Connect WhatsApp or Slack.
Link the phone that is already in your WhatsApp groups, or authorize your Slack workspace.
Give your community a searchable archive of its WhatsApp and Slack history.
Give your community the knowledge they deserve. They'll appreciate it.
Years of answers, files, and discussions are buried in your WhatsApp groups and Slack channels, where nobody can find them. We bring that history into a shareable site your members can browse and search, and you decide who can access it.
Try free for 7 days.
You choose who reads it.
Make it public, open it to members of your WhatsApp groups or Slack workspace, or invite people by email.
Every group and channel, searchable.
Find old files and answers, filter by file type, person, date ranges, and more.
WhatsApp groups and Slack channels, side by side.
Link up to two of each in one archive.
Files open in the page.
Photos, PDFs and voice notes open right next to the message they were sent in.
Threads stay together.
Open a result to see the replies and the conversation around it.
Archive your WhatsApp groups, your Slack workspace, or both.
WhatsApp group archive
Turn the WhatsApp groups you run into a searchable archive. Members get in with a code sent to their WhatsApp, and phone numbers stay private.
How it works for WhatsAppSlack history archive
Slack’s free plan hides messages after 90 days. Keep a searchable copy of your channels from the day you connect.
How it works for Slack
How to set up your archive
You set it up once. New messages then sync into the archive while your members keep using WhatsApp and Slack.
Choose what to keep.
Choose the groups and channels you want to archive. The family chat stays out.
Groups
Channels
4 of 6 kept
Replies and files along with each message.
Messages with their thread replies, files, reactions, edits and more.
MO5 more replies
If it's wet, take the rain route: skip the Ridge descent and go down Old Mill Road. Map's attached.
Priya Shankar
Good call. The bend after the cattle grid was slippery last weekend.
Dana Kowalski
I'll tell the café we're coming via Old Mill. Same 9am start?
Marco Oyelaran
Yep, 9 at the square. Bring lights for the lane under the trees.
Give your group an address.
Your archive gets its own web address. Make it public, open it to members of the group, or invite people by email.
foothills.community-archives.com
Readers prove they are in the WhatsApp group or Slack workspace before they can read anything.
Members just open the link.
Nothing to install and nothing to pay. Members sign in with WhatsApp, Slack, or a secure sign-in link.
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Foothills CyclingMembers only
Show you're in the group to read the archive.
Your group’s messages stay yours.
Your subscription pays for the service. We don’t share your community’s messages, and you can export or delete the archive whenever you want.
One plan per archive.
$9.99USD / month
Each archive holds up to 250,000 messages and 5 GB of media, from up to two WhatsApp phones and two Slack workspaces. New messages keep syncing.
Hey stranger,
I built Community Archives because I was frustrated seeing years of useful conversations in my community groups getting lost.
I run this project independently, and I want it to last. You're trusting me with things that can't be re-created, so I take that seriously.
I charge a fair price from day one so I can keep the service running. You have full control of your data, so you can export or delete it at any point you want.
If anything here doesn't work, let me know and I'll fix it asap!
Thanks,
Aleks
aleks@community-archives.comWhat people ask before they start.
Anything else, email aleks@community-archives.com. A person reads every one.
Does Community Archives post anything to my chat?
No. Community Archives imports selected content and does not send chat messages back into the community.
What gets imported, and what doesn't?
The available history from the WhatsApp groups or Slack channels you select, plus supported media up to 5 GB. One-to-one WhatsApp message content is not archived. The source coverage matrix lists what each provider allows.
Can I leave some groups or channels out?
Yes. You tick the groups and channels that belong to the community, and only those are imported. One-to-one chats are never archived.
Can one archive hold WhatsApp and Slack?
Yes. One archive can connect both WhatsApp and Slack (up to two of each), and one plan covers the whole archive. All sources share the archive's message and media allowance.
Who can read the archive?
Admins choose the archive's visibility: Public, Members-only, or Invite-only. Members-only access verifies source membership through WhatsApp or Slack. Invite-only access verifies an administrator-invited email address through a secure sign-in link.
How do members sign in?
Public archives need no sign-in. Members-only readers verify through WhatsApp or Slack. Invite-only readers use a single-use secure sign-in link sent to an administrator-invited email address. There is no new password to create.
Do members need to install anything or pay?
No. Members just open the link. Nothing to install and nothing to pay, and phone numbers stay hidden.
Will you ever sell my community's data?
No. Not as training data, not to advertisers, not aggregated, not anonymized. We make money from subscriptions. Full stop.
Can I export or delete the archive?
Yes, whenever you want. You have full control of your data: from your settings you can download the whole archive as CSV or JSON, or delete it permanently. Deleting can't be undone, and the archive's address is never reused.
What happens when the trial ends?
A paid plan keeps the archive available to members. Healthy connected sources continue processing supported content until the admin disconnects them. One plan covers one archive and supports up to 250,000 messages and 5 GB of media per community.
What happens if my archive reaches 5 GB or 250,000 messages?
Your plan includes 5 GB of media. Past that, new messages keep syncing and existing media stays available, but new files, images and voice notes aren't saved until you contact support. 250,000 messages is the size we support at launch, not a hard cutoff.
Can I self-host the archive?
Yes, reach out to me at aleks@community-archives.com and we'll set it up.
Can I cancel?
Yes, anytime, from Plan & billing in your settings. Members can still read the archive until the paid period ends.
