DigLife’s Directory of Decentralization Projects

GitHub profile:RChain

GitHub repository:https://github.com/rchain

Twitter:@rchain_coop

Open feedback:I don't know what software licensing applies to my project!

Last modified:2018-10-08T15:41:54Z

Area of work:

Hardware
Distributed Ledgers
CivicTech
Collaboration
Cryptography
Currency
Database
Distribution
Governance
Identity
IoT
Mesh networks
Messaging
Productivity
Protocol
Smart Contracts

Project type:

Open Data

Groups:

Finance professionals
Funders
General public
Software developers

Stack:

social
semantic
networking
consensus

Network topologies:

decentralized

Regional tractions:

UnitedStates
Germany
China
Singapore
Nigeria
Greece
Netherlands

Suggested areas of work:

Blockchain

Suggested values:

Cooperative

Hyperledger

IDb56b04d0-e9f5-4baf-a38d-dfcbd7da18bd

Description 1:Hyperledger is an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies.

Download required:no

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:https://github.com/hyperledger

GitHub repository:https://github.com/hyperledger

Twitter:hyperledger

Last modified:2018-07-14T05:35:50Z

Software licenses:

Apache License v2

Area of work:

Distributed Ledgers
Governance
Identity
IoT
Manufacturing
Smart Contracts

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Software developers

Stack:

networking
consensus

Network topologies:

null

Suggested areas of work:

supply chains

Subutai

ID5e4a0e63-1ef8-4b36-ad99-4c92222d89cd

Description 1:18 Watt Broadband Router (Hardwired ETHERNET and 802.11b/g/n), RAID enhanced Networks Attached Storage (NAS), IoT gateway, green cryptocurrency mining, TPM Ultra-Security

Description 2:A highly efficient (18 Watt) and expandable broadband router that is also an IoT gateway, NAS server, and cryptocurrency mining system that uses an FPGA for efficient and flexible mining. Using a TPM processor it inspects every packet passing through the system for malware using fuzzy logic.

Maturity:general public

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:subutai-attic

GitHub repository:https://github.com/subutai-attic/liquid-router

Last modified:2018-07-01T20:43:50Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

Cryptography
Currency
Distributed Ledgers
Distribution
Hardware
IoT
Manufacturing
Mesh networks
Messaging
Open hardware
Operating systems
Self-hosting
Smart Contracts
Storage

Project type:

Hardware

Groups:

Academics
Artists
Designers
Finance professionals
Funders
General public
Legal professionals
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

networking

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

Brazil
Turkey

Blockstack

ID8cd148eb-3a40-4184-aeb3-6749e5102496

Tagline:A New Internet for Decentralized Apps

Description 1:Blockstack is a new internet for decentralized apps that you access through the Blockstack Browser. With Blockstack, there is a new world of apps that let you own your data and maintain your privacy, security and freedom.

Description 2:Blockstack uses the lower layers of the traditional internet and focuses on decentralizing the application layer. Blockstack provides key tools and infrastructure to developers enabling decentralized storage and decentralized authentication & identity. Developers build single-page applications in JavaScript then plug into user-run APIs, which eliminates centralized points of control. Users run decentralized apps through the Blockstack browser and give explicit read/write permissions to their data. Information is encrypted and stored on users’ personal devices. There are no middlemen, no passwords, and no massive data silos to breach.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/muneeb-ali

GitHub repository:https://github.com/blockstack/

Twitter:@blockstack

Last modified:2018-07-12T09:35:01Z

Software licenses:

GNU GPL v3
MIT License
MPL v2.0

Area of work:

Browsing
Database
Distributed Ledgers
Identity
Protocol
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public
Software developers

Stack:

social
networking

Network topologies:

distributed

Suggested areas of work:

dapp
serverless

WebTorrent

ID3e00b729-5df3-42f1-b41f-cbaca761ea0f

Tagline:⚡️ Streaming torrent client for the web, Node.js, Mac, Windows, & Linux

Description 1:Using open web standards, WebTorrent connects website users together to form a distributed, decentralized browser-to-browser network for efficient file transfer. The more people that use a WebTorrent-powered website, the faster and more resilient it becomes.

Description 2:WebTorrent is the first torrent client that works in the browser. It's written completely in JavaScript – the language of the web – and uses WebRTC for true peer-to-peer transport. No browser plugin, extension, or installation is required. Using open web standards, WebTorrent connects website users together to form a distributed, decentralized browser-to-browser network for efficient file transfer. Imagine a video site like YouTube, where visitors help to host the site's content. The more people that use a WebTorrent-powered website, the faster and more resilient it becomes. Browser-to-browser communication cuts out the middle-man and lets people communicate on their own terms. No more client/server – just a network of peers, all equal. WebTorrent is the first step in the journey to redecentralize the Web.

Maturity:general public

Download required:no

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:https://github.com/webtorrent

GitHub repository:https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent

Twitter:https://twitter.com/WebTorrentApp

Last modified:2018-07-12T22:06:10Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

Browsing
Distribution
Mesh networks
Protocol
Publishing
Self-hosting
Storage

Project type:

Open Data
Software

Groups:

Artists
General public
Librarians
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
networking

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

WebTorrentgetsmillionsofdownloads
likelyfromusersinalmosteverycountry.

Suggested areas of work:

Filesharing
Mediaconsumption

Suggested values:

Content-addressed

IndieAuth

IDe9134701-2a5c-4577-b557-186037a62bbe

Tagline:OAuth for the open web

Description 1:IndieAuth enables people and businesses to maintain control of their online identity by using their own web addresses to sign in to applications.

Description 2:IndieAuth is a decentralized identity protocol built on top of OAuth 2.0. This allows individual websites like someone's own WordPress or Mastodon instance to become its own identity provider. Both users and applications are identified by URLs, avoiding the need for getting API keys or users making new accounts.

Maturity:general public

Download required:no

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:https://github.com/indieweb

GitHub repository:https://github.com/indieweb/indieauth

Twitter:@Indie_Auth

Open feedback:Some of the questions don't apply because this isn't a single piece of software, this is a spec that many other software projects implement.

Last modified:2018-07-25T14:54:12Z

Software licenses:

Area of work:

Identity

Project type:

Other

Groups:

Software developers

Stack:

social

Network topologies:

decentralized

Regional tractions:

US
Germany
Australia
Netherlands
Sweden
UK
Iceland
Canada
France
Ireland
Italy

Holochain

IDb217de54-e877-4a4b-9d6e-d56f29c0f7d6

Tagline:Think outside the blocks

Description 1:[Holochain](https://holochain.org/) is a software framework for creating fully distributed/peer-to-peer applications that are both highly scalable and cryptographically secured.

Description 2:For more details visit the [Holochain](https://holochain.org/) website and/or read our [whitepaper](https://holochain.org/whitepaper): ***Holochain: scalable agent-centric distributed computing:*** > *Whitepaper ABSTRACT : We present a scalable, agent-centric distributed computing platform. We use a formalism to characterize distributed systems, show how it applies to some existing distributed systems, and demonstrate the benefits of shifting from a data-centric to an agent-centric model. We present a detailed formal specification of the Holochain system, along with an analysis of its systemic integrity, capacity for evolution, total system computational complexity, implications for use-cases, and current implementation status.*

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:select one

GitHub profile:https://github.com/holochain

GitHub repository:https://github.com/holochain/holochain-proto

Twitter:holochain

Last modified:2018-07-14T02:24:22Z

Software licenses:

GNU GPL v3

Area of work:

Collaboration
Cryptography
Currency
Distributed Ledgers
Identity
IoT
Self-hosting
Smart Contracts
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public
Software developers

Stack:

social
legal
semantic
consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

Canada
UnitedStates
Germany
Australia
India
UnitedKingdom
Russia

Suggested values:

agent-centric

UBOS

ID6b9f2033-c33d-43b8-848e-5b2c2551b397

Tagline:Linux distro for personal servers and Indie IoT devices

Description 1:Makes administration of user-owned servers much simpler

Description 2:Want to keep your data at home instead of handing it over to a cloud overlord? But dreading server maintenance. UBOS makes it simple.

Maturity:beta

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/uboslinux

GitHub repository:https://github.com/uboslinux

Twitter:@uboslinux

Last modified:2018-07-10T03:49:08Z

Software licenses:

Apache License v2
GNU GPL v2
GNU GPL v3
MIT License
Modified BSD
Other OSI-approved license
Other

Area of work:

Distribution
IoT
Operating systems
Productivity
Publishing
Self-hosting

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public
Software developers

Network topologies:

distributed

The hi:project

ID23130ce2-f42d-43f3-adba-c33f8c775b80

Tagline:empowering you, empowering us all, with a more human web

Description 1:The way a machine or service helps you accomplish tasks with or through it, that’s the user interface. The way your software helps you accomplish tasks with other software, that’s the human interface.

Description 2:[The hi:project](https://hi-project.org/) is a nonprofit, free, open-source engineering program formed to create a more human-centric web, open and accessible to all. Endorsed by the [Web Science Trust](http://www.webscience.org/), we’re currently building a community of interested parties, preparing to develop a technical proof of concept. The project helps: * secure a citizen-centric Internet (redecentralizing) * solve personal data & privacy * transform accessibility & digital inclusion.

Maturity:concept

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/sheldrake

GitHub repository:https://github.com/hi-project

Twitter:hi-proj

Last modified:2018-07-08T20:12:44Z

Software licenses:

CC0
GNU GPL v3

Area of work:

CivicTech
Collaboration
Distribution
Identity

Project type:

Community Engagement
Software

Groups:

General public

Stack:

human interface

Network topologies:

distributed

Knapsack

IDaaa9df15-3939-4713-86cb-35548cf34a0b

Tagline:Reach beyond communication barriers

Description 1:Knapsack for Hope protocol allow us to transfer data using commercial TV channels without obtaining new hardware

Description 2:Knapsack for Hope is a satellite file casting technology that leverages common satellite equipment to deliver digital content without relying on access to the internet.

Maturity:general public

Download required:yes

Encryption:no

Twitter:@NFPmedia

Last modified:2018-08-16T02:44:13Z

Area of work:

Browsing
CivicTech
Collaboration
Cryptography
Distribution
Mesh networks
Protocol
Publishing

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public

Stack:

networking

Network topologies:

decentralized

Regional tractions:

Iran
Iraq
Afghanistan

Bridgy

ID56ac0234-4911-478c-80ac-737d24d3dd5f

Tagline: Bridgy connects traditional social networks to the IndieWeb.

