diff --git a/src/main/api.zig b/src/main/api.zig
index 6053435..abfe8aa 100644
--- a/src/main/api.zig
+++ b/src/main/api.zig
@@ -324,5 +324,10 @@ fn ApiConn(comptime DbConn: type) type {
                 .created_at = note.created_at,
             };
         }
+
+        pub fn queryCommunities(self: *Self, args: services.communities.QueryArgs) ![]services.communities.Community {
+            if (!self.isAdmin()) return error.PermissionDenied;
+            return services.communities.query(&self.db, args, self.arena.allocator());
+        }
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/main/api/communities.zig b/src/main/api/communities.zig
index 069e023..209f185 100644
--- a/src/main/api/communities.zig
+++ b/src/main/api/communities.zig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const DbError = @import("../db.zig").ExecError;
 const getRandom = @import("../api.zig").getRandom;
 
 const Uuid = util.Uuid;
+const DateTime = util.DateTime;
 
 const CreateError = error{
     InvalidOrigin,
@@ -32,8 +33,14 @@ pub const Community = struct {
     name: []const u8,
 
     scheme: Scheme,
+    created_at: DateTime,
 };
 
+fn freeCommunity(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, c: Community) void {
+    alloc.free(c.host);
+    alloc.free(c.name);
+}
+
 pub fn create(db: anytype, origin: []const u8, name: ?[]const u8) CreateError!Community {
     const scheme_len = firstIndexOf(origin, ':') orelse return error.InvalidOrigin;
     const scheme_str = origin[0..scheme_len];
@@ -66,6 +73,7 @@ pub fn create(db: anytype, origin: []const u8, name: ?[]const u8) CreateError!Co
         .host = host,
         .name = name orelse host,
         .scheme = scheme,
+        .created_at = DateTime.now(),
     };
 
     if ((try db.execRow(&.{Uuid}, "SELECT id FROM community WHERE host = ?", .{host}, null)) != null) {
@@ -86,7 +94,7 @@ fn firstIndexOf(str: []const u8, ch: u8) ?usize {
 }
 
 pub fn getByHost(db: anytype, host: []const u8, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !Community {
-    const result = (try db.execRow(&.{ Uuid, ?Uuid, []const u8, []const u8, Scheme }, "SELECT id, owner_id, host, name, scheme FROM community WHERE host = ?", .{host}, alloc)) orelse return error.NotFound;
+    const result = (try db.execRow(&.{ Uuid, ?Uuid, []const u8, []const u8, Scheme, DateTime }, "SELECT id, owner_id, host, name, scheme, created_at FROM community WHERE host = ?", .{host}, alloc)) orelse return error.NotFound;
 
     return Community{
         .id = result[0],
@@ -94,9 +102,170 @@ pub fn getByHost(db: anytype, host: []const u8, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !Commu
         .host = result[2],
         .name = result[3],
         .scheme = result[4],
+        .created_at = result[5],
     };
 }
 
