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title: "Creating a Community - Help Desk - mssgs"
description: "Create a community in under a minute, fill it with channels and invite your friends."
canonical: https://mss.gs/en/help/communities/create-community
language: en
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# Creating a Community

Create a community in under a minute, fill it with channels and invite your friends.

A community (also called a server) is a shared space with its own channels, roles and members. It suits a friend group, a club, a team or a class.

## Create one

A new community is empty. mssgs offers to fill it: **Import from a screenshot** recreates a channel list from a screenshot of another app, or **Add a channel myself** starts from scratch.

*Name it, add a photo and tick the friends to invite.*

## Join one

- Tap an **invite link** a friend sent you.

- Scan an **invite QR code** with **Settings → Scan QR code**.

- Tap **+** in the community list and choose **Join Server** to browse public communities.

## How many?

|  | Free | Premium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Communities you own | 2 | 10 |
| Communities you are in | 10 | Unlimited |

## Getting around

Swipe right, or tap ☰ in a channel, to see your communities down the left and the channels of the current one next to them. **Hold the Community tab** in the bottom bar to jump to another community or to an unread channel.

Hold a community's icon for its options: **Invite People**, **Server Settings**, **Mark All Read**, **Keep on top**, **Group with…** (put communities in a folder), **Mute Server** and **Leave server**.

*Communities on the left, channels in categories on the right.*

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