For clubs, teams and supporters
A Crowd puts your club's group chat on the map. Fans nearby find it, match days get a live countdown, and the conversation can run on your own website too.
Free. iPhone, Android and browser. No ads.
✓ Free for clubs and fans
✓ Found by sport and location
✓ Match days as events
✓ Chat on your club website
Why clubs use Brane
Tag your Crowd with your sport and drop a pin at your ground. Fans nearby who follow it find you in search and on the map.
The build up, the live reaction and the post match debate, all in one group chat, with every message arriving as a notification.
Delete any message, remove anyone who crosses the line, and ban them from rejoining.
Fan chats scatter across invite only groups that nobody new can find. A public Crowd is one place every supporter can join, found by anyone who searches your sport.
Match days
Turn a fixture, a watch party or a training session into an event and it shows up in Events Near You for fans within 100km.
A live countdown to kick off, then Happening now.
Your own ticket link, so fans go straight to where you sell.
Add to Calendar in one tap, and the chat carries on after the final whistle.
Promoting events on Brane
On your club website
One script tag puts Brane on your website, two ways.
data-user
Fans message the club directly about memberships, tickets or merchandise. A real person answers, and if they have left, your reply is emailed to them.
data-crowd
Your Crowd's conversation on your homepage or match centre. Fans join in with an email code, no app needed.
<script src="https://embed.brane.chat/embed.js"
data-crowd="your-crowd-name"
defer></script>
Swap data-crowd for data-user="your-username" to take fan questions one to one instead.
Getting started
1
Create your Crowd
A picture, a name, a description and a pin at your ground.
2
Tag it
Up to three topics, like your sport, your team and your league.
3
Share it
Your link at brane.im/c/your-crowd-name, your socials, and the chat on your website.
4
Start talking
Post team news, run the match thread, and let the fans take it from there.
Yes. No subscription, no member limit and no ads.
No. They can join in any browser at brane.chat, or through the chat on your website.
Searching your sport or team, the Explore map, Groups Near You on the Crowds tab, and your share link.
Yes. Create a second Crowd with a Join Code for members, and keep your public one open for every fan.
Crowd owners can delete any message, and remove a member with the option to ban them from rejoining. A ban can't be undone.
Read the business FAQ