manita

A small act of help, made easy to find.

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Your community already has what you need. Manita helps you find it.

Manita connects people who can help with people nearby who need it. One introduction at a time, it helps you build a community you can count on.

Sharing locally shouldn't take five apps.

Right now, helping the people around you means juggling Facebook Marketplace, Buy Nothing groups, neighborhood chats and plain word of mouth. It's all scattered, and none of it was built for this.

You don't know who has what, who needs what, or how to ask.

Built for people, not transactions.

Manita is one home for the help neighbors give each other: time, skills, a meal, a hand. It's built around trust and ease, not algorithms and ads.

Manita means “little hand”: a small act of help, the kind neighbors have always offered each other. We're making it easier to find.

How it works

  1. 01

    Say what you have room for

    An extra portion at dinner. An hour on a Saturday. A ladder in the garage. Everyone has something.

  2. 02

    Meet someone nearby

    Manita introduces you to a neighbor who could use exactly that. No feed, and no algorithm deciding what you see.

  3. 03

    Keep showing up

    The first time is an introduction. The second time is just a text between friends.

What do you have a little room for?

Everyone has something. We open Manita one neighborhood at a time, once enough people nearby have said yes, so nobody lands in an empty app.

Pick any that feel true. You can change them later.

Nothing gets posted. We keep this until your neighborhood opens, then use it to introduce you to someone nearby.

Where should we find you?

Your neighborhood opens once enough people nearby have said yes.