Built in Chicago. Built for women.

Find your people.
In real life.

An app built only for women — for the friendships that start at the door and last long after.

Coming Monday, July 13th.

Join the waitlist
The app

Four ways to go from
stranger to standing plans

Scroll down to take it for a spin — an interactive preview of the app.

01
Discover

Match on what you'd
actually do together

Swipe through women in your city, sorted by the things you'd want to do — wine nights, yoga, trying new restaurants. A "good match" tells you exactly what you share before you ever say hi.

Shared interestsNeighborhoodNo endless swiping
App Discover screen
02
Map

See who's out,
right now

Flip on your location and find women nearby who are up for something spontaneous. Neighborhood-level only, active-only, and it switches off in 30 minutes — open to plans, never tracked in the background.

Spontaneous plansNeighborhood-levelAuto-off in 30 min
App Map screen
03
Events

A reason to leave the
house this week

Browse GDS gatherings happening near you — dinner parties, coffee clubs, tennis on the courts — and grab a seat before it fills. Curated, women-only, and never overwhelming.

Curated weeklyBy categoryOne-tap RSVP
App Events screen
04
Ask GDS

Ask the group
anything

Need a hair stylist, a hiking buddy, or the best patio in Logan Square? Ask GDS and let the community answer — local, women-only, and actually useful.

Community recsLocal knowledgeReal answers
App Ask GDS screen
The app · live preview

Take it for a spin

This is the real thing — tap through the tabs to move between Discover, Ask GDS, Messages, Map, and Events.

Tap the tabs at the bottom of the phone
For organizers

Built for the
women who
host the room

If you're already organizing dinners, runs, or gatherings — GDS gives you the infrastructure. Reach the right women, fill your events, and build a community around what you're already doing.

Whether you host once a month or every weekend, the app is designed to grow with you.

TicketingEvent toolsGroup chatsRepeat guests
Book a demoGet in touch
Reach
Get in front of the right women

Your events surface to women nearby who match your vibe — no boosting, no algorithm games.

Tools
Everything in one place

Manage RSVPs, communicate with attendees, and build a following — inside the app your guests are already using.

Community
Turn guests into regulars

Help your guests stay connected between events — and come back again and again.

About GDS

An intimate experience
built for women

Girl Dinner Social started in 2024 — a space for women in Chicago to find real friends.

Two years and dozens of dinner parties, coffee socials, and pottery nights later: strangers walk in, friends walk out.

Now we're building the first social platform made only for women. Shaped by our own search for friendship, and by years of hosting the room ourselves. Built so connection actually lands offline — and the friendships that start at one event keep going long after it ends.

Girl Dinner Social attendees gathered at an outdoor event
Intimate dinner with friends and the Chicago skyline at night
Candlelit long-table dinner with members in red
Girl Dinner Social members at an evening dinner with cocktails
Girl Dinner Social cake-decorating night
Members making vision boards together at a Girl Dinner Social craft night
Members shaping clay at a Girl Dinner Social pottery class
Hands-on pottery night in the studio
Members in a candlelit pilates class
Pilates group portrait after class
Girl Dinner Social group at BODYBAR pilates
Coming · Monday, July 13th

The app is
almost here

We're launching in Chicago on Monday, July 13th, iOS first.
Waitlist members get priority access and the first round of curated events.
Join the list and be first in the door.

No spam. One email when we launch.

Questions

The questions
we hear most

Women in Chicago who want real friendships — not networking, not dating. New to the city, new chapter of life, or just noticing the group chat got quieter? This is for you.
For now, yes. We're proving it works in one city before expanding. If you're somewhere else, join the waitlist anyway — that's how we decide where to go next.
Yes — GDS is a community for all women, and trans women are welcome. Every member verifies with a selfie when they join, and anything the automated check can't confirm is reviewed by a person. We're a women's space because that's the friendship gap women keep telling us they experience. The focus is what makes it work.
Every member completes selfie verification at signup — an automated face check with human review. It confirms you're a real person matching your photos. Events are invite-only during our launch phase.
No. We're building it as home for women-founded communities across Chicago — a single place to find dinners, runs, classes, and gatherings worth showing up to. Have a community you love? Send them our way.
If you're already hosting dinners, runs, or workshops for women, GDS gives you the infrastructure to do it better: event listings, ticketing, attendee messaging, and the group chats that turn first-timers into regulars. Book a demo and we'll walk you through it.
GDS is free. Event tickets are priced and handled by the host.
BFF matches anyone. GDS is built only for women — small groups, verified members, real-life events. Less swiping. More showing up.
Eventbrite, Luma, and Partiful are ticketing tools — sell a ticket, disappear. GDS is a community that shows up before the door opens and stays after it closes. Curated, women-only, and built for what happens after the event ends.