Root

Things are starting to come back online! You should now be able to send messages, join voice chats, and use Root again. Some of our first party apps are still experiencing issues, and we're working on getting those resolved. Thank you for your patience while we work through this!

Update on the service interruption: Things are taking longer than expected to resolve. Our team is still working on it, and we'll share another update as soon as everything is back online! Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for the disruption.

ROOT CHANGELOG (October 26, 2026) Swipe to read all about the bugs, features, and improvements our engineers have been working on for both Mobile and Desktop!
 
Let us know what you would be excited to see next in Root!

Major update going live tomorrow: Tuesday, October 27, 9:00-11:00 AM PST Root will be offline for up to 2 hours while we roll out a significant backend upgrade. This update unlocks a lot of new capabilities and is a major milestone for what we’re building next. Check the image to learn more

System.out.println(“Hello Root Community!”); We’re letting you know that the outage is resolved. Everything is back to normal and all services are running as expected. Thanks for your patience while we worked through it. Please reply to this thread if you see any issues and we’ll take a look!

DISCORD IS CHARGING YOU $16 FOR POOP 😭

Root D Films Episode 1: They Leaked 70,000 IDs #Fun #Facts

JESSE (Root’s Creator) CARES! Part 2

Here’s a video on what we released FROM your comments / feedback! Have any other features or ideas? 
Comment below and we hope to work on it next! 
#Discord #Alternative #Features #Feedback #Mobile

MY TOP 5 REASONS WHY I’M SWITCHING TO ROOT! ...What are you waiting for? Watch the video and find out! #profile #Customization #free #Discord #Alternative

I CAN’T CONVINCE MY FRIENDS TO SWITCH :((((

 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING… The ad-pocalypse is coming, Discord just leaked 70,000 IDs, they use some jank AI to age gate you out of your own servers! Hundreds of thousands of users are joining us on Root, don’t be shy, join us rootapp.com/download

Hello World! The intermittent issues affecting Root have been resolved! Thanks for your patience while we worked on the resolution! Apologies to those who were affected <3

Important Root Announcement We’re aware of intermittent issues affecting Root and are actively investigating! We’re working to resolve them as quickly as possible and will share updates here as we learn more. Thanks for your patience.

At Root? We believe in NO PAYWALLS ON PERSONALITY. Animated PFPs, Animated Banners, Community personalization, Profile Customization, Custom emojis to be used everywhere. ALL FREE on ROOT. #profile #Customization #free #Discord #Alternative

QUESTS USED TO MEAN SOMETHING… WHAT HAPPENED? When I was a kid… doing Quests used to mean doing something epic Now it’s just watching.. ads? REALLY!? If you're tired of discorp's greed then come try us out at rootapp.com/download today!

You: I CAN’T CONVINCE MY FRIENDS TO SWITCH :( 

 Us: ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!?!? The ad-pocalypse is coming, Discord just leaked 70,000 IDs, they use some bank AI to age gate you out of your own servers! Try Root today and see how we're changing the game! 
#Discord #leak #Alternative #privacy

JESSE (Root’s Creator) CARES! So here’s a video on what we released FROM your comments / feedback! Have any other features or ideas? Comment below and we hope to work on it next!

GUYS CHECK OUT COMMAND BLOCK! We just updated! It’s got a live map, item handling, in-game chat… and now mods! Tens of thousands of users are joining us on Root, don’t be shy, come join us at rootapp.com and make new friends and new communities today! #minecraft #free #Discord #Alternative

Why did we let a billion dollar company convince us that an animated profile picture, custom emojis, fonts and bookmarks are considered PREMIUM features!? Join us at rootapp.com and experience what no paywalls on personality truly feels like! #profile #Customization #free #Discord #Alternative

Discord can’t do this…. Customizable channel artworks… an ever growing App Store.. Animated PFPs, Animated Banners, Community personalization, Profile Customization, Custom emojis… and now THEMES! ALL FREE on ROOT. #profile #Customization #free #Discord #Alternative

ANIMATED PFP AND BANNERS… PAYWALLED, CUSTOM EMOJIS.. PAYWALLED, THEMES… PAYWALLED but not at Root! Tens of thousands of users are joining us on Root, don’t be shy, come join us at rootapp.com and make new friends and new communities today! #profile #Customization #free #Discord #Alternative

Top 5 Reasons Why root communities > discord servers Tens of thousands of users are joining us on Root, don't be shy, come join us at rootapp.com and make new friends and new communities today! #communities #Customization #free #Discord #alternative

ROOT CHANGE LOGS (October 2nd 2026)

WE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR… You guys asked for so we’re giving it: THEMES!!! (and yes, FREE) We stay true to our word… NO PAYWALLS ON PERSONALITY! Hundreds of thousands of users are joining us on Root, don’t be shy, come join us at rootapp.com #Themes #Customization #free #Discord #Alternative

Discord Servers are a CLUTTERED, BUSTED MESS. With Root, you can assign pictures to channels, add a Community Banners, and add your Custom Emojis FOR FREE! Come join us at rootapp.com #Community #Customization #free #Discord #Alternative

Transfer your Discord Server over to Root with ONE simple button!

