Help Centre

Every BeanPool rule, guide and manual, in one place. Pick the one that fits you.

Guides and rules

Getting Started

For you if you're new to BeanPool.

How to join with an invite from someone in your community, and how your first trade works.

The Rules

For you if you want every number.

Beans, credit lines, fees, gifts, limits and how trades settle, all in one place.

Members' guide

For you if you're already in a community.

How to post, trade, message, vote and keep your account safe. The same guide is inside the app: tap the bean at the top left of the app.

Running a community

For you if you want to start or run a community.

What it takes to run your community's own server, and how to set one up.

The operator manual is inside your node's Settings: press Manual, or the ? on any screen.

Safety and your data

Safety

For anyone worried about harm on BeanPool.

How we keep children safe, how to report something, and how to reach us.

Privacy

For anyone who wants to know what is stored.

What your community's server keeps about you, and why.

Terms

For anyone using BeanPool.

The agreement you make when you use the app.

Data deletion

For you if you want your data gone.

How to delete a connected account, or your whole BeanPool account.

Elsewhere

Videos

For you if you'd rather watch than read.

Short videos on YouTube showing how BeanPool works.

Community

For you if you have a question or an idea.

Ask other members and the people who build BeanPool, on Reddit.

Source

For you if you write code.

BeanPool is open source. Read the code, report a bug or help build it, on GitHub.