Game, Pictures and Events for Friends.
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Live the moment
Set your vibe in Active Vibe, propose events, register for tournaments, climb the leaderboard. Your week is summarised in the Your Week panel.
A glimpse inside
See it in action
Take a closer look at how everything works in real time and discover the experience as users interact, connect, and communicate seamlessly inside the platform.
Trust & safety
A sanctuary worth its name
Strong authentication
Email verification, two-factor authentication (TOTP), password breach checks against HaveIBeenPwned.
Granular notifications
Stay in the loop without the noise — server, friend and DM notifications are independent.
Privacy you control
Hide your vibe, block users, lock servers behind request-access. You decide what's seen.
Curated moderation
Admin and moderator roles, sanction history, ban / suspend / verify — a real moderation layer.
Your sanctuary, in real time
Create your account, pick a category, and bring your people in. The first server is free — and so are all the others.