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About Skycord
We got tired of watching communities get exploited.
Discord built a great product for 2015. But communities have changed. Creators are building businesses, teams need compliance, and everyone deserves actual privacy. Skycord is what we wish existed.
Apr 2024
Founded
47,000+
Community members
4,200+
Servers migrated
$2.4M
Paid to creators
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The best community platform is one that disappears into the background — secure by default, fair by design, and never between you and your members.
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Skyler Kim
Co-founder & CEO, Skycord
What we believe
Our values aren't a slide deck.
These are the constraints we operate inside — not aspirations, not marketing copy.
Privacy is not a feature
E2E encryption is on by default, not an upsell. Signal Protocol means not even we can read your messages. This is a hard guarantee, not a policy.
Creators deserve fair pay
We take 5%. You keep 95%. No hidden fees, no platform cuts that grow with your success, no paywalled monetisation tools.
You own your community
Self-hosting is a first-class option. Your data should live where you choose. No lock-in, no suspensions without appeal, no algorithmic feeds.
Built for real communities
Discord was built for gamers in 2015. We built Skycord for the communities of 2026 — creators, DAOs, dev teams, and professional networks.
We only win when you win
Our business model aligns with yours. We earn a small cut of creator revenue. If your community thrives, we thrive. That's the only way we want it.
Simple by default
Every feature earns its place. We won't ship something just because Discord has it. Simplicity and reliability are features we actively maintain.
The team
People who've been frustrated long enough.
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Skyler Kim
Co-founder & CEO
Previously built community tooling at Notion. Frustrated by Discord's direction for three years before quitting to fix it.
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Alice Moreau
Co-founder & CTO
Cryptography engineer. Spent five years at Signal working on the protocol that now powers every Skycord message.
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Bob Chen
Head of Infrastructure
Built the self-hosting infrastructure at GitLab. Believes every team should be able to run their own stack.
We're hiring
Small team, big problems to solve. Fully remote.