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Useful answers get buried in group chat. Make them easy to find again in a searchable archive for your members, with access set by you.
Built for cycling clubs, book clubs, parent groups, running crews, and any group chat worth keeping.
# general
234 members · 12,481 messages archived
tubes
SAT, AUG 12 · 2023
MV
Marisol Vega6:42 AM
Anyone up for the gravel loop today? Weather looks perfect. ☀️
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Theo Akande6:48 AM
I'm in. Meeting at the bridge at 7?
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Marisol Vega6:55 AM
Bringing coffee for the group.
2 results for “tubes”2021 – 2023
PSPriya Shankar#general · Aug 2023
I'll bring extra tubes. Last week I went through three on the same descent.
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TATheo Akande#wrenching · Apr 2021
Writing this down before we forget: 700×38 tubes with 48mm valves are the ones that fit our gravel rims.
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tubesApr 2021
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Writing this down before we forget: 700×38 tubes with 48mm valves fit our gravel rims.
01 · Threads
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Anyone bringing snacks Saturday?
Maya: Two boxes of clementines
Jonas: Kettle + cups, on it
Replies with context
Replies stay attached to the messages they answer when the source preserves that connection.
02 · Media
Media stays in place
Images, voice notes, links, and files stay beside the messages they came with. Media omitted at the archive storage limit is marked unavailable.
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Connect a source, choose what belongs, and give the archive its own web address.
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Choose what to preserve
Choose the WhatsApp groups or Slack channels that belong in this archive.
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Import available history
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Choose its address
Give the archive its own web address.
Your archive stays under your control.
Read-only import
Selected content is imported into the archive. Community Archives never sends messages back into WhatsApp or Slack.
Access matches the archive
Public archives add no sign-in. Members-only readers verify through WhatsApp or Slack. Invite-only readers use an administrator-invited email secure sign-in link.
Admins stay in control
Admins choose what is archived, set its visibility, and manage who can read it.
Works with WhatsApp and Slack.
Keep the useful parts of fast-moving conversations easy to find again.
Find the answer, photo, link, or voice note without scrolling back through months of chat.
Recent history from the groups you chooseGroup chats the linked phone is inQuoted replies stay linked
Slack
Turn the channel history Slack makes available into a focused archive your community can keep searching.
Slack only lets us read the channels you choosePublic channels, plus private ones you invite the app toReplies stay threaded
More sources are coming.
One plan. Per archive.
Every archive gets its own web address. The admin pays one predictable monthly price; readers never pay.
$9.99USD / month
Up to 250,000 messages and 5 GB of media per communityConnect up to four sources: two WhatsApp sources and two Slack workspacesNew messages keep syncing
7 days free. Add a card when you go live; billing starts after the trial unless you cancel.
Need more than 5 GB of preserved media? Contact us for custom capacity. There are no automatic overage charges.
A note from the person running this
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 the way this page says, email me and I'll fix it asap!
Questions, answered.
Billing
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 at an archive limit?
The launch plan includes 5 GB of preserved media. At that limit, messages and text keep syncing, existing media stays available, and new files, images, and voice notes are shown as not preserved until you contact support. The 250,000-message figure is our supported launch envelope, not a silent message cutoff.
Can I cancel?
Yes, anytime. On cancellation, your archive is deleted on request. To cancel, delete data, or request a copy, email aleks@community-archives.com.
Sources
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 archive both 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.
Access & data
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.
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.
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.