Description 1: Bridgy pulls comments and likes from social networks back to your web site. You can also use it to publish your posts to those social networks.

Description 2:Bridgy periodically checks social networks for responses to your posts and links to your web site and sends them back to your site as [webmentions](https://www.w3.org/TR/webmention/). Bridgy also translates the responses to [microformats](http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats2) so that your web site can fetch and parse them. Bridgy can also publish posts, comments, likes, and retweets from your web site to social networks. When you ask Bridgy to publish a post, it analyzes its microformats data and publishes it using the social network APIs. Bridgy currently supports Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GitHub, Flickr, Google+, Blogger, Medium, Tumblr, and WordPress.com.

Maturity:general public

Download required:no

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:snarfed

GitHub repository:https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy/

Last modified:2018-07-17T20:22:31Z

Software licenses:

Area of work:

Publishing
Self-hosting

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social

Network topologies:

decentralized

Regional tractions:

USA
UK
Germany

Suggested areas of work:

Social networking

Suggested values:

Dataownership
privacy

Matrix

IDb129ac6c-0274-41e0-8a99-d2c137d560d9

Description 1:Matrix’s initial goal is to fix the problem of fragmented IP communications: letting users message and call each other without having to care what app the other user is on - making it as easy as sending an email.

Description 2:# What is Matrix? Matrix is an open standard for interoperable, decentralised, real-time communication over IP. It can be used to power Instant Messaging, VoIP/WebRTC signalling, Internet of Things communication - or anywhere you need a standard HTTP API for publishing and subscribing to data whilst tracking the conversation history. Matrix defines the standard, and provides open source reference implementations of Matrix-compatible Servers, Clients, Client SDKs and Application Services to help you create new communication solutions or extend the capabilities and reach of existing ones. # What is Matrix's Mission? Matrix’s initial goal is to fix the problem of fragmented IP communications: letting users message and call each other without having to care what app the other user is on - making it as easy as sending an email. The longer term goal is for Matrix to act as a generic HTTP messaging and data synchronisation system for the whole web - allowing people, services and devices to easily communicate with each other, empowering users to own and control their data and select the services and vendors they want to use.

Maturity:general public

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/matrix-org/

GitHub repository:https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc

Twitter:matrixdotorg

Open feedback:Thanks for including Matrix.

Last modified:2018-07-25T12:13:27Z

Software licenses:

Apache License v2

Area of work:

CivicTech
Identity
Collaboration
Cryptography
Distributed Ledgers
Distribution
Governance
IoT
Messaging
Protocol
Publishing
Self-hosting
Smart Contracts

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
General public
Municipalities
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social
networking
consensus

Network topologies:

decentralized

Regional tractions:

UK
France
Germany
USA
Finland

Suggested values:

open specification

Textile

IDac7f5b56-e5f7-47d4-8b7a-3adb24001d4e

Tagline:A digital wallet for your photos

Description 1:Textile Photos is a mobile app to sync, share, and secure your photos. It is build on the Textile digital wallet, designed to store all your personal data.

Description 2:We believe in a future where we can control our own data. Let's start with photos. Textile let's users sync, share, and secure all their personal photos on a decentralized network of computers called, IPFS. Your photos remain privately encrypted only for you. When you share your photos, Textile uses peer-to-peer technology, meaning your photos are private to you and your friends.

Maturity:beta

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/textileio/

GitHub repository:https://github.com/textileio/textile-mobile

Twitter:textile01

Last modified:2018-07-21T17:18:31Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

Cryptography
Database
Distribution
Identity
Messaging
Publishing
Self-hosting
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Artists
Designers
Finance professionals
Funders
Legal professionals
Librarians
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

USA
Germany

Suggested values:

Design
UserExerience

Libre.fm

ID0a047aaa-3748-4cf5-af44-eff917a4c3c5

Tagline:Free software music communities

Description 1:Share your listening habits and discover new music

Maturity:general public

Download required:yes

Encryption:no

Twitter:@librefm

Last modified:2018-08-01T18:44:58Z

Software licenses:

Other

Area of work:

Database

Project type:

Community Engagement

Groups:

Artists
General public

Stack:

social

Network topologies:

decentralized

IPWB

ID7c688c6e-548c-4afc-90a9-abb3be0be74d

Tagline: Peer-To-Peer Permanence of Web Archives

Description 1:InterPlanetary Wayback (IPWB) facilitates permanence and collaboration in web archives by disseminating the contents of WARC files into the IPFS network. IPFS is a peer-to-peer content-addressable file system that inherently allows deduplication and facilitates opt-in replication. IPWB splits the header and payload of WARC response records before disseminating into IPFS to leverage the deduplication, builds a CDXJ index with references to the IPFS hashes returned, and combines the header and payload from IPFS at the time of replay.

Description 2:# InterPlanetary Wayback (IPWB) **Peer-To-Peer Permanence of Web Archives** InterPlanetary Wayback (IPWB) facilitates permanence and collaboration in web archives by disseminating the contents of [WARC](http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=44717) files into the IPFS network. [IPFS](https://ipfs.io/) is a peer-to-peer content-addressable file system that inherently allows deduplication and facilitates opt-in replication. IPWB splits the header and payload of WARC response records before disseminating into IPFS to leverage the deduplication, builds a [CDXJ index](https://github.com/oduwsdl/ORS/wiki/CDXJ) with references to the IPFS hashes returned, and combines the header and payload from IPFS at the time of replay. InterPlanetary Wayback primarily consists of two scripts: - **ipwb/indexer.py** - archival indexing script that takes the path to a WARC input, extracts the HTTP headers, HTTP payload (response body), and relevant parts of the WARC-response record header from the WARC specified and creates byte string representations. The indexer then pushes the byte strings into IPFS using a locally running IPFS daemon then creates a [CDXJ](https://github.com/oduwsdl/ORS/wiki/CDXJ) file with this metadata for replay.py. - **ipwb/replay.py** - rudimentary replay script to resolve requests for archival content contained in IPFS for replay in the browser. A pictorial representation of the IPWB indexing and replay process: ![image](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oduwsdl/ipwb/master/docs/diagram_72.png)

Maturity:beta

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/oduwsdl/

GitHub repository:https://github.com/oduwsdl/ipwb

Twitter:https://twitter.com/WebSciDL

Last modified:2018-07-12T01:33:39Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

Browsing
Collaboration
Database
Distribution
Protocol
Publishing
Self-hosting
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
General public
Legal professionals
Librarians
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
semantic

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

Suggested values:

semi-distributed

Consensus Clubs

IDaacb52cd-b24f-402f-8f14-8d32839d238b

Tagline:Massively Multiplayer Online Knowledge Curation

Description 1:Knowledge markets combine blockchains, tokens and gamified market mechanisms to incentivise the crowd to build social consensus, scaling coordinated decision-making to very large groups of users. Knowledge markets are carefully designed to be resistant to trolls, spammers, bots and bribing attacks.

Description 2:The online social world is broken. People are not communicating because there is no way to determine if there is social consensus. We build tools to help communities measure the opinions of their members. We don't believe voting works, so we use market mechanisms to incentivise the crowd to think about their opinions before they share them. We are not promising world peace here - but we do think we can meaningfully improve things and change what it means to take part in an online community.

Download required:select one

Encryption:select one

GitHub profile:bdflex

GitHub repository:https://github.com/rflxvty

Twitter:@consensusclubs

Last modified:2018-08-03T20:18:22Z

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Finance professionals
Funders
General public
Municipalities
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social

Network topologies:

null

Long Now

ID1b4abb5f-ba52-40ae-b814-33e0702029e8

Tagline:Fostering long-term thinking and responsibility

Description 1:Creating opportunities for dialogue and information sharing about long-term

Description 2:The Long Now Foundation fosters long-term thinking and responsibility through a variety of projects including building a 10,000 Year Clock; working to preserve endangered human languages; presenting 30+ lectures each year in San Francisco (and shared everywhere via video and podcast) promoting long-term perspectives on technology, art, science, society, and more; providing a platform (LongBets.org) for accountable predictions about society; and others. Our San Francisco headquarters is also a bar/cafe that is open to the public 7-days a week: TheInterval.org. Our foundation has always been inextricably involved with technology as characterized by our Board which includes supercomputer pioneer Danny Hillis; Stewart Brand (the Whole Earth Catalog) & Kevin Kelly (Wired magazine) who together organized the first Hackers conference; entrepreneurs Kim Polese and Ping Fu; among others. We don't advocate for individuals technologies. But we believe that all endeavors benefit from considering the future as a stakeholder. And many decentralized technologies seem to better meet one of our key goals than their centralized alternatives: they offer more options to people in the future rather than less.

Maturity:general public

Download required:no

Encryption:no

Twitter:longnow

Open feedback:Thanks for having us!

Last modified:2018-08-05T01:55:39Z

Area of work:

CivicTech
Governance
Law
Manufacturing
Policy

Project type:

Community Engagement

Groups:

Academics
Artists
Designers
General public
Librarians
Scientists
Software developers

Network topologies:

null

Regional tractions:

We have members around the world.

Suggested areas of work:

Futurism
Strategy

InterPlanetary File System

IDdb810fd1-0a53-4d1c-91a8-fa791b35d594

Tagline:A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open.

Description 1:IPFS is a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol that allows you to address information by what it is, not where it is. It allows you to use a different kind of web link. Instead of using links that point to locations, it uses links that uniquely describe the content itself, like a fingerprint. This content-addressed approach separates "what" from "where", so data can flow through the network, so it can be stored and served from anywhere by anyone.

Description 2:# Here's how IPFS works Let's take a look at what happens when you add files to IPFS: - Each file and all of the blocks within it are given a unique fingerprint called a cryptographic hash. - IPFS removes duplications across the network and tracks version history for every file. - Each network node stores only content it is interested in, and some indexing information that helps figure out who is storing what. - When looking up files, you're asking the network to find nodes storing the content behind a unique hash. - Every file can be found by human-readable names using a decentralized naming system called IPNS. ### **For a deeper look at IPFS, read [the whitepaper](https://github.com/ipfs/papers/raw/master/ipfs-cap2pfs/ipfs-p2p-file-system.pdf) .**

Maturity:alpha

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/ipfs

GitHub repository:https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs

Twitter:@ipfsbot

Last modified:2018-07-27T17:34:00Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

AI
Browsing
CivicTech
Collaboration
Cryptography
Distributed Ledgers
Distribution
Governance
IoT
Mesh networks
Messaging
Operating systems
Policy
Protocol
Publishing
Self-hosting
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
Artists
General public
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

networking

Network topologies:

distributed

Namecoin

ID054bb46d-2022-4b1d-8e8f-510ab65d6c55

Tagline:Decentralized secure names.