Does anyone remember when discord emojis were FREE? WHAT HAPPENED!? At Root we think there should be no paywalls on personality. Animated PFPs, Animated Banners and more. ALL FREE on ROOT. #emojis #Customization #free #Discord #Alternative

Discord Can’t Do This… Display a live map of your group’s Minecraft server, give or take away items, see when everyones online, let it notifyyou when people join your Minecraft server and message you directly on a Root Community and so much more on Root!

Discord, you guys need to stop… you're still charging 100 bucks for animated profile pictures... ten a month!? every month!??!?! since 2019!?!?!? At Root we think there should be no paywalls on personality... Come join us at rootapp.com and make new friends and new communities today!

Discord’s going to hate this… but you shouldn’t be charged $9.99 a month to show off your profile Animated PFPs, Animated Banners, Community personalization, Profile Customization, Custom emojis to be used everywhere. ALL FREE on ROOT #profile #Customization #free #Discord #Alternative

Your Community… can now be DISCOVERED! 🔎 Whether you’re looking to discover your next community or get your own community discovered, Community Discovery is here! And we didn’t stop there… Check out what else released in the changelog below 👇👇👇

A vision for how @rootapp.com will support Duo. You'll have even more ways to experience communities on Root.

Major voice & video overhaul is now out! - Faster connection times - Improved stability - Better experience across devices Update now and try it out 🎧 🔊

Now available in production. Come use our new voice and video system on @rootapp.com today. I promise it’s better.

EVERYROOT... THE SERVER MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN COMPLETED! Please update your Root to access the new voice overhaul and let us know how it is! You can now go back to your daily rootuine apps, messages and (your NEW and UPGRADED) calls with your friends and communities!

ROOT MAINTENANCE & UPDATE
 - Wed, Sept 2nd 2026 (11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PT) We’ve been listening to your feedback around calls, and one of Root’s biggest upgrades yet is going live! What’s Changing? Major overhaul of Root’s Voice & Video platform (See image for more!) Thank you for your patience!

Let's show Fii some love for all the hard work on Root's Help Center If you need help getting around Root or learning how a feature works, browse the articles or use the newly added search function to quickly find what you need! Explore the Help Center here: support.rootapp.com

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY TO ROOT!! We’re thankful for 365 days of communities built together, late night calls with friends and to our hard working Root Devs building wonderful apps on Root! Root wouldn’t be Root without you

Important Update Root is currently experiencing an outage. We are investigating and will keep you guys posted here on any changes. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you all for the reports and patience!

@rootapp.com mobile version 0.9.30 is out 🧵 Most of it went to improvements around what happens when you come back to the app. Channels and DMs now catch up on their own after time in the background

Update Regarding Command Block Notifications The bug that caused Command Block to send notifications to people outside of the communities they were in has now been patched. Sorry again for the unsolicited pings, and thank you to everyone who reported the issue <3

IMPORTANT ROOT ANNOUNCEMENT INCOMING!! We will be doing a server maintenance for around 30 minutes! We're expecting some downtime, intermittency, and interruptions from Wednesday August 19th @ 11:30 AM PT to Wednesday August 19th @ 1 PM PT!

DISCORD CAN'T DO THIS (root explained in 30 seconds)

Leaving an App Review.. IN ACTION!

Introducing… APP REVIEWS Your reviews go a long way: it helps your community install with confidence and hands developers the feedback they need to make their apps even better. These will be anonymous star ratings and the written reviews will only visible by app dev (for now)...

IMPORTANT ROOT ANNOUNCEMENT INCOMING!! We will be doing a server maintenance for around 30 minutes! We're expecting some downtime and interruptions from Thursday July 23rd @ 2:00 PM PT to Thursday July 23rd @ 3 PM PT! Apologies for not letting you guys know sooner <3

Playing with GPUs in @reactnative.dev. Our badges are flat SVGs. This demo traces the outline, extrudes it into a mesh, renders it with WebGPU (@wcandillon.bsky.social's react-native-wgpu + @swmansion.com's TypeGPU), and engraves your @rootapp.com's username on the back.