Bring people together

Build your community in Munich

Start a group on your terms in Munich — you choose the region, the language, and who it is for. No ads, no data selling, no paying to reach the people you connect.

A running group setting off through Munich's Olympiapark

Munich is waiting just for you

The carmaker, the insurer, the research institute, the startup on the floor above it — people arrive in Munich for a specific job, and the job hands them a building, a team and a canteen. Everything else they assemble themselves, in a city that already feels complete without them.

You already know how the assembling goes. The third weekend in a row with nothing in it, then a Sunday on the Isar gravel where everyone else clearly arrived with someone. Doing it as a group rather than alone is mostly a matter of logistics: pick the date yourself, and give the other people in your position a way to hear about it.

Residents1,603,776Statistisches Amt München, 2024
New arrivals a year105,183Statistisches Amt München, 2024
International residents30.6%Statistisches Amt München, 2024
Boroughs to serve25Statistisches Amt München

You build it. At your terms.

The group page your members call home — gatherings, a feed, and the tools to run it. All yours to shape.

The gæther group page: cover image, tags, members, an upcoming gathering, and the community feed.

You own it. Because you earned it.

The community you gather is yours — not a listing on someone else's marketplace.

  • Free forever

    Run your community and reach every member of it without paying a cent. Hosting, inviting, member engagement — all free, for good. You only ever pay if you choose to grow beyond the basics.

  • Full control

    Define exactly who your group is for — by topic, region, and language — and keep it true to its purpose. No algorithm deciding who it reaches.

  • Trust built in

    Ask members to verify, or go fully private and hidden, invite-only. You set how safe your space needs to be.

  • No lock-in

    Export your group's data any time. And whether your members come with you is their choice, never ours — we don't hold communities hostage.

Ready to build a place that is actually yours?

You bring the people and the energy — we'll give them a home. Free forever, no ads, no lock-in.

Start your group

Organizer questions

Is it free to start?
Yes — starting and running a community on gæther is free, forever. The free tier is the real product, not a trial, and there's no fee to reach the members you gathered.
How do you make money?
Never from your members' data, and never with ads or tracking pixels. gæther is free to start and run a community; we'll fund it with optional paid upgrades for organizers who want more — the community itself stays free.
Can I move my Meetup group over?
Yes — our migration tools help you recreate your group, bring your members across, and go live. See the moving-from-Meetup guide for the step-by-step.
How is this different from Meetup?
No ads, no pay-to-reach, and no algorithm deciding who sees your group. You own your members and their contact details, you set how the space runs, and you can export everything and leave any time. gæther is European, privacy-first, and built for the community — not the marketplace.
Do members have to verify or identify themselves?
No. No one is ever required to verify or reveal who they are — members take part under the name they choose. Verification is an optional, private check that someone is a real person; you can choose to require it for your group, but it never means revealing an identity.