Description 1:Namecoin is a decentralized naming system that has a global namespace and human-meaningful names. Its most common use cases are a decentralized alternative to the DNS and a decentralized public key infrastructure.

Description 2:Namecoin is a decentralized naming system that has a global namespace and human-meaningful names. Its most common use cases are a decentralized alternative to the DNS and a decentralized public key infrastructure. Namecoin is unique among blockchain-based naming systems in that Namecoin stays as close to the Bitcoin codebase and threat model as possible. For example, Namecoin uses Hashcash-SHA256D mining and supports lightweight SPV clients.

Maturity:beta

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/namecoin

GitHub repository:https://github.com/namecoin

Twitter:https://twitter.com/Namecoin

Last modified:2018-08-02T17:17:10Z

Software licenses:

Apache License v2
GNU GPL v3
MIT License

Area of work:

Browsing
Cryptography
Distributed Ledgers
Identity
Mesh networks
Messaging

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public

Stack:

human interface
social
networking
consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

Databox Project

IDed5d274e-342f-405e-bbd9-11089cc181bb

Tagline:Privacy-Aware Personal Data Platform

Description 1:Databox project is a £1.5M EPSRC project to explore the development of the Databox as a means of enhancing accountability and giving individuals control over the use of their personal data.

Description 2:The Databox envisions an open-source personal networked device, augmented by cloud-hosted services, that collates, curates, and mediates access to an individual’s personal data by verified and audited third party applications and services. The Databox will form the heart of an individual’s personal data processing ecosystem, providing a platform for managing secure access to data and enabling authorised third parties to provide the owner with authenticated services, including services that may be accessed while roaming outside the home environment.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/haddadi

GitHub repository:https://github.com/me-box/

Twitter:@databoxproject

Last modified:2018-07-12T10:10:45Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

Distribution
Identity
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
General public

Stack:

social
semantic

Network topologies:

distributed

Suggested areas of work:

personal data

bunsanweb

IDa49a8a7c-6e49-4e12-816d-0a81ca9eb7ca

Description 1:Toward the web of programs, make your written scripts hyperlinkable, processible, and emergent endpoints on your browsers.

Description 2:bunsanweb is a collection of technologies created to realize the new concept of a "Web of Programs". >> A world in which links in documents are able to to freely harness the power of to Web processing programs. We've designed: - Endpoints, that make browser tabs running JavaScript hyperlinkable - Hyperlinks, as first-class objects with metadata with HTML as a container of hyperlinks - The ability to Map linked Resources for URL semantics onto endpoint scripts, from local resources all the way to universal resources - A single federated universal stream for open events shared by emergent endpoints

Maturity:concept

Download required:yes

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:https://github.com/bunsanweb

GitHub repository:https://github.com/bunsanweb/bunsanweb

Last modified:2018-07-25T04:35:38Z

Software licenses:

GNU GPL v3

Area of work:

Messaging
Self-hosting

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Software developers

Stack:

human interface
networking

Network topologies:

distributed

GNU social

ID7fab3f46-3fac-486d-8b53-94f050c715b8

Description 1:Federated social networking, powered by Ostatus

Maturity:general public

Download required:no

Encryption:no

Twitter:@gnusocial

Last modified:2018-08-01T18:42:18Z

Software licenses:

Other

Area of work:

Collaboration
Messaging

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public

Stack:

social

Network topologies:

decentralized

Holo

ID49c6d755-b841-4729-b687-96de13b32a74

Tagline:Where the Crowd is the Cloud

Description 1:Holo is a bridge to link our advanced crypto technology, Holochain, and everyday users.

Description 2:Holo provides a way to unleash the enormous idle capacity in everyone’s computers. This gives us the power to build vibrant cloud hosting communities that will challenge how the Internet monopolies control our data and our interactions. Holo offers each of us the ability to participate by sharing, earning, and building the future of the web. The Holo ecosystem relies on hosts that provide processing and storage for distributed applications while earning redeemable credits. Hosts are paid in Holo's crypto-credits, called Holo fuel, which are efficiently designed to transact a high volume of micro-transactions. Holo fuel functions by enabling the long-proven standardized practice of double-entry accounting with layers of cryptographic assurance on top of it. Read the Holo Green Paper and Currency Paper at the following link for more details: https://holo.host/whitepapers/

Maturity:concept

Download required:yes

Encryption:no

Twitter:H_O_L_O_

Last modified:2018-07-30T15:00:53Z

Software licenses:

Other

Area of work:

Browsing
Currency
Distributed Ledgers
Hardware
IoT
Self-hosting
Smart Contracts
Storage

Project type:

Hardware
Software

Groups:

General public
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

Canada
UnitedStates
Germany
Australia
India
UnitedKingdom
Russia

Suggested values:

Crypto-Accounting

cabal

IDd2a8d583-358a-4b61-b1b6-6531e00628a6

Tagline:p2p chat for people & their communities

Description 1:Peer to peer real-time chat

Description 2:Cabal is real-time chat that doesn't rely on servers and works offline. Each cabal is identified by a secret key, where only people who know the key can find it and participate.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:cabal-club

GitHub repository:https://github.com/cabal-club

Open feedback:Thank you for building this <3

Last modified:2018-08-02T23:57:13Z

Software licenses:

GNU GPL v3
MIT License

Area of work:

Collaboration
Mesh networks
Messaging
Self-hosting

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public
Software developers

Stack:

social
networking

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

ICIE

IDd013116e-ec79-46b1-bb0d-e6532211be4d

Tagline:Leading the field since 1999

Description 1:The International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE) is an academic community dedicated to the advancement of the field of Information Ethics. The ICIE community offers a platform for an intercultural exchange of ideas and information regarding worldwide teaching and research in the field. Along with its official journal, the International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE), the Center has pioneered worldwide research in the ethics of information, digital, and communication technologies for nearly two decades.

Description 2:The International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE) is an academic community dedicated to the advancement of the field of information ethics. It offers a platform for an intercultural exchange of ideas and information regarding worldwide teaching and research in the field. ICIE provides an opportunity for community and for collaboration between colleagues practicing and teaching in the field. It provides news regarding ongoing activities by various organizations involved in the shared goals of information ethics. ICIE has organized and co-organised symposia since 2001 and publishes a book series in cooperation with W. Fink Verlag, Munich-Paderborn (Germany). ICIE has published the International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE) quarterly since 2004. Participation and membership in the community is free of charge. The success of the ICIE community is dependent on the efforts and participation of those involved in its formation and continual growth. It is through the sharing of related interests and knowledge with others that ICIE thrives.

Download required:no

Encryption:no

Twitter:@ICIEInfoEthics

Last modified:2018-07-23T21:41:33Z

Area of work:

AI
Collaboration
Governance
Identity
IoT
Law
Policy
Publishing

Project type:

Community Engagement

Groups:

Academics
Funders
General public
Librarians

Stack:

human interface
social

Network topologies:

null

Regional tractions:

UnitedStates
SouthAfrica
Kenya
Egypt
Canada
Germany
NewZealand
Brazil
Uruguay
UnitedKingdom
Japan

Suggested areas of work:

Ethics

Protocol Labs

ID1ab2ae22-66f4-489a-833e-84041d9f7601

Tagline:A research, development, and deployment institution for improving Internet technology.

Description 1:Protocol Labs is a research, development, and deployment institution for improving Internet technology. Protocol Labs leads groundbreaking internet projects, such as IPFS, the decentralized web protocol; Filecoin, a cryptocurrency incentivized storage network; and libp2p, a modular network stack for peer-to-peer apps and systems. Protocol Labs works openly, and is focused on the creation of value at a massive scale.

Description 2:### Company Protocol Labs is a research, development, and deployment institution for improving Internet technology. Protocol Labs leads groundbreaking internet projects, such as IPFS, the decentralized web protocol; Filecoin, a cryptocurrency incentivized storage network; and libp2p, a modular network stack for peer-to-peer apps and systems. Protocol Labs works openly, and is focused on the creation of value at a massive scale. ### Open Source Protocol Labs works on a growing number of Open Source projects. The major technology stacks we produce are developed entirely Open Source, from initial research, through implementation development, and into wide deployment. The communities we lead are open, welcoming, and inclusive. We invite you to get involved; join us on GitHub! ### History Protocol Labs was founded on May 2014, by Juan Benet, inventor of IPFS and Filecoin. That summer, we participated in the YCombinator program (S14). Protocol Labs released IPFS to the world in January 2015. Since then, IPFS has gained enormous traction in a variety of industries and organizations. By 2016, IPFS grew to be one of the most used and relied on technologies in the Blockchain industry, and hailed by thousands of developers as "The Future of the Web." That year, Protocol Labs also created libp2p, IPLD, multiformats, Orbit, and a number of other projects. Our most anticipated project is Filecoin, currently in development.

Maturity:general public

Download required:select one

Encryption:select one

GitHub profile:protocol

Twitter:@protocollabs

Last modified:2018-07-27T17:54:54Z

Area of work:

AI
Browsing
CivicTech
Collaboration
Cryptography
Currency
Database
Distributed Ledgers
Distribution
Governance
Hardware
Identity
IoT
Law
Mesh networks
Messaging
Operating systems
Policy
Productivity
Protocol
Publishing
Self-hosting
Smart Contracts
Storage

Project type:

Community Engagement
Open Data
Software
Other

Groups:

Academics
Artists
Designers
Finance professionals
Funders
General public
Legal professionals
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social
legal
semantic
networking
consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

AKASHA

IDbfe2a170-b484-48a5-941f-628313785622

Tagline:Decentralized Social Media Network

Description 1:We believe that freedom of expression, access to information, and privacy are fundamental human rights that should be respected on the Internet as well as in real life. Through AKASHA, we want to demonstrate that it is possible to achieve this by enshrining basic human rights in code and approaching things differently.

