Backyard - Just your neighbors

Backyard, the bkyd app, is a private neighborhood and backyard neighbors app for people who actually live nearby. Join or create a verified community, then use Backyard to keep everyday neighborhood life organized without ads, algorithms, or strangers.

What you can do:
- Share neighborhood posts, urgent alerts, and help requests
- Buy, sell, borrow, and lend through a local marketplace
- Message verified neighbors directly
- Find trusted local contacts and resident recommendations
- See member profiles, badges, and verification status
- Report unsafe content and block abusive users

Backyard is built around trust. Members use real account details and neighborhood residency information so communities can verify who belongs. Email addresses are not shown to other members, and each community controls its own local activity.

Use Backyard for calm updates, practical help, local exchange, and the neighborly conversations that should stay close to home.

Recent changes:
Getting started is simpler: find your neighborhood and create your account in fewer steps. Invite links take you straight to signup, profile introductions are optional, and new verification help makes it easier to connect with your neighbors. Includes improvements to household invites and form validation.