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A resource on Fediverse, federated networks, mesh networks, distributed web, alternative internet, alternative social media, decentralisation.
 
A resource on Fediverse, federated networks, mesh networks, distributed web, alternative internet, alternative social media, decentralisation.
  
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Hackers.town.png|[https://hackers.town/ Hackers.town], "a bunch of technomancers in the fediverse. This arcology is for all who wash up upon it's digital shore."|link=https://hackers.town/
 
Hackers.town.png|[https://hackers.town/ Hackers.town], "a bunch of technomancers in the fediverse. This arcology is for all who wash up upon it's digital shore."|link=https://hackers.town/
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Framasoft.png|[https://framapiaf.org/ Framapiaf], an instance run by Framasoft, "a not-for-profit popular educational organization."|link=https://framapiaf.org/
  
 
Game Making Social.png|[https://gamemaking.social/ Game Making Social], a "well-moderated, cosy, friendly place to talk and share stuff about amateur videogame making, and everything surrounding that."|link=https://gamemaking.social  
 
Game Making Social.png|[https://gamemaking.social/ Game Making Social], a "well-moderated, cosy, friendly place to talk and share stuff about amateur videogame making, and everything surrounding that."|link=https://gamemaking.social  
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* https://framapiaf.org/about/
 
 
* https://chaos.social/   
 
* https://chaos.social/   
 
* https://mamot.fr/about
 
* https://mamot.fr/about
 
* https://systerserver.town/  
 
* https://systerserver.town/  
 
* [https://twitter.com/artistshacking/status/1518753397012316161 Listing by Artists and Hackers on Twitter]
 
* [https://twitter.com/artistshacking/status/1518753397012316161 Listing by Artists and Hackers on Twitter]
* [https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers/ List of Mastodon instances on Fediverse.party]
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* [https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers/ Thematic list of Mastodon instances on Fediverse.party]
  
 
==Software projects==
 
==Software projects==
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* [https://bookwyrm.social/ Bookwyrm], federated platform for reading and reviewing (Activitypub), *2021. [https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances/ Instances].
 
* [https://bookwyrm.social/ Bookwyrm], federated platform for reading and reviewing (Activitypub), *2021. [https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances/ Instances].
 
* [https://conversations.im/ Conversations], open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android, *2014.
 
* [https://conversations.im/ Conversations], open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android, *2014.
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* [https://delta.chat/ Delta Chat], chat app that sends messages via e-mails, encrypted if possible, with Autocrypt
 
* [http://diasporafoundation.org/ Diaspora], self-hosted social networking service (diaspora), *2010.
 
* [http://diasporafoundation.org/ Diaspora], self-hosted social networking service (diaspora), *2010.
 
* [https://distributed.press/ Distributed Press], open source publishing tool for the World Wide Web and DWeb; automates publishing and hosting content to the WWW that it seeds to Hypercore and IPFS, *2021.
 
* [https://distributed.press/ Distributed Press], open source publishing tool for the World Wide Web and DWeb; automates publishing and hosting content to the WWW that it seeds to Hypercore and IPFS, *2021.
 
* [https://dokie.li/ dokieli], clientside editor for decentralised article publishing, annotations and social interactions (Solid, Linked Data, ActivityPub), *2015.
 
* [https://dokie.li/ dokieli], clientside editor for decentralised article publishing, annotations and social interactions (Solid, Linked Data, ActivityPub), *2015.
 
* [https://epicyon.net/ Epicyon], federated social network suitable for low power systems.
 
* [https://epicyon.net/ Epicyon], federated social network suitable for low power systems.
* [https://friendi.ca/ Friendica], distributed social network (ActivityPub, diaspora, OStatus), *2010.
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* [https://friendi.ca/ Friendica], decentralized social network, formerly Mistpark (diaspora, OStatus, pump.io, ActivityPub), *2010.
 
* [https://funkwhale.audio/ Funkwhale], decentralised audio platform (ActivityPub), *2019.
 
* [https://funkwhale.audio/ Funkwhale], decentralised audio platform (ActivityPub), *2019.
 
* [https://hubzilla.org Hubzilla], communication platform, formerly RedMatrix (Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora, OStatus), *2015. [https://medium.com/we-distribute/the-do-everything-system-an-in-depth-review-of-hubzilla-3-0-692204177d4e Review].
 
* [https://hubzilla.org Hubzilla], communication platform, formerly RedMatrix (Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora, OStatus), *2015. [https://medium.com/we-distribute/the-do-everything-system-an-in-depth-review-of-hubzilla-3-0-692204177d4e Review].
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* [https://yacy.net/ YaCy], distributed search engine, *2016.
 
* [https://yacy.net/ YaCy], distributed search engine, *2016.
  