Description 2:As a word, AKASHA ( [aːkaːʃə], आकाश) has roots in Sanskrit and means “ether” in both its elemental and metaphysical senses. The ancient Sanskrit-speaking civilization envisioned akasha as a metaphysical information network connecting humanity with itself and infinite knowledge. In this paradigm, thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences are stored forever and shared through akasha, the universal database connecting multiple planes of existence. In today’s blockchain realm, AKASHA is a social and technological experiment enabling our collective memory, feelings and ideas to echo freely throughout humanity’s existence. By fusing Ethereum with the Inter-Planetary File System, we explore the implications and applications of a permanent Web in the context of freedom of expression, creative perpetuity, and privacy for a better home of Mind.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

GitHub repository:https://github.com/AkashaProject

Twitter:AkashaProject

Last modified:2018-07-31T13:32:15Z

Software licenses:

MPL v2.0

Area of work:

Browsing
Collaboration
Distribution

Project type:

Community Engagement
Software

Groups:

Academics
General public
Scientists

Stack:

social
consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

manycountriesintheamericas
europe
andasia.

InfoCentral

IDa8d726ce-ab91-4c1a-a925-fe9f664b3292

Tagline:Information is the Platform

Description 1:InfoCentral is a software platform that makes well-structured information the center of computing, enabling greater interoperability, collaboration, and fluidity.

Description 2:InfoCentral is an information-centered architecture and platform for future software and a decentralizable internet. It is foremost concerned with data portability, semantics, and interoperability. Information itself should be the platform -- a neutral foundation that software and networks can evolve around. InfoCentral takes a clean-slate, full-stack platform approach that is not bound to legacy web technologies, though bridges can be built for compatibility. The project vision is to innovate beyond existing internet and web paradigms.

Maturity:concept

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

Last modified:2018-08-14T19:47:45Z

Software licenses:

Apache License v2
CC BY-SA 2.0

Area of work:

AI
Browsing
CivicTech
Collaboration
Cryptography
Database
Distribution
Identity
IoT
Messaging
Operating systems
Productivity
Protocol
Publishing
Self-hosting
Storage

Project type:

Open Data
Software

Groups:

Academics
General public
Librarians
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social
legal
semantic
networking
consensus

Network topologies:

null

Suggested values:

agnostic

Dat

IDba6ee68d-1279-4bbf-98e7-3f397a344acb

Tagline:Dat is a nonprofit-backed data sharing protocol for applications of the future.

Description 1:A peer to peer file sharing protocol used as the basis for decentralized web applications

Description 2:The Dat Project imagines a web of commons created by global communities on open and secure protocols. We set out to improve access to public data and created a new protocol along the way, read more at datprotocol.com. In our work on developing Dat, we found a under-served need. Decentralized software has potential to return control of digital information to the people. Today, building peer-to-peer applications presents both technical and ethical challenges but Dat is slowly changing that. To encourage people to experiment and innovate with decentralized technology, we aim to make Dat foundational software for peer-to-peer applications – one that is sponsored by a mission-driven nonprofit. To realize this future, we aim to make Dat good at supporting the core needs of peer-to-peer applications. We hope that with our small but critical focus, we can create a strong building block for the Dat ecosystem.

Maturity:general public

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/datproject

GitHub repository:https://github.com/datproject

Twitter:@dat_project

Last modified:2018-07-12T03:35:14Z

Software licenses:

Other OSI-approved license

Area of work:

Browsing
CivicTech
Collaboration
Database
Distribution
Protocol
Self-hosting

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
Artists
Designers
Funders
General public
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

social
networking

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

UnitedStates
Chile
Argentina
Taiwan
Germany
Canada
UnitedKingdom
Ecuador
Norway
Denmark

Subutai(TM)

ID71c05d3f-73c8-4b48-be28-f0c8808e3ca1

Tagline:Conquer the Cloud!

Description 1:The World’s First Intelligent Peer-to-Peer Cloud Computing Platform that provides Blockchain-powered Cloud Computing, IoT, and cryptocurrency mining for everyone.

Description 2:Subutai™ was developed with the aim of disrupting, democratizing, and commoditizing Cloud and IoT services through the following products: Subutai PeerOS — Open Source, container-based P2P Cloud and IoT software and firmware. Subutai Bazaar — a reputation-based marketplace to sell/rent/trade computing resources and applications, as “the Airbnb of Cloud and IoT Computing Resources”. The Bazaar contains software products such as the Subutai Blockchain-in-a-Box blueprint. Subutai Blockchain Router — power-efficient “green” broadband Cloud router and open hardware IoT gateway that serves as a plug-and-play cryptocurrency wallet and mining device. KHAN™ — an Ethereum Blockchain-based reserve currency token that is the default and ubiquitous currency across the Subutai Platform. Focusing on flexibility, users are free to choose to utilize one, some, or all Subutai products.

Maturity:general public

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:An Organization named Subutai

GitHub repository:https://github.com/subutai-io/

Twitter:product: @Subutai_KHAN, corporate: @OptDyn

Last modified:2018-07-17T22:41:40Z

Software licenses:

Apache License v2

Area of work:

Manufacturing
Collaboration
Cryptography
Distributed Ledgers
Hardware
IoT
Mesh networks
Open hardware
Operating systems
Self-hosting
Smart Contracts

Project type:

Hardware
Software

Groups:

General public
Academics
Artists
Designers
Finance professionals
Funders
Legal professionals
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

networking
consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Canada
China
Columbia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Malaysia
Mexico
Mongolia
Netherlands
NewZealand
Norway
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
SouthAfrica
Spain
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
UnitedKingdom
USA
Vietnam

CASSIS

IDa4d57ba9-b007-4c4e-931e-ec325e2e0c62

Tagline:CASSIS is universal javascript/PHP that works on the client and the server for scalable application logic. http://cassisjs.org

Description 1:CASSIS stands for: client and server scripting implementation subset. CASSIS Project is universal javascript (JS) that works on the client and the server for scalable application logic. The primary use-case is writing code to implement application logic that runs in browsers, especially dynamic interfaces that make use of XMLHTTPRequest (XHR/AJAX/AHAH), and also runs on web servers.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:no

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:https://github.com/tantek

GitHub repository:https://github.com/tantek/cassis

Twitter:cassisjs

Last modified:2018-08-01T20:28:32Z

Software licenses:

CC BY-SA 2.0

Area of work:

Browsing
Collaboration
Publishing
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social
semantic

Network topologies:

null

Regional tractions:

USA
UK
Germany

Suggested areas of work:

Computation
Textprocessing

Suggested values:

library

Blockcerts

ID8e578689-e2ae-4bb2-ba8e-fa2fd0f1e83c

Description 1:Supporting the expression of Verifiable Credentials in the Educational space.

Maturity:first release

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub repository:https://github.com/blockchain-certificates/wallet-iOS

Last modified:2018-07-31T03:45:38Z

Area of work:

Identity

Project type:

Other

Stack:

social

Network topologies:

decentralized

Suggested values:

dweb.archive.org

ID8f306512-2bc3-4753-ada0-f2eb2339f8f2

Tagline:The Internet Archive, but Decentralized

Description 1:Providing a decentralized interface to the Internet Archive

Description 2:We wanted to see what was required to take a large site with a lot of data, and work out how to put it onto the dweb - taking account of the many issues that legacy data brings, in particular a very long tail of a large data set.

Maturity:first release

Download required:no

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:internetarchive

GitHub repository:https://github.com/internetarchive/dweb-archive

Last modified:2018-07-15T00:47:29Z

Software licenses:

Other

Area of work:

Publishing

Project type:

Open Data

Groups:

General public

Stack:

human interface

Network topologies:

distributed

Suggested areas of work:

Archiving

Suggested values:

server-supported peer to peer

COALA IP

ID3d9a4f8c-45ca-4f68-8662-6f240c1e3db3

Description 1:COALA IP is an open specification for describing, registering, and licensing intellectual property on decentralized systems, especially blockchains.

Description 2: The COALA IP group is collaborating to design and implement a free and open specification for representing and licensing intellectual property. COALA IP's goal is to establish open, free, and easy-to-use ways to record attribution information and other metadata about works, assign or license rights, mediate disputes, and authenticate claims by others. We believe there should be a global standard at the data level, without the need for centralized control.

Maturity:first release

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

GitHub repository:https://github.com/coalaip/

Last modified:2018-08-02T18:15:25Z

Software licenses:

Apache License v2
CC BY-SA 2.0

Area of work:

Collaboration
Distribution
Law
Smart Contracts

Project type:

Open Data
Other

Groups:

Artists
Designers
Legal professionals
Librarians
Software developers

Stack:

legal
semantic

Network topologies:

null

Regional tractions:

germany
us
uk
france

Suggested areas of work:

licensing
intellectualproperty

DIF Identity Hub

ID12e21bc2-caa0-4a9b-bc69-8a11e7987975

Description 1:A Hub for managing all the aspects of digital life.

Description 2:Built by members of the DIF, the DIF Identity Hub stores personal data in the cloud and syncs with devices and remote instances. Multiple Identity Hubs can be used with different providers/locations, all synchronizing via a standard protocol. This enables secure, interoperable sending of encrypted messages and access to individual application data across multiple providers, hosts, and silos.

Maturity:concept

Download required:select one

Encryption:select one

GitHub profile:http://identity.foundation/working-groups

GitHub repository:https://github.com/decentralized-identity/hubs

Last modified:2018-07-31T04:05:49Z

Software licenses:

Apache License v2
Other

Area of work:

Identity

Groups:

Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social

Network topologies:

decentralized

Scuttlebutt

ID2129c411-4df3-4ee1-893d-43fe1a2e374d

Tagline:a decent(ralised) secure gossip platform

Description 1:Scuttlebutt is an off-grid social network based on secure messaging, local gossip, and subjectivity.

