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Running a community

Create a community on Root and shape how it runs. This guide covers everything you do as a community owner, from setting up your community to organizing it and keeping it healthy.

Start here​

New to running a community? Get started walks you through creating a community, adding channels and groups, and inviting your first members.

What you can do​

  • Set up your community: customize its appearance, emoji, and settings. Community
  • Organize channels: create channels and groups, arrange them, and set permissions. Channels
  • Manage members: invite people, set join rules, and manage who's in. Members
  • Control access: create roles and fine-tune permissions. Roles
  • Keep it healthy: moderate content, kick or ban, and review the action log. Moderation
  • Extend it: add apps and bots to your community. Apps and Bots

Looking for how to use Root as a member? See Using Root.