Fediverse

A resource on Fediverse, federated networks, mesh networks, distributed web, alternative internet, decentralisation.

Software projects

Beaker, experimental browser with a p2p protocol, *2016.
Conversations, open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android, *2014.
Dat, p2p protocol, a project for distributed data synchronization, *2013.
Diaspora, self-hosted social networking service, *2010.
Friendica, distributed social network, *2010.
GNU social, FLOSS microblogging server, formerly StatusNet, *2014.
Hubzilla, communication platform. Review.
IPFS, protocol and p2p network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system, *2015.
Mastodon, self-hosted social networking service, *2016.
PeerTube, federated video platform powered by ActivityPub and WebTorrent, *2018.
Pump.io, general purpose activity streams engine that can be used as a federated social networking protocol.
Scuttlebutt, decentralised secure gossip platform.
YaCy, distributed search engine, *2016.

Alternative Internet, a collection of networks, tools and devices aiming at decentralisation.
Dat Zine Library, by Zach Manderville.
Distributed Web of Care, an art project by Taeyoon Choi.
Founder Interviews, video interviews with developers of decentralization projects, by Irina Bolychevsky, 2013ff.
Homebrewserver.club, a monthly gathering in Rotterdam for self-hosted services.
Lurk provides a few community services composed of mailing lists, chat and access to the Fediverse.
P2P Forever, by Laurel Schwulst.
The Federation, gathers statistics about nodes in the fediverse.
Fediverse Network, gathers statistics of oStatus/ActivityPub fediverse.

Redecentralize Conference - Taking Back the Net, unconference, London, 17-18 Oct 2015. Organised by Irina Bolychevsky, a.o. Report.
Radical Networks conference, Integrated Digital Media at Magnet NYU, Brooklyn, NY, 24-25 Oct 2015. Organised by Sarah Grant, Erica Kermani, and Amelia Marzec, in partnership with Eyebeam.

Decentralized Web Summit, Internet Archive, San Francisco, 7-9 Jun 2016.
Radical Networks conference, Chem Creative, Brooklyn, NY, 4-6 Nov 2016. Organised by Sarah Grant, Erica Kermani, and Amelia Marzec, in partnership with Eyebeam. Second edition. Exhibition photographs.

Our Networks, conference, Claude T. Bissell building, Toronto, 14 Jan 2017. First edition.
Relearn 2017, Poortgebouw, Rotterdam, 29 Aug-2 Sep 2017. Documentation (2019). More.
Radical Networks conference, Chem Creative, Brooklyn, NY, 19-22 Oct 2017. Organised by Sarah Grant and Erica Kermani. Third edition.

Peer-to-Peer Web NYC, School for Poetic Computation, New York, 26 May 2018. Presented by New Computer Working Group. [1] [2]
Our Networks: State of Our Networks: Beyond DIY: Do It With Others, Mozilla Community Space, Toronto, 13-18 Jul 2018. Second edition.
Decentralized Web Summit 2018: Global Visions / Working Code, annual conference, Internet Archive, San Francisco, 31 Jul-2 Aug 2018. Second edition.
Local Area Network, InterAccess, Toronto, Aug 2018.
Radical Networks conference, Spektrum, Berlin, 19-21 Oct 2018. Organised by Sarah Grant and Erica Kermani. Fourth edition.
Redecentralize Party, Newspeak House, London, 29 Oct 2018. Organised by Irina Bolychevsky.

Networks with an Attitude, worksession, Antwerp, 7-13 Apr 2019. Developed by Constant in collaboration with ooooo, Varia and amongst others Samenschool, City harbour, Wireless Antwerp.
Relearn 2019, Varia, Rotterdam, 7-9 Jun 2019; Hacktiris, Brussels, 21-22 Jun 2019; La Générale, Paris, 6-8 Sep 2019. More.
DWeb Camp, Pescadaro, CA, 18-21 Jul 2019. Interview. Report. [3]
Our Networks: RE: Infrastructures of, Toronto Media Arts Centre, Toronto, 20-22 Sep 2019. Third edition.

Deplatformization and the Ethics of Exclusion, symposium session, part of transmediale festival, Volksbühne - Großes Haus, Berlin, 1 Feb 2020.

Danyl Strype, "A Brief History of the GNU Social Fediverse and ‘The Federation’", Disintermedia, 1 Apr 2017, with updates.
Darius Kazemi, "Run your own social: How to run a small social network site for your friends", 8 Jul 2019.
Pervasive Labour Union 13: "Fed Up!", ed. Lídia Pereira, Rotterdam, Sep 2019, [30] pp, PDF.
Networks Of Ones Own 1: "Etherbox", eds. Michael Murtaugh, An Mertens, Roel Roscam Abbing, and Femke Snelting, Brussels: Constant, Sep 2019.
Networks Of Ones Own 2: "Three Takes on Taking Care", Rotterdam: Varia, Oct 2019.
Telecommunications Reclaimed: A Hands-On Guide to Networking Communities, eds. Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay and Félix Tréguer, Internet Society, Dec 2019, 255 pp, PDF. [4]
Aymeric Mansoux, Roel Roscam Abbing, "Seven Theses on the Fediverse and the Becoming of FLOSS", in The Eternal Network: The Ends and Becomings of Network Culture, eds. Kristoffer Gansing and Inga Luchs, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, and Berlin: transmediale e.V., Feb 2020, pp 124-140.

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