''Protocols'': [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub ActivityPub], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OStatus OStatus], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol XMPP], [https://hypercore-protocol.org/ Hypercore] (formerly [https://dat.foundation/ Dat Protocol]), [https://solidproject.org/ Solid], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_%28social_network%29 Diaspora], [http://pump.io/ Pump.io], [https://zotlabs.org/help/en/developer/zot_protocol Zot], [https://matrix.org/ Matrix].
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''Protocols'': [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub ActivityPub] (W3C recommendation, *2018), [https://solidproject.org/ Solid] (*2016), [https://hypercore-protocol.org/ Hypercore] (formerly [https://dat.foundation/ Dat Protocol]), [https://zotlabs.org/help/en/developer/zot_protocol Zot] (evolved from DFRN, *2015), [https://matrix.org/ Matrix] (*2014), [http://pump.io/ Pump.io] (evolved from OStatus, *2011), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_%28social_network%29 Diaspora] (*2010), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OStatus OStatus] (formerly OpenMicroBlogging, *2008), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol XMPP] (formerly Jabber, *1999).
  
''More projects and context'': [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_software_and_protocols_for_distributed_social_networking Wikipedia], [https://fediverse.party/ Fediverse.party].
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''More projects and context'': [https://fediverse.party/ Fediverse.party], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_software_and_protocols_for_distributed_social_networking Wikipedia].
  
 
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20200616164626/http://p2pforever.org/ P2P Forever], humble hub of peer to peer web resources, by Laurel Schwulst. (archived)
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20200616164626/http://p2pforever.org/ P2P Forever], humble hub of peer to peer web resources, by Laurel Schwulst. (archived)
 
* [https://the-federation.info/ The Federation], gathers statistics about nodes in the fediverse.  
 
* [https://the-federation.info/ The Federation], gathers statistics about nodes in the fediverse.  
* [https://fediverse.network/ Fediverse Network], gathers statistics of oStatus/ActivityPub fediverse.
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* [https://fediverse.network/ Fediverse Network], gathers statistics of ActivityPub/oStatus fediverse.
  
 
==Events==
 
==Events==
 
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* [https://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/Federated_Social_Web_Summit_2010 Federated Social Web Summit 2010], Leftbank Projects, Portland, OR, 18 Jul 2010. Organised by the W3C Federated Social Web Community Group.
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20140131103739/d-cent.org/fsw2011/ Federated Social Web Europe], Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin, 3-5 Jun 2011. Open event on Social Web interoperability, standards and privacy. Supported and co-organised by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and by the [http://web.archive.org/web/20121020100314/http://www.primelife.eu/ EU FP7 PrimeLife] project. The local organization was done under the label “d-cent” and by the independent institute PerGlobal.
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* [https://indieweb.org/2011 IndieWebCamp], Portland, OR, 25-26 Jun 2011.
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* [https://indieweb.org/2012 IndieWebCamp], Geoloqi, Portland, OR, 30 Jun-1 Jul 2012.
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* [https://indieweb.org/2012/UK IndieWebCampUK], The Skiff, Brighton, UK, 9 Sep 2012.
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* [https://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/Federated_Social_Web_Summit_2012 Federated Social Web Summit 2012], Say Media, San Francisco, 26 Oct 2012. Organised by the W3C Federated Social Web Community Group.
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* [https://indieweb.org/2013 IndieWebCamp], Elemental Technologies, Portland, OR, 22-23 Jun 2013.
  
 
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* Relearn, [http://relearn.be/2014/ "A Feminist Net/work How-to"], in ''Portable Relearn Archive'', Jul 2014. Material from the 2014 edition of Relearn, held at Variable, a collectively run F/LOSS Arts Lab in Brussels.
 
* Relearn, [http://relearn.be/2014/ "A Feminist Net/work How-to"], in ''Portable Relearn Archive'', Jul 2014. Material from the 2014 edition of Relearn, held at Variable, a collectively run F/LOSS Arts Lab in Brussels.
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* Sean Tilley, [https://medium.com/we-distribute "We Distribute"], ''Medium'', Sep 2014-Sep 2018. Reporting series about decentralization and the free web. [https://medium.com/we-distribute/ccd7b83e81f2 Part 0], [https://medium.com/we-distribute/we-distribute-part-i-the-road-to-federation-207b61daa38 Part 1]. [https://medium.com/@deadsuperhero]
  
 
*{{a|LSEblog}}Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay, et al., [https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/category/alternativeinternets/ "Alternative Internet(s)"], series of blog posts, ''Media@LSE'', London: London School of Economics, Nov 2014-Jan 2015 ff. Sparked by the [[#LSEworkshop|2014 workshop]].
 
*{{a|LSEblog}}Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay, et al., [https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/category/alternativeinternets/ "Alternative Internet(s)"], series of blog posts, ''Media@LSE'', London: London School of Economics, Nov 2014-Jan 2015 ff. Sparked by the [[#LSEworkshop|2014 workshop]].

