Where social interaction meets instant global payments.
Built on the Stellar Development Foundation ecosystem, Vibes is a web-based social payment platform that reimagines how people interact online by turning payments into a natural part of conversation, creativity, and community.
Vibes makes Web3 feel human, social, expressive, and accessible.
Today’s financial apps feel transactional. Today’s social apps rarely reward creators fairly. Vibes exists to bridge that gap.
Instead of separating social interaction from payments, Vibes combines both into one seamless experience. We are building a social layer for money on Stellar, allowing users to send USDC tips, support communities, subscribe to creators, and participate in digital culture instantly.
With Vibes:
- Creators can earn instantly and directly from their audience.
- Communities can support each other economically.
- Users can move money globally without friction.
- Social engagement becomes financially empowering.
Across the world—especially in emerging markets—creators, freelancers, and online communities struggle with delayed payments, expensive transaction fees, limited global payment access, and platform dependency.
Traditional platforms take large percentages, delay payouts, and make micro-payments impossible. Meanwhile, most Web3 social platforms are too technical, heavily crypto-focused, and difficult for mainstream users.
Vibes solves this by keeping the blockchain invisible while delivering a smooth social platform powered by instant global payments.
Unlike traditional fintech apps or complex Web3 products, Vibes focuses on people, creators, communities, culture, and interaction.
- Invisible Crypto: No complicated wallet addresses or seed phrases front-and-center.
- Human Usernames: Send money to
@danielor@vibescreatorjust like sending a message. - Expressive Design: A fluid, soft, and modern visual system that feels alive, warm, and culturally connected.
Vibes combines social networking, creator monetization, peer-to-peer payments, digital identity, and community interaction into a single web platform.
- Social Feed: A real-time hub for sharing updates, media, and interacting with communities.
- Instant USDC Payments: Send money globally with near-zero fees within seconds via Stellar.
- Human Usernames: Streamlined payment experience without cryptographic addresses.
- Creator Monetization: Direct audience earnings through instant tips, subscriptions, premium communities, and digital products.
- Built-In Wallet System: An integrated, frictionless Stellar wallet that supports USDC balances and transaction history.
- Community Ecosystem: Economically active digital spaces where users can join groups, support causes, and organize events.
The Stellar Development Foundation provides the ideal infrastructure for Vibes:
- Fast transaction speeds (seconds to settle)
- Extremely low fees (fraction of a cent)
- Global accessibility and robust stablecoin (USDC) support
- Energy-efficient, payment-focused architecture
Stellar enables Vibes to handle micro-payments, creator tipping, and international transfers at a massive scale seamlessly.
Vibes is designed for:
- Creators, designers, and artists
- Online communities and freelancers
- Students and digital entrepreneurs
- Global internet-native users, especially in regions with restrictive traditional financial systems
- Framework: Next.js (App Router)
- Styling: TailwindCSS
- Language: TypeScript
- Web3 Integration:
@stellar/freighter-api,@stellar/stellar-sdk
We welcome open-source contributors to help us build the financial layer of social interactions!
To get started:
- Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/your-org/vibes.git cd vibes - Install dependencies
pnpm install
- Run the development server
pnpm run dev
- Connect Freighter
- Ensure you have the Freighter Wallet extension installed to test the Soroban integration locally.
Please read our Contributing Guidelines (coming soon) for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.
Vibes is proudly being built for the Stellar ecosystem. If you believe in our mission to make money move as naturally as conversation, please consider supporting our project or reaching out for funding opportunities within the Stellar Development Foundation.
Let's build a more open and human financial internet.