beshula
Two friends holding each other close at golden hour

Somewhere calmer to be social.

A social network where you connect in person, your privacy is respected, and local communities and small businesses come first.

Join the waiting list Read why

What we are building

Social media lost its way. We are quietly putting it right.

It started as a way to keep in touch with people we cared about. Then it began selling our attention, tracking everything we did, and keeping us scrolling past the very people we opened it to see. It was never meant to feel like this.

Beshula is a small, independent company building the opposite kind of social network, one where the people using it are the point and not the product. Our four values are not marketing stunts, or something we aspire to one day. They affect every decision we make as we build.

A house key resting in an open front door

Privacy

Nobody watching, nobody selling you.

No server holds your data. There is no advertising, and nothing about you is ever sold. Your posts are encrypted so that only the people you send them to can read them, and we never can.

Two people sitting together in conversation, surrounded by greenery

Trust

The people you actually know.

You connect with people face to face, and every connection goes both ways. Either of you can step away quietly, whenever you want. Strangers you have not met and connected with in person cannot reach you, or even search for you.

A woman standing calmly among warm evening lights

Wellbeing

Built for calm, not compulsion.

There is no endless scroll and no feed built to keep you hooked. Posts are there to be read, enjoyed, and let go, the way a good conversation is.

Sunlight breaking through a quiet, misty forest

Sustainability

Light on the planet.

It runs on people's own phones, not on giant data centres burning power and water to keep the world scrolling. The footprint is tiny, and we publish exactly what it is.

We will never sell your address, and you can leave the list whenever you like.