Built for the people you actually talk to.
A calmer home for friend groups, gaming groups, and small communities — not another giant social app.
The group chat was never supposed to feel like a feed.
Most of us had lived inside Discord for years. It worked, but it kept getting louder and busier — full of strangers, shaped more like a feed than a place to talk. ALTARA started in February 2026 because we wanted that feeling back.
Not a Discord clone, not another giant social app — just voice, private messages, community spaces, and a personal dashboard, built for friends, gaming groups, and small communities.
What ALTARA won't compromise on.
Friends first
Built for friend groups and the communities around them — no infinite feed, no algorithmic noise.
Useful, not noisy
Voice, DMs, and a personal dashboard, without visual overload. Private conversations follow privacy-first defaults.
Free at the core
The core app is fully usable without paying. ALTARA+ funds the work — it doesn't gate it.
Independently built.
Tomás Nunes
@pintice · founder, designer, developer
Plays games, runs RPGs, and spends a lot of time in calls — built ALTARA to be the app he wanted for exactly that. Decisions stay close to the product and the people using it.
- Started building ALTARA in February 2026.
- Friends help with art, testing, and feedback.
- ALTARA+ funds continued development.
The story so far.
First ALTARA prototype.
Servers, DMs, calls, dashboard, Focus, and community tools take shape.
Open beta. Windows, Linux, and macOS live. Browser access open. ALTARA+ live.
Continued product and community improvements.
Still building. Still listening.
ALTARA keeps shipping based on how people actually use it.