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A photo feed for people you actually know.

Most photo apps are built around audiences — follower counts, likes, algorithmic reach. FriendsNotFeeds is built around the opposite idea: a small, closed group of people who genuinely want to see each other's lives. No public profiles. No strangers. No performance.

Access is invite-only and mutual. Both sides have to agree before either can see the other's posts. There are no likes, no comments on comments, no engagement metrics of any kind. You post a photo because you want your friends to see it — not because you want an audience to react to it.

The feed is designed around the way people actually check in with friends: not constantly, but in bursts. Catch-up mode shows you what you missed, oldest first, so you never have to scroll backwards through a reverse-chronological wall. Step away for a day or a month — when you come back, you pick up exactly where you left off. When you're caught up, you're caught up, and you can close the app.

We built it because we wanted something like this for ourselves. It's intentionally small — passkey authentication with no passwords, no tracking pixels, no ad model. Staying small on purpose is the point.

the short version

  • Mutual-follow required — both sides opt in
  • Photos only, one per post, optional caption
  • No likes, no algorithms, no public profiles
  • Passkey auth — no passwords, ever
  • Catch-up mode shows oldest-unseen first
  • Invite-only, intentionally small
About — FriendsNotFeeds