 pub fn transferOwnership(db: anytype, community_id: Uuid, new_owner: Uuid) !void {
     _ = try db.execRow(&.{i64}, "UPDATE community SET owner_id = ? WHERE id = ?", .{ new_owner, community_id }, null);
 }
+
+pub const QueryArgs = struct {
+    pub const OrderBy = enum {
+        name,
+        host,
+        created_at,
+    };
+
+    // Max items to fetch
+    max_items: usize = 20,
+
+    // Selection filters
+    owner_id: ?Uuid = null, // searches for communities owned by this user
+    like: ?[]const u8 = null, // searches for communities with host or name LIKE '%?%'
+    created_before: ?DateTime = null,
+    created_after: ?DateTime = null,
+
+    // Ordering parameter
+    order_by: OrderBy = .created_at,
+    direction: enum {
+        ascending,
+        descending,
+    } = .ascending,
+
+    // Page start parameter
+    // This struct is a reference to the last value scanned
+    // If prev is present, then prev.order_val must have the same tag as order_by
+    // "prev" here refers to it being the previous value returned. It may be that
+    // prev refers to the item directly after the results you are about to recieve,
+    // if you are querying the previous page.
+    prev: ?struct {
+        id: Uuid,
+        order_val: union(OrderBy) {
+            name: []const u8,
+            host: []const u8,
+            created_at: DateTime,
+        },
+    } = null,
+
+    // What direction to scan the page window
+    // If "forward", then "prev" is interpreted as the item directly before the items
+    // to query, in the direction of "direction" above. If "backward", then the opposite
+    page_direction: enum {
+        forward,
+        backward,
+    } = .forward,
+};
+
+const Builder = struct {
+    array: std.ArrayList(u8),
+    where_clauses_appended: usize = 0,
+
+    pub fn init(alloc: std.mem.Allocator) Builder {
+        return Builder{ .array = std.ArrayList(u8).init(alloc) };
+    }
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *const Builder) void {
+        self.array.deinit();
+    }
+
+    pub fn andWhere(self: *Builder, clause: []const u8) !void {
+        if (self.where_clauses_appended == 0) {
+            try self.array.appendSlice("WHERE ");
+        } else {
+            try self.array.appendSlice(" AND ");
+        }
+
+        try self.array.appendSlice(clause);
+        self.where_clauses_appended += 1;
+    }
+};
+
+const max_max_items = 100;
+pub fn query(db: anytype, args: QueryArgs, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) ![]Community {
+    var builder = Builder.init(alloc);
+    defer builder.deinit();
+
+    try builder.array.appendSlice(
+        \\SELECT id, owner_id, host, name, scheme, created_at
+        \\FROM community
+        \\
+    );
+    const max_items = if (args.max_items > max_max_items) max_max_items else args.max_items;
+
+    if (args.owner_id != null) try builder.andWhere("owner_id = $1");
+    if (args.like != null) try builder.andWhere("(host LIKE ('%' + $2 + '%') OR name LIKE ('%' + $2 + '%'))");
+    if (args.created_before != null) try builder.andWhere("created_at < $3");
+    if (args.created_after != null) try builder.andWhere("created_at > $4");
+    if (args.prev) |prev| {
+        if (prev.order_val != args.order_by) return error.PageArgMismatch;
+
+        try builder.andWhere(switch (args.order_by) {
+            .name => "(name, id)",
+            .host => "(host, id)",
+            .created_at => "(created_at, id)",
+        });
+        _ = try builder.array.appendSlice(switch (args.direction) {
+            .ascending => switch (args.page_direction) {
+                .forward => " > ",
+                .backward => " < ",
+            },
+            .descending => switch (args.page_direction) {
+                .forward => " < ",
+                .backward => " > ",
+            },
+        });
+
+        _ = try builder.array.appendSlice("($5, $6)");
+    }
+    _ = try builder.array.appendSlice("\nORDER BY ");
+    _ = try builder.array.appendSlice(@tagName(args.order_by));
+    _ = try builder.array.appendSlice(", id ");
+    _ = try builder.array.appendSlice(switch (args.direction) {
+        .ascending => "ASC",
+        .descending => "DESC",
+    });
+
+    _ = try builder.array.appendSlice("\nLIMIT $7");
+
+    const query_args = .{
+        args.owner_id,
+        args.like,
+        args.created_before,
+        args.created_after,
+        if (args.prev) |prev| prev.order_val else null,
+        if (args.prev) |prev| prev.id else null,
+        max_items,
+    };
+
+    var results = try db.exec(
+        &.{ Uuid, ?Uuid, []const u8, []const u8, Scheme, DateTime },
+        builder.array.items,
+        query_args,
+    );
+    defer results.finish();
+
+    const result_buf = try alloc.alloc(Community, args.max_items);
+    errdefer alloc.free(result_buf);
+
+    var count: usize = 0;
+    errdefer for (result_buf[0..count]) |c| freeCommunity(alloc, c);
+
+    for (result_buf) |*c| {
+        const row = results.row(alloc) orelse break;
+        c.* = .{
+            .id = row[0],
+            .owner_id = row[1],
+            .host = row[2],
+            .name = row[3],
+            .scheme = row[4],
+            .created_at = row[5],
+        };
+
+        count += 1;
+    }
+
+    if (results.err) |err| return err;
+
+    return result_buf[0..count];
+}