Description 2:![ssb-principles-stack.jpg](https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/assets/principles-stack.jpg) Scuttlebutt aims to *harmonize* four perspectives of life: **Environment** reflecting **Technology** reflecting **Community** reflecting **Society**. We acknowledge the natural, the virtual, and the social environments. Our responsibility is to recognize which resources are **abundant**, which are **sufficient**, and adapt accordingly through **efficiency**. Technology is simply the means by which we communicate. We use **local-first** publishing so that each person owns their words and actions. Our solutions are piecemeal **upgradeable**, replaceable and incrementally improvable. Tending and pruning are not a stranger's duty, it is through **near moderation** and *free listening* that we improve our surroundings. Infrastructure is a voluntary act, **multimodal welcoming** is how we on-board people via diverse connectivity modes (technological acts of inclusion) as well as with greetings (words of inclusion). No one "signs up" but everyone is invited. Our community is a web of friendships: relationships defined not by a follow button, but by the flexibility of **subjectivity**. We cherish the freedom to be **independent**, but it is this same freedom which encourages – not coerces – us to be **interdependent**. We know we can at any time *fork*, but when individually recognizing the whole being greater than the sum of its parts, we tend to develop the collective. We value disagreement when it's supportive, and see it as generative and bond forming. Society is not made of homogeneous people, so we must allow **pluralism** of cultures to flourish. The edges of the social graph must extend to **include** all people and their diverse values, interactions, and customs. No one of us can build a welcoming place for all groups, because the very concept of welcoming is subjective. We must instead design platforms that are *easy to re-design*, removing us as arbiters of other communities.

Maturity:general public

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:http://github.com/ssbc/

Open feedback:<3

Last modified:2018-08-02T21:47:46Z

Software licenses:

GNU GPL v3
ISC license
MIT License
Other OSI-approved license

Area of work:

Browsing
CivicTech
Collaboration
Cryptography
Database
Distributed Ledgers
Distribution
Governance
Identity
Law
Mesh networks
Messaging
Operating systems
Policy
Productivity
Protocol
Publishing
Self-hosting
Smart Contracts
Storage

Project type:

Community Engagement
Software

Groups:

Academics
Artists
Designers
Funders
General public
Legal professionals
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social
legal
semantic
networking

Network topologies:

distributed

Suggested areas of work:

solarpunk
off-grid
lowavailabilty

Suggested values:

inclusion
pluralism
independence
subjectivity
interdependence
local-first
upgradeability
nearmoderation
multi-modalwelcoming
sufficency
efficiency
abundance

DID

IDc3ad2ab9-c5cc-4027-96b1-b211137a33e1

Description 1:Standard for creating decentralized identifiers owned and controlled by people (or organizations) not a centralized authority.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/msporny

GitHub repository:https://github.com/w3c-ccg/did-spec

Last modified:2018-07-31T03:19:51Z

Software licenses:

Other

Area of work:

Identity

Project type:

Other

Network topologies:

null

Suggested values:

a high functioning standards organization growing out of long standing community effort around these ideas centered around the Internet Identity Workshop and an offshoot Rebooting Web of Trust

Dat TiddlyWiki

IDb652eafe-1f8f-440b-b4b0-163f330d653d

Tagline:Peer-to-Peer Tiddlywikis

Description 1:An experiment in creating peer-to-peer TiddlyWiki documents that can be updated from multiple devices and by multiple people

Description 2:This is mostly an experiment using some cutting-edge peer-to-peer software libraries. I built it to scratch a personal itch. I use it myself to store personal notes and bits of information I'd like to share on multiple devices.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/jimpick

GitHub repository:https://github.com/jimpick/dat-tiddlywiki

Last modified:2018-07-02T19:24:37Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

Collaboration
Publishing

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public

Stack:

consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

Mostly myself. I few people have tried it out.

Noms

ID3e5684e6-7a82-4f95-8e8d-cad8ca48758e

Tagline:The versioned, forkable, syncable database

Description 1:Noms is a database for use in decentralized and distributed applications

Description 2:Noms is a database designed for use in decentralized and distributed applications. Noms models data directly as a content-addressed directed acyclic graph -- the same basic data structure that blockchains, git, and other decentralized applications use. This makes it fit into decentralized applications especially well. For example, a Noms database can be used as the ledger component of a blockchain, or it can store the state of a rich peer-to-peer application.

Maturity:beta

Download required:no

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:https://github.com/aboodman

GitHub repository:https://github.com/attic-labs/noms

Last modified:2018-07-12T04:12:23Z

Software licenses:

Apache License v2

Area of work:

Cryptography
Database
Distributed Ledgers
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
Software developers

Stack:

networking

Network topologies:

distributed

OIP

ID575364de-74b4-49ed-b7ea-2f2bd104626e

Tagline:A public space for the web.

Description 1:An open index for any kind of digital media, anchored to a blockchain, with interoperable transport protocols and zero central points of failure.

Description 2:Open Index Protocol (OIP) is a specification for a worldwide database for decentralized publishing, distribution and payments. OIP uses distributed networking and peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: content indexing, file storage/distribution and transaction management are carried out collectively by the network. OIP is the first permissionless system with a decentralized and transparent index for digital content and protected file persistence. The system uses a Salutary Protocol model, which requires financial incentive at both application and protocol layers, ensuring sustainability and antifragility of the system through open market incentive alignment of all participants.

Maturity:beta

Download required:no

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:oipwg

GitHub repository:http://github.com/oipwg

Last modified:2018-08-01T02:07:38Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

Browsing
Collaboration
Cryptography
Distribution
Protocol
Publishing
Self-hosting
Storage

Project type:

Open Data

Groups:

Academics
Artists
Designers
Funders
General public
Librarians
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

networking
consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

Suggested values:

Permissionless
Antifragile

UMA

ID8fcf3026-9c73-48bf-973c-79b48e6f515b

Description 1:Supporting individuals accessing their data in a coordinated way across several areas.

Maturity:beta

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

Last modified:2018-07-31T04:29:27Z

Software licenses:

Other

Area of work:

Identity

Project type:

Other

Groups:

Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social

Network topologies:

decentralized

JLINC

ID038172fb-bad3-4dde-a280-19d77d6d435a

Description 1:JLINC (link to “JLINC” https://www.jlinc.com) stands for JSON-LD LInked Contract. It is a new protocol for permissioned data exchange on the Internet. JLINC is expressed in JSON-LD and adds a permission layer to a data graph. This creates “data provenance” where all parties can prove the chain of custody and agreement for the data they share.

Description 2:Data permissions can be automated between an individual’s cloud-based service and separate services acting on behalf of other entities. An audit trail can be recorded on any combination of database, log, ledger, or blockchain. The core system consists of several API servers with backend datastores, and an array of use-case-specific front-end applications, mainly javascript SPAs and mobile and desktop apps, to provide a developer-friendly mechanism for establishing data provenance.

Maturity:first release

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

Last modified:2018-07-31T04:35:46Z

Software licenses:

Other

Area of work:

Identity
Protocol

Stack:

human interface
social

Network topologies:

decentralized

DAOstack

IDb99f34b4-653e-4718-b2da-ab6e27c369f6

Tagline:An operating system for collective intelligence

Description 1: DAOstack powers decentralized companies, funds and markets to make fast and innovative decisions at scale.

Description 2:We enable decentralized budget and rewarding management for collectives by proposing and voting using Alchemy. Arc allows decentralizing ownership of DApps. Holographic Consensus powers collective decision making DApps, by incentivizing the collective attention.

Maturity:beta

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/daostack

GitHub repository:https://github.com/daostack

Twitter:https://twitter.com/daostack

Open feedback:Let me know if anything needs further clarification at: nave@daostack.io

Last modified:2018-07-26T17:56:16Z

Software licenses:

GNU GPL v3

Area of work:

Law
Distribution
Browsing
Collaboration
Cryptography
Currency
Distributed Ledgers
Governance
Identity
Mesh networks
Operating systems
Policy
Productivity
Protocol
Publishing
Smart Contracts

Project type:

Community Engagement
Software

Groups:

Academics
Artists
Designers
Finance professionals
Funders
General public
Legal professionals
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social
legal
networking
consensus

Network topologies:

decentralized

Regional tractions:

Germany
Israel
US

Suggested areas of work:

Decentralization
decisionmaking
collectivewisdom
scalability
consensus

Suggested values:

open source

Maidsafe

ID460edd8a-fdc2-4b09-932d-6b1c059d6894

Tagline:The World's First Autonomous Data Network

Description 1:Our mission is to provide security and privacy for everyone by building a better internet platform. This new platform, the SAFE Network, is the world’s first autonomous and decentralised data network. It's made up of the unused hard drive space, processing power and bandwidth of its users.

Description 2:The SAFE (Secure Access For Everyone) Network creates a secure, autonomous, data-centric, peer-to-peer network as an alternative to the current server-centric model. Rather than residing on a central server or data centre, individual files are split up into pieces, encrypted and spread out over the network. Individuals retain full control of the files they create. It is resistant to DDoS, malware and hacking and it cannot be centrally co-opted and controlled by monopolistic corporate and government interests. As a platform, such a network could usher in whole new business models, just as the original Internet did at the turn of the century. See [A SAFE Network Primer](https://maidsafe.net/docs/Safe%20Network%20Primer.pdf) (PDF) for more information.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/dirvine

GitHub repository:https://github.com/maidsafe

Twitter:@maidsafe

Last modified:2018-07-12T11:18:54Z

Software licenses:

GNU GPL v3
Modified BSD
Other

Area of work:

Browsing
Distributed Ledgers
Distribution
Protocol
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public
Software developers

Stack:

networking
consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

Suggested areas of work:

dapp
mail

Bunsen Browser

ID0551c49f-4289-4007-b5cb-b897c69ac18d

Tagline:Android web browser for the P2P Dat Web

Description 1:Bunsen Browser is an experimental web browser for Android that allows users to explore the P2P Dat Web,

Description 2:This is for anyone looking for an alternative to the centralized Internet of today.

Maturity:beta

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/bunsenbrowser

GitHub repository:https://github.com/bunsenbrowser/bunsen

Last modified:2018-07-31T19:55:35Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

Browsing
Publishing
Self-hosting
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
Artists
Designers
Finance professionals
Funders
General public
Legal professionals
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

human interface

Network topologies:

distributed

Verifiable Credentials

ID050f021f-6ea1-4334-ad3b-b6d9c0639faf

Tagline:Verifiable Credentials

Description 1:open standard for expressing verifiable credentials (like a drivers license or a degree)

Download required:select one

Encryption:select one

GitHub repository:https://github.com/w3c/vc-data-model/

Last modified:2018-07-31T03:36:40Z

Software licenses:

Other

Area of work:

Identity

Project type:

Other

Network topologies:

null

Suggested values:

high functioning standards effort at the W3C and coming out of years of work at the Internet Identity Workshop and a spin-off Rebooting Web of Trust

No

IDc4421a18-63c4-4d6b-8d64-bbd2e4d0b7f7

Tagline:Decentralized and encrypted alternative to Google's G-Suite

Description 1:Graphite is a productivity suite offering document editing and creation, spreadsheets, file storage, contact management, and messaging.

