Make discovery easier
Give public work, creators and communities a clear path to finding one another.
About Lyra
A piece of work can become a conversation.
Lyra is a chat space where creators share their work, reconnect with the people who follow them and grow welcoming communities.
Our mission
Keep conversations going
Bring posts, rooms, direct messages, voice, video and events into a space people want to return to.
Leave room for choice
Use the hosted service or run Lyra on your own infrastructure according to your community’s needs.
Build transparently
Show what is available today and clearly identify work that remains on the roadmap.
Available today
From discovery to conversation, in one place.
A public post introduces a piece of work and the person behind it. It then leads to their community, rooms and the conversations growing around it.
- Public communities, chat rooms and direct messages
- Posts connected to their original community and a universal feed
- Voice and video conversations, reactions and media sharing
- Roles, reports, moderation logs and team tools
- Installable Web client and a locally validated Android Lite build
A viewable project
Source available and self-hostable.
Lyra’s source is available under the PolyForm Noncommercial license. It can be inspected, modified and run for non-commercial use. Commercial use is covered by separate terms.
View the source and license →What comes next
Move Lyra forward without promising features that are not ready.
Android Lite signing and distribution, then turning the mobile and desktop prototypes into shippable products.
Assisted import for selected categories and channels.
Support and monetisation tools chosen by creators.
Progressive development of communication between nodes.