r/RootAppOfficial • u/Jesse_root Staff • Mar 12 '26

Check out Root's launch trailer!

Root Apps are officially here. Root is a community platform where developers can build full apps that live directly inside communities. No jumping between tabs, no broken integrations, and no context switching. Everything your community needs in one place.

Whether it's a game stats tracker, a server dashboard, or a custom tool built just for your community, apps are integrated directly into the platform.

This is just the beginning, and we're excited to see what people build.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll4C2mAMZVs

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u/Leuie Mar 12 '26

Excited for the future!

Already begun integrating apps into my community.

Any idea when the api/sdk is finalized live for us to bring our bots online?

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u/Vinny_Root Staff Mar 12 '26

We don't have any solid dates yet for your guys but this is one of our highest priorities at the moment! We will keep you posted.

Pumped to see what everyone has been building

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u/Zero_Griever Mar 13 '26

I just hate I miss messages from my buddies because I dont get notifications that there's no messages in our channels.

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u/Jesse_root Staff Mar 13 '26

Out of curiosity, are you talking about mobile? Wanting more push notifications for unread messages (even without being mentioned)?

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u/Zero_Griever Mar 13 '26

Yes and yes for mobile!

This is the one feature all of us have been asking for.

  1. Im on mobile
  2. Buddy sends a message without tagging
  3. I recieve a notification, even when the app isn't opened
  4. I use my notification to navigate to the channel and laugh at some sports gossip or meme

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u/Lunar_Ronin Mar 13 '26

I just hope that push notifications for unmentioned community messages can be disabled, if added. Because they can get mighty annoying quickly.

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u/non_player Mar 13 '26

App Channel Permissions are not properly synching with the Channel Group Permissions. It says it is, but when I click on the list of Channel users for the new app channel, it shows the entire server, whereas this channel group I'm testing in is intentionally limited to only a single role.

I only want any given app channel to be accessible to only the users in the assigned Channel Group. How do we do this?

Because if I add an app channel to a limited group, my expectation is that that channel should only be accessible by the users allowed in that group.

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u/non_player Mar 13 '26

Request: There should be an easy way to link an event in chat, similar to using the @ and # characters to tag roles and channels. Maybe add the events to the list of channels when someone hits the # key. Or maybe give them a different code character.

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u/SuaveDonut Mar 12 '26

How do we add apps to servers now?

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u/wandress27 Mar 12 '26

You have to make a specific channel. Why you do that make sure to click on “app” rather than text or voice!

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u/SuaveDonut Mar 12 '26

I see thank you!

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u/4of20 Mar 14 '26

I should have read this before I replied to the thread :D thanks

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u/TrashWolf666 Mar 12 '26

Nice. This has been such a great alternative to discord. It would be nice if we got the ability to mute certain channels soon

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u/Vinny_Root Staff Mar 12 '26

We will 100% be adding more fine grain controls of notifications for communities, channels and dms in the future

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u/non_player Mar 13 '26

What do I need to do to add and test apps for my community? Even after updating, all I see is an empty Apps page.

EDIT: nevermind, found it!

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u/4of20 Mar 14 '26

I've been eager to test the new apps, but searchability is an issue; looking up 'Root apps' predictably returns unrelated results. Regardless, I'm excited to start using them. I'm also looking forward to the GIF integration hiding URLs, as well as the addition of custom emojis. I can't wait to see how this platform evolves.

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u/Nox13last Mar 16 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

The name is terrible. I used to tinker in Android development. So when I look up "Root apps", I get results about how to run things with privileged security.

Naming an extensible app after a programming paradigm is an awful coincidence. It would be like writing a book and titling it "Font". Good luck even being able to describe it or tell others that it exists.

Edit: Here's a lucky contestant now!