Description 2:Graphite is for the creators. The businesses. The people. It's for everyone who wants more security, privacy, and censorship resistance. Whether you are looking to move away from Google because of a moral stance or you need protection from snooping to protect yourself, Graphite is for you.

Maturity:general public

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:Graphite-Docs

GitHub repository:https://github.com/Graphite-Docs/graphite

Twitter:@graphitedocs

Last modified:2018-08-03T14:28:25Z

Software licenses:

GNU GPL v3

Area of work:

CivicTech
Collaboration
Messaging
Productivity
Publishing
Self-hosting
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public
Academics
Artists
Designers
Finance professionals
Funders
Legal professionals
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

social

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

UnitedStates
UnitedKingdom
Germany
Iran
Turkey
China
Vietnam
Algeria
Egypt
Kenya
andmore

Jolocom

ID145901ad-44c2-4937-9f66-a6066d966c5e

Tagline:own your digital self

Description 1:Jolocom delivers a protocol for people, organizations and machines to autonomously create, manage, and share digital identities.

Description 2:We use blockchain and other decentralized technologies to build a virtual infrastructure that supports self-sovereign identity management by any subject, entity, or object connected to a network. The open source protocol is a universal framework for identity interactions over the internet and is designed to drive adoption of self-sovereign identity at global scale as a common resource. Anyone and anything with an identity - companies, consumers, public institutions, state citizens, machines - benefits from a system that allows subjects of identity to control and truly own their digital selves. Jolocom’s protocol for self-sovereign identity management finally makes it possible. Organizations of any size can easily deploy our identity management tools to optimize internal and consumer-facing identity verification & access right needs, and ordinary individuals can easily use our tools to store, share, and maintain exclusive control over their personal data and identity attributes. Our protocol even supports machine identity interactions in IoT environments. Whether you’re an individual, organization, or machine, Jolocom helps put you in control of your digital self.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/jolocom

GitHub repository:https://github.com/jolocom

Twitter:@GETJolocom

Open feedback:thx so much for this great initiative :)

Last modified:2018-07-10T12:28:22Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

Browsing
Database
Distributed Ledgers
Governance
Identity
Protocol
Smart Contracts
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public
Municipalities
Software developers

Stack:

consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

DID Universal Resolver

IDdbc019e7-9287-46fe-80a6-01a8227f54fe

Description 1:Implementation of the DID resolution process; I.e. starting with a Decentralized Identifier (DID), this tool returns the associated DID document, which contains metadata for interacting with the individual, organization, or thing identified by the DID.

Description 2:The DID Universal Resolver is first major project of the 30+ members of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF). DIDs (Decentralized Identifiers) are a foundational standard for decentralized, blockchain-based identity. A DID method is a spec that defines how DIDs are created, read, updated, and deleted (revoked) on a specific blockchain or distributed system. DID methods have been implemented for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Sovrin, IPFS, Veres One, and Blockstack. The Universal Resolver uses Docker-based modules to plug different DID methods into a single codebase. This tool is not an app or service that provides end-user by itself, but it is rather meant to be a basic building block for other projects in the decentralized identity space.

Maturity:beta

Download required:yes

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:https://github.com/decentralized-identity/

GitHub repository:https://github.com/decentralized-identity/universal-resolver/

Twitter:https://twitter.com/DecentralizedID

Last modified:2018-07-12T14:43:46Z

Software licenses:

Apache License v2

Area of work:

Cryptography
Distributed Ledgers
Identity
Protocol

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
Software developers

Stack:

semantic
consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

Austria
USA

Suggested areas of work:

identifiers

BaseParadigm

ID19bfb81b-da07-454d-84b1-7a6bba6cdd48

Description 1:Graph database and graphical generic shell for the distributed web.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:travisfw

Twitter:trvisfw

Last modified:2018-08-02T00:24:06Z

Software licenses:

GNU GPL v3

Area of work:

Collaboration
Database
Productivity
Publishing
Self-hosting
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
General public
Librarians
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social
semantic

Network topologies:

distributed

Suggested areas of work:

programming

Suggested values:

unix philosophy

Urbit

ID8a625375-0899-481a-a03d-f4390fbba35f

Tagline:Urbit is a secure peer-to-peer network of personal servers, built on a clean-slate system software stack.

Description 1:A personal server is a virtual computer which stores your data, runs your apps, and manages your connected devices.

Description 2:We believe controlling your own data, code and identity is the definition of digital freedom. We believe everyone needs digital freedom, not just a few hackers. We believe the only tool needed to solve this problem is a general-purpose server made for human beings. Your urbit is your cryptographic identity, personal archive, application platform, and device hub. It's as easy to manage as an iPhone. In Urbit, network identities are cryptographic property, like Bitcoin. If Bitcoin is money and Ethereum is law, Urbit is land. Urbit is designed to become a digital republic: a network of individually owned nodes with no central point of control. Like a well-planned city, the friendly network is decentralized but connected, safe but free. An ordinary person can't manage a Unix server on the Internet. The Unix-Internet platform was a brilliant system, but it's almost 50 years old. Urbit is a new clean-slate, full-stack server. It's implemented on top of the old platform, but it's a sealed sandbox like the browser.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:urbit

GitHub repository:https://github.com/urbit

Twitter:urbit

Last modified:2018-07-24T21:49:13Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

Distributed Ledgers
Collaboration
Identity
Cryptography
Currency
Database
Governance
Messaging
Operating systems
Productivity
Protocol
Publishing
Self-hosting
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social
legal
semantic
networking
consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

OCap-LD

ID3ca15d3b-a0cc-4dda-b3d2-011094631d09

Description 1:The purpose of an object capability is to support the delegation of authorization and to give access to do something. Object Capabilities and Verifiable Credentials are complementary. Verifiable Credentials are a vocabulary for talking about things with identities. Object Capabilities are a vocabulary about what can be done to things.

Description 2:Example 1: You have rented a car. When you arrive at the counter, you present your driver’s licence (a verified credential issued by your state). This is presented to the rental car company who checks it. After your driver’s license is verified, the rental car company issues a rental car vehicle key (object capability), which is the capability to operate the car. Once you present a verified credential (driver’s license), you receive an object capability (rental car key). Example 2: You have made a hotel reservation. At the registration desk, you present your proof of the reservation and your ID (verifiable credentials). The hotel checks the ledger to verify the credential was issued by an authoritative source. Once confirmed, the hotel issues the room key (object capability) which gives access to a hotel room for a specific time. If your stay is longer than your reservation, then access to the room can be turned off (the capability is revocable; in the case of card-swipe keys, instantly revocable).

Maturity:concept

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub repository:https://w3c-ccg.github.io/ocap-ld/.

Last modified:2018-07-31T04:21:48Z

Software licenses:

Other

Area of work:

Identity
Manufacturing
Operating systems
Protocol

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social

Network topologies:

decentralized

Ocean

ID24fe90e2-326b-435e-bd1c-c4da3174b869

Tagline:Democratize access to AI

Description 1:A public intelligence network

Description 2:Ocean Protocol is an ecosystem for sharing data and associated services. It provides a tokenized service layer that exposes data, storage, compute and algorithms for consumption with a set of deterministic proofs on availability and integrity that serve as verifiable service agreements. There is staking on services to signal quality, reputation and ward against Sybil Attacks. Ocean helps to unlock data, particularly for AI. It is designed for scale and uses blockchain technology that allows data to be shared and sold in a safe, secure and transparent manner. # How Ocean Protocol Works The Ocean Protocol is an ecosystem composed of data assets and services, where assets are represented by data and algorithms, and services are represented by integration, processing and persistence mechanisms. Ocean Protocol facilitates discovery by storing and promoting metadata, linking assets and services, and provides a licensing framework that has toolsets for pricing. A multitude of data marketplaces can hook into Ocean Protocol to provide “last mile” services to connect data providers and consumers. Ocean Protocol is designed so that data owners cannot be locked-in to any single marketplace. The data owner controls each dataset.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:@diminator

GitHub repository:https://github.com/oceanprotocol

Twitter:@oceanprotocol

Last modified:2018-08-02T18:49:22Z

Software licenses:

Apache License v2
CC BY 2.0
CC0

Area of work:

Hardware
Governance
Collaboration
Cryptography
Database
Distributed Ledgers
AI
IoT
Open hardware
Protocol
Publishing
Storage

Project type:

Community Engagement
Open Data
Software

Groups:

Artists
Funders
General public
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social
legal
semantic

Network topologies:

decentralized

Regional tractions:

germany
us
singapore

Suggested areas of work:

privacy
commons
incentives

Suggested values:

collaborativecommons
opensourcegovernance

Cooby tec

ID17e8d32c-2ad3-480d-8de5-e46d380c9c84

Tagline:Cooperative Business Systems

Description 1:A platform cooperative for business-related digital products & services. Software, research and text foundary.

Description 2:#Mission statements # - Our strategy is to build a best-in-class open source business software platform to manage and promote your organisation infused with blockchain technology - Our philosophy is “you pay what you get” - the costs for our products are reduced to the max. Support is therefore available in additional packages - Cooby tec is an agent-centric platform, so the support is mainly done through the agents, which will get all the tooling on the platform to do their job - Cooby tec is a technology company whose mission is to empower every organization to achieve more with fewer costs. - We strive to create networked opportunities, growth, and impact through our blockchain enabled business platform in every country around the world - Together with our clients and external developers we strive to create an innovative community around our products - We are active supporters and contributors of OpenSource Software and we avoid to build products that locks in our clients to our company or products - Our products and service are streamlined to consume less computer resources than similar services. - We call us a sustainable and integrity-driven company

Maturity:alpha

Download required:no

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:https://github.com/lucode

GitHub repository:https://github.com/coobyHQ

Twitter:https://twitter.com/coobyHQ

Last modified:2018-07-21T11:18:16Z

Software licenses:

GNU GPL v3

Area of work:

Collaboration
Currency
Distributed Ledgers
Governance
Identity
Manufacturing
Messaging
Productivity
Publishing
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

General public
Municipalities
Software developers

Stack:

social
networking
consensus

Network topologies:

decentralized

Suggested areas of work:

Suggested values:

Agent-centric
platformco-op

Mushroom Observer

IDc62cbd04-f6d8-4ac8-a517-d1f4d5389cf3

Description 1:The purpose of this site is to record observations about mushrooms, help people identify mushrooms they aren’t familiar with, and expand the community around the scientific exploration of mushrooms (mycology).