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

Mastodon instances

more

Software projects

  • Beaker, experimental peer-to-peer Web browser (Hypercore), *2016.
  • Bookwyrm, federated platform for reading and reviewing (Activitypub), *2021. Instances.
  • Conversations, open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android, *2014.
  • Delta Chat, chat app that sends messages via e-mails, encrypted if possible, with Autocrypt
  • Diaspora, self-hosted social networking service (diaspora), *2010.
  • Distributed Press, open source publishing tool for the World Wide Web and DWeb; automates publishing and hosting content to the WWW that it seeds to Hypercore and IPFS, *2021.
  • dokieli, clientside editor for decentralised article publishing, annotations and social interactions (Solid, Linked Data, ActivityPub), *2015.
  • Epicyon, federated social network suitable for low power systems.
  • Friendica, decentralized social network, formerly Mistpark (diaspora, OStatus, pump.io, ActivityPub), *2010.
  • Funkwhale, decentralised audio platform (ActivityPub), *2019.
  • Hubzilla, communication platform, formerly RedMatrix (Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora, OStatus), *2015. Review.
  • Hypercore/Dat apps
  • IPFS, protocol and p2p network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system, *2015.
  • Mastodon, self-hosted social networking service (ActivityPub), *2016.
  • Matrix apps
  • Misskey, decentralized microblogging service (ActivityPub), *2014.
  • PeerTube, federated video platform powered by ActivityPub and WebTorrent, *2018.
  • PixelFed, image sharing platform (ActivityPub), *2018.
  • Pleroma, social networking software (ActivityPub), *2019.
  • Scuttlebutt, decentralised secure gossip platform (gossip protocol), *2018.
  • Socialhome, federated personal profile with social networking functionality (ActivityPub, diaspora), *2016.
  • Solid apps
  • WriteFreely, open source platform for building a writing space on the web (ActivityPub).
  • YaCy, distributed search engine, *2016.

Protocols: ActivityPub (W3C recommendation, *2018), Solid (*2016), Hypercore (formerly Dat Protocol), Zot (evolved from DFRN, *2015), Matrix (*2014), Pump.io (evolved from OStatus, *2011), Diaspora (*2010), OStatus (formerly OpenMicroBlogging, *2008), XMPP (formerly Jabber, *1999).

More projects and context: Fediverse.party, Wikipedia.

Resources, art projects

Events

2010
2011
  • Federated Social Web Europe, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin, 3-5 Jun 2011. Open event on Social Web interoperability, standards and privacy. Supported and co-organised by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and by the EU FP7 PrimeLife project. The local organization was done under the label “d-cent” and by the independent institute PerGlobal.
2012
2013
  • IndieWebCamp, Elemental Technologies, Portland, OR, 22-23 Jun 2013.
2014
2015
  • GETDecentralized! (GET-D), The Red Victorian, 1665 Haight St, San Francisco, 31 Mar-2 Apr 2015. "An evening of conversation, celebration and community-building around new ideas in decentralization." Organised by Joachim Lohkamp. Attended by about fifty participants, incl. Brewster Kahle from the Internet Archive. Video. [4] [5]
  • 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.
2016
  • Decentralized Web Summit, Internet Archive, San Francisco, 7-9 Jun 2016. Attended by about 350 participants, incl. 80 participants in the Builders Day. Juan Benet demonstrates a fully decentralized web site; Karissa McKelvey presents a browser-based implementation of the DAT protocol.
  • 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.
2017
  • Radical Networks conference, Chem Creative, Brooklyn, NY, 19-22 Oct 2017. Organised by Sarah Grant and Erica Kermani. Third edition.
2018
  • Peer-to-Peer Web / NY, series of talks, School for Poetic Computation, New York, 26 May 2018. Presented by New Computer Working Group. [6] [7]
  • Radical Networks conference, Spektrum, Berlin, 19-21 Oct 2018. Organised by Sarah Grant and Erica Kermani. Fourth edition.
  • Reclaim the Web, Kop! (Smart/CoopCity), Brussels, 1 Dec 2018. Organised by iMAL.
2019
  • 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. Follow-up to Decentralized Web Summits 2016 & 2018. Attended by 450 participants. Interview. Report. [8]
2020
  • Dat Conference 2020, online, 30-31 Jul 2020. Virtual peer to peer event about local-first tech and meetup space for those interested in the decentralized web.
2022
  • THX, Ozaraine, Basque country, 10-20 Jul 2022.
  • DWeb Camp, Camp Navarro, California, 24-28 Aug 2022. Fourth edition.

Publications

  • Relearn, "A Feminist Net/work How-to", in Portable Relearn Archive, Jul 2014. Material from the 2014 edition of Relearn, held at Variable, a collectively run F/LOSS Arts Lab in Brussels.
  • Brewster Kahle, "Locking the Web Open", Internet Archive, 1 Apr 2015, 28 min. Video; talk given at the GETDecentralized unconference, San Francisco.
  • Compost, eds. Mai Sutton et al., since Mar 2021. Magazine about the digital commons.

See also

Internet activism, Free software

Software
communities of practice

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