Description 2:Anyone curious about mushrooms and fungi.

Maturity:general public

Download required:no

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:mo-nathan

GitHub repository:https://github.com/MushroomObserver

Last modified:2018-08-01T17:29:14Z

Project type:

Open Data

Groups:

Academics
General public
Scientists

Stack:

human interface
social

Network topologies:

decentralized

DID Auth

IDbf00bfa4-c028-4c4f-ab34-0c3f5d234fb6

Tagline:Authentication

Description 1:Authentication of a DID - does the person own it or not?

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/peacekeeper

GitHub repository:https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-auth-relying-party

Last modified:2018-07-31T04:16:06Z

Software licenses:

Other

Area of work:

Identity

Project type:

Other

Groups:

Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social

Network topologies:

distributed

tomesh

ID4e5cfddc-0172-470a-811c-0fad9fa6ecf7

Description 1:Based in Toronto, we are a grassroots and decentralized group of volunteers who started Toronto Mesh at CivicTechTO in early 2016. Through building community-owned infrastructure using off-the-shelf hardware and open-source technology, we are hoping to address barriers to internet access in our city.

Description 2:The internet is currently not open and inclusive for all people. We are building a community-owned infrastructure that gives us: * open, lower-cost access to the World Wide Web * a resilient and redundant network * agency to make important decisions about privacy * autonomy to access information in a free manner * an opportunity to develop technical literacies The primary driver for Toronto Mesh is to empower people to create spaces in which they can make decisions about the way they access and share information. For many of us, managing our online privacy means compromising it; the apps we download, the websites we visit, the operating systems we use, and even the infrastructure which carries our data around the world are implicated and leveraged by practices of surveillance for profit and social control. Internet access in general is sold in a ‘black box’; meaning that the buyer doesn’t know what it does or how it works. We believe this approach is at odds with the understanding of the internet as a place where people are empowered to act. Community-owned networks ask users to understand the technologies they use and to make decisions based on their community needs, rather than those of corporations. As citizens, we cannot simply create our own parallel internet by pulling fibre optic cabling through the ground and the sea, or building data centres and switching stations. What we do have access to are the tools and devices through which countless wireless networks are already substantiated. In our project we are using familiar routers and antennas, we draw on lessons from existing projects worldwide in order to help us bring together residents, business owners, technologists, and others, to provide internet access in their neighbourhoods and cities. Building a mesh will be another way to connect people and spaces in this city to each other.

Maturity:beta

Download required:no

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:tomeshnet

GitHub repository:https://github.com/tomeshnet/

Twitter:@tomeshnet

Last modified:2018-08-09T08:01:37Z

Software licenses:

CC BY-SA 2.0
GNU GPL v3

Area of work:

Operating systems
CivicTech
Hardware
IoT
Mesh networks
Messaging
Open hardware
Policy
Protocol
Publishing
Self-hosting

Project type:

Community Engagement
Hardware
Software

Groups:

Academics
Artists
Designers
General public
Librarians
Municipalities
Software developers

Stack:

social
networking

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

Canada
USA
Europe

Suggested areas of work:

Technicalliteracy
Education

Suggested values:

inclusive
openworkculture

libp2p

ID0f123203-306d-42a6-af1e-38a389c80e0c

Tagline:A modular peer to peer network stack

Description 1:Run your network applications free from runtime and address services, independently of their location.

Description 2:libp2p is a networking stack and library modularized out of The IPFS Project, and bundled separately for other tools to use. libp2p is the product of a long, and arduous quest of understanding -- a deep dive into the internet's network stack, and plentiful peer-to-peer protocols from the past. Building large scale peer-to-peer systems has been complex and difficult in the last 15 years, and libp2p is a way to fix that. It is a "network stack" -- a protocol suite -- that cleanly separates concerns, and enables sophisticated applications to only use the protocols they absolutely need, without giving up interoperability and upgradeability. libp2p grew out of IPFS, but it is built so that lots of people can use it, for lots of different projects.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:libp2p

GitHub repository:https://github.com/libp2p/libp2p

Twitter:@libp2p

Last modified:2018-07-27T17:51:02Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

Collaboration
Cryptography
Currency
Database
Distributed Ledgers
Distribution
Governance
IoT
Law
Mesh networks
Messaging
Operating systems
Protocol

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

networking

Network topologies:

distributed

No

ID2034b919-0958-4332-baf1-71db158bb264

Tagline:The Nation's largest crowd-sourced work of art honoring immigrants.

Description 1:The Immigrant Yarn Project is a purely democratic (by the people) and colossal work of public art, representing a cross section of the American experience. We think it's time to rise above division and come together to celebrate what we all have in common - citizenry in a nation composed of diverse backgrounds, families, politics, faiths, identities and ideas.

Description 2:The Immigrant Yarn Project (IYP) is the largest work of crowd sourced art in the country but it is not just a massive work of public art, it is a massive work of community building. We have started knitting circles at retirement centers, and high schools. We have hosted pompom shacks at museums and street fairs. Girl Scouts, middle schoolers, millennials gathering for Passover, and SF Gay Men’s Knitting have all participated. We will be at community centers, music festivals and street fairs throughout the summer and fall - teaching and making pieces of yarn art with every community the Bay Area has to offer. And the word is out. We are now receiving pieces from as far away as Maine, Boston and Miami. As these pieces of yarn art arrive from around the country, they are assembled and sewn into large panels of one of three dimensions; 36” x 48”, 36” x 60” and 36’x72”. These panels are then wrapped around columns of the same height. As of the writing of this proposal we have over 30 completed columns, on our way to more than 100 colorful, bold, wildly unique, and individual yarn-based sculptural forms, each representing the equally unique and beautiful people who created them. The project will be exhibited at Fort Point National Historic Site starting in May 2019 for four months, free and open to the public. We are particularly proud of securing this location. Fort Point, a National Park Service site, stands as the gateway to the entire Bay Area, and within view of Angel Island-the west coast immigration station located in San Francisco Bay. We will continue to accept contributions and create columns throughout the Project’s lifecycle. In this way, the IYP is a living organic and changing work of art.

Maturity:general public

Download required:no

Encryption:no

Twitter:@enactivist

Last modified:2018-07-26T18:44:11Z

Area of work:

Policy

Project type:

Community Engagement

Groups:

General public
Academics
Artists
Designers
Finance professionals
Funders
Legal professionals
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

social

Network topologies:

centralized

Regional tractions:

USA
England
Canada
Mexico
Ireland
China
India
Serbia
France
andmoreaddeddaily.

Suggested areas of work:

Activism
SocialActivism
SocialEngagement
CreativeActivism

Suggested values:

Unity
Diversity
Engagement
Respect
Understanding

Aletheia

ID7214a976-4d59-4a6f-884c-54e46507cec5

Tagline:A Decentralised, Open Access, Publishing Platform for Scientific Research

Description 1:Aletheia is software for getting science published and into the hands of everyone, for free. It's a decentralised and distributed database used as a publishing platform for scientific research.

Description 2:In short, Aletheia is software for getting science published and into the hands of everyone, for free. It's a decentralised and distributed database used as a publishing platform for scientific research. So, Aletheia is software. But software without people is nothing. To comprehensively answer the question what is Aletheia, Aletheia is software surrounded by a community of people who want to change the world through open access to scientific knowledge. For a more in depth explanation, Aletheia is an Ethereum Blockchain application utilising IPFS for decentralised storage that anyone can upload documents to, download documents from, that also handles the academic peer review process. The application runs on individual PCs, all forming part of the IPFS database. This gives us an open source platform that cannot be bought out by the large publishers (and any derivatives of the platform source code must also be open source) that should also be hard to take down due to database nodes being spread across the globe in multiple legal jurisdictions. Aletheia is designed to be a resilient platform run transparently by the community, not some black box corporation or editorial board, meaning all users can see the decisions Aletheia is making and have a stake in that decision making process if they so desire. By this nature, Aletheia is decentralised, it has no key person risk. Should the core group who invented Aletheia disappear Aletheia won't cease to exist, it will continue to be run by the community. The community moderates content through various mechanisms (peer review, reputation scores etc.,) to ensure quality of content.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:aletheia-foundation

GitHub repository:https://github.com/aletheia-foundation

Twitter:@aletheia_f

Last modified:2018-07-12T04:08:31Z

Software licenses:

GNU GPL v3

Area of work:

CivicTech
Collaboration
Database
Distributed Ledgers
Distribution
Governance
Publishing
Self-hosting
Smart Contracts
Storage

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
General public
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists

Stack:

semantic
networking
consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

newnode

ID45025d5f-4971-4d0a-8edf-37b82606b757

Tagline:Decentralized Content Distribution Network

Description 1:NewNode is a decentralized content delivery network; faster, secure, censorship-proof, and decentralized.

Description 2:NewNode is the premier decentralized peer-to-peer content delivery protocol, enabling data distribution free from censorship, spying, and attack. NewNode seamlessly builds a decentralized content distribution network which is quickly and easily deployed by publishers, transparent to users, and greatly improves overall network performance. • NewNode radically democratizes content distribution by leveraging the power of decentralized peer-to-peer networks. • NewNode allows app content to reach users even if the source is blocked or censored. • NewNode is a fast and reliable content distribution system uniquely resistant to censorship, DDoS attacks, and other types of disruption. • NewNode is built using secure industry-wide standards and takes advantage of BitTorrent’s 250 Million user base to bootstrap its distribution network. • NewNode is quick and easy for app developers to implement and invisible to the end user.

Maturity:general public

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/clostra

GitHub repository:https://github.com/clostra/newnode

Last modified:2018-07-24T18:35:44Z

Software licenses:

GNU GPL v2

Area of work:

Distribution
Mesh networks
Protocol
Self-hosting

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Software developers

Stack:

networking

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

Russia
China
USA

Suggested areas of work:

Networking
Censorshipresistance

No

ID204f46be-056e-4336-8d68-c4d726fd2f14

Tagline:Building the Internet of Ideas on Bridge at a Time

Description 1:Bridgit decentralizes the linking of information, enabling the deep researchers to connect all publicly available information on an idea-by-idea basis. This in turn will enable discovery and learning in a fraction of the time and effort of Search.

Description 2:Bridgers are people who already compulsively research their topics of interest on the web, seeking new information and perspectives that help them understand "the why." The talk about connecting the dots. They want to create bridges of understanding. For this demographic, virtually all research is deep search on the Internet, the deep web including information behind paywalls, and in some cases the dark web. Bridgers combine a drive to learn more about a topic with an understanding of keywords, search terms, advanced search expressions, and which search engines are best for specific use cases. They can spend hours a day searching on the internet. Bridgers learn the most amazing things. Usually the best that they can do is write a blog or make a YouTube video about what they have learned. But that's a lot of work, especially if you have a day job and the potential exposure is limited if they do not already have an established audience. So they usually end up relegating their amazing discovery to a Google doc or Evernote, texting or emailing it to themselves or to a friend, or posting it on a Telegram group or their Facebook Wall. Here today, gone tomorrow. Bridgit offers bridgers the opportunity to build conceptual "bridges" that organize, share, attract eyeballs, and monetize the deep search they are already doing. They do this by annotating and building bridges between ideas on different pages. Each idea can be a paragraph, a phrase, a part of an image, a segment of a video. The bridge has a type that reflects the relationship between the ideas (e.g., supporting, opposing). Bridgers get compensated based on the value their notes and bridges add to the network based on upvotes and bridge crossings. One could say that Bridgit tokenizes their research.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:bridgitbrowser

GitHub repository:Stealth at the moment

Twitter:bridgit_io

Open feedback:Thanks

Last modified:2018-08-01T17:44:51Z

Software licenses:

Not stated

Area of work:

Browsing
Messaging
Productivity
Publishing

Project type:

Community Engagement
Open Data
Software

Groups:

Academics
Artists
General public
Legal professionals
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists

Stack:

human interface
social
semantic

Network topologies:

distributed

Regional tractions:

United States

Suggested areas of work:

Linking

Suggested values:

agent-centric
transparency
knowledge
wisdom
understanding

CSS, CS&S

ID17e7301c-5343-4d6c-8589-b82c332d8332

Tagline:Supporting open source in the public interest

Description 1:We are a 501c3 supporting open source projects and open collaboration in public interest technology. We support the Dat project and have many other decentralized tech projects and people in our community.

Description 2:Code for Science & Society is a 501(c)(3) that supports open source projects in the public interest. We work across domains, drawing our diverse community from research, science, the arts, civic tech, academia, the decentralized web and new media. We work to connect communities across these domains and identify barriers to open source project success that impact everyone. Open source software is already a critical component of many public interest technologies. However, running a sustainable open source project is about more than just code. Projects need unique support as they grow. Early stage projects need to develop governance structures, create strategic plans, and manage finances. Mid-stage and established projects need support to diversify revenue, explore business models, and manage growing communities. Today, open source projects rely on informal networks. Advances in one domain may take years to catch on in another. And too often projects do not meet their potential due to common pitfalls (examples: leadership burnout, community management issues, governance structures that can not accommodate growth). There is a clear need for services and supportive community spaces to set conditions for success and develop leaders in open source projects across domains. Our team has experience in starting, leading, funding, mentoring, and fiscally sponsoring open source projects in the public interest. We offer programs and services designed to elevate the ecosystem, including: ● Fiscal sponsorship bundled with strategic project support ● Services for projects that build management, leadership, and fundraising skills ● Services for funders focused on evaluating sustainability of investments in open source to maximize impact ● Inclusive spaces for people to connect across domains and share knowledge ● Support for the development of diverse leaders

Maturity:general public

Download required:no

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:https://github.com/codeforscience

GitHub repository:https://github.com/codeforscience

Twitter:@codeforsociety

Last modified:2018-07-12T03:53:35Z

Software licenses:

Other OSI-approved license

Area of work:

CivicTech
Collaboration
Distribution
Governance

Project type:

Community Engagement
Other

Groups:

Academics
Artists
Designers
Funders
General public
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social

Network topologies:

null

Regional tractions:

NewZealand
UnitedStates
UnitedKingdom
Germany

Suggested areas of work:

nonprofit
fiscalspponsor
sustainability

Suggested values:

public interest technology

Kiva Protocol

ID7afad370-fe8b-4a81-9562-8fac46b1ea54

Tagline:Financial inclusion platform for the world’s unbanked

Description 1:There are nearly 2 billion people in the world who are not able to access the formal financial system due to either a lack of identity or verifiable credit history. Kiva protocol aims to end this financial exclusion.

Description 2:There are nearly 2 billion people in the world who are not able to access the formal financial system due to either a lack of identity or verifiable credit history. Kiva protocol aims to allow people to carry self-sovereign id in a digital wallet for fulfilling KYC (Know Your Customer) by banks. It also allows for carrying verifiable claims of past credit transactions and enabling the choice to expose those to potential credit providers in a way in which the financial institutions can trust the data and be more open to extending credit.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:github.com/kiva

Last modified:2018-08-02T17:50:08Z

Area of work:

Governance
Identity

Project type:

Other

Groups:

Finance professionals
General public

Stack:

social
legal

Network topologies:

decentralized

Trustee

IDcd7dbc7b-37d4-4594-8ceb-2979a5c0a3e9

Description 1:HIE of One (Health Information Exchange of One) is a volunteer-driven open source project to combine emerging standards for access authorization (Kantara UMA) and emerging standards for blockchain-based self-sovereign identity (DID) into a patient-centered health record infrastructure.

Maturity:alpha

Download required:yes

Encryption:yes

GitHub profile:https://github.com/shihjay2/

GitHub repository:https://github.com/shihjay2/

Twitter:@agropper

Open feedback:Great start. It will be interesting to see how editing and expanding works interactively.

Last modified:2018-07-12T23:58:34Z

Software licenses:

CC BY 2.0
CC BY-SA 2.0
GNU GPL v3

Area of work:

AI
CivicTech
Collaboration
Governance
Identity
Policy
Protocol
Self-hosting

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
General public
Municipalities
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social
legal
networking

Network topologies:

distributed

omdev

ID6fe6bf88-eb40-4ea0-a6e8-9f5e93885913

Tagline:free money

Description 1:mutual credit networks in the commons accessible as a basic human interface

Maturity:alpha

Download required:no

Encryption:no

Last modified:2018-07-01T19:56:15Z

Software licenses:

Apache License v2

Area of work:

Collaboration
Currency
Distributed Ledgers

Project type:

Community Engagement
Software
Other

Stack:

human interface
social
legal
semantic
networking
consensus

Network topologies:

distributed

OTF

ID1975d442-126a-4aad-a60f-861adaf35581

Description 1:We are a funder

Description 2:People affected by censorship

Maturity:general public

Download required:select one

Encryption:select one

GitHub profile:danblah

GitHub repository:opentechfund

Twitter:opentechfund

Last modified:2018-08-02T20:07:03Z

Area of work:

Browsing
CivicTech
Cryptography
Distribution
Mesh networks
Messaging
Operating systems
Protocol
Self-hosting

Project type:

Other

Groups:

Academics
Designers
Funders
General public
Software developers

Network topologies:

centralized

TiddlyWiki

ID4d3086e8-da85-47f6-b0d7-e24d2e87e3df

Tagline:a non-linear personal web notebook

Description 1:Have you ever had the feeling that your head is not quite big enough to hold everything you need to remember? Welcome to TiddlyWiki, a unique non-linear notebook for capturing, organising and sharing complex information. TiddlyWiki is a customisable, extensible, self-contained wiki that runs anywhere -- the browser, under Node.js, Amazon Lambda.

Description 2:TiddlyWiki ships as a self-contained way to take notes, but really it's about enabling people to build custom web applications without needing conventional web development skills. TiddlyWiki is interesting in the context of decentralised architectures because of its self contained nature, without any dependencies. Ten years ago Zooko was experimenting with it for the Least Authority Filing System project, and now TiddlyWiki is being explored on Beaker Browser by a new generation of hackers. --- TiddlyWiki is an open-source single page application wiki in the form of a single HTML file that includes CSS, JavaScript, and the content. It is designed to be easy to customize and re-shape depending on application. It facilitates re-use of content by dividing it into small pieces called Tiddlers. TiddlyWiki introduces the division of content into its "smallest, semantically meaningful, components", referred to as tiddlers. Each tiddler is stored inside an HTML division that contains the source text and meta data in wiki markup for the easy re-use of content for different narratives and in different contexts. A tiddler can be a plugin with additional JavaScript and CSS. TiddlyWiki is used in a wide variety of adaptations and uses beyond that of a personal wiki. More [on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiddlyWiki).

Maturity:general public

Download required:no

Encryption:no

GitHub profile:@Jermolene

GitHub repository:https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5

Twitter:@TiddlyWiki

Last modified:2018-08-01T06:26:26Z

Software licenses:

Modified BSD

Area of work:

Collaboration
Distribution
Productivity
Publishing
Self-hosting

Project type:

Software

Groups:

Academics
Artists
Designers
Finance professionals
Funders
General public
Legal professionals
Librarians
Municipalities
Scientists
Software developers

Stack:

human interface
social

Network topologies:

null

Konjure

ID608ded1a-50a5-43eb-98b0-7d46266e5837

Tagline:The Website Builder of the Blockchain

Description 1:Konjure is a website builder for the Decentralized Web.

Description 2:We're forging a new type of website builder that streamlines the process from site creation to hosting on a peer-to-peer network. In just a few clicks, users can have their very own blog, shop, or personal website on the Decentralized Web, and take advantage of our KONJ utility token throughout our ecosystem. This offers a faster, more secure environment where users have full ownership over their data.

Maturity:concept

Download required:select one

Encryption:select one

GitHub profile:https://github.com/KaiMicahMills

GitHub repository:https://github.com/Konjure/konjure-org

Twitter:KonjureOrg

Last modified:2018-08-03T16:58:36Z

Software licenses:

MIT License

Area of work:

AI
Currency
Database
Distributed Ledgers
Identity
Self-hosting
Smart Contracts
Storage

Project type:

Community Engagement
Software

Groups:

Designers
General public
Software developers

Stack:

social
semantic
consensus

Network topologies:

decentralized

DatCast

ID2c5e6666-88da-4129-948b-dcfbe7f3e674

Description 1:Podcast about the Dat Project community

Description 2:We interview interesting people who are helping build the Dat community and ecosystem.

Maturity:first release

Download required:no

Encryption:no