Decentralized Web Projects
A list of all projects that aim to make the web more decentralized
# |
Project Name |
Open Source |
Description |
Design |
Status |
Link(s) |
1 |
Mastodon |
Yes |
SN1, most widely used, uses Fediverse |
Federated server, supports ActivityPub |
Functional |
site |
2 |
Diaspora |
Yes |
SN. widely used, uses Fediverse |
Federated server, uses ActivityPub |
Functional |
site |
3 |
Secure Scuttlebutt |
Yes |
SN, Mesh, p2p, widely used |
Mesh, p2p |
Functional |
site, Another version, Manyverse |
4 |
Retroshare |
Yes |
SN, File sharing |
Mesh, p2p |
Functional |
site, Github |
5 |
Aether |
Yes |
Reddit like SN |
Flood mesh, p2p |
Functional |
site |
6 |
Iris |
Yes |
SN, marketplace, chat |
Mesh, p2p |
Functional |
site |
7 |
Movim |
Yes |
social media |
Based on XMPP |
Functional, in development |
Github |
8 |
SOLID |
Yes |
Data store model, led by Tim Berners Lee |
Data store pods |
In development |
site |
9 |
Twister |
Yes |
p2p |
Relays, dht/bittorrent |
Abandoned |
site, 2nd site |
10 |
Trsst |
Yes |
p2p, secure Twister |
Relays, dht/bittorrent |
Abandoned |
Github |
11 |
Nostr |
Yes |
SN, chat |
Websocket relays, schnorr sigs |
Functional, in Development |
Intro to Nostr, Awesome Nostr List, NIP, client branle, reddit like SN nvote |
# |
Project Name |
Open Source |
Description |
Design |
Status |
Link(s) |
1 |
Beaker Browser |
Yes |
Allows accessing websites hosted on peer computers |
DAT protocol |
Functional |
site |
2 |
GNUnet stack |
Yes |
Collection of applications |
Tech stack with file system, VPN support |
Functional |
how to use |
3 |
PeerTube |
Yes |
Federated video solution |
Uses ActivityPub, federated servers |
Functional |
site, BitcoinTV - an instance of PeerTube |
4 |
Wildland |
Yes |
Distributed storage, Data ownership, distributed file system(s) |
Huge Con is that they seem to have integrated a shitcoin(eth) into their system |
In development, Beta |
site, introcuction to Wildland |
# |
Name |
Other related technologies |
Main driver |
Users |
1 |
WEB52 |
DID, "Control your identity, Control your Data" |
Jack Dorsey's Block Inc |
In development |
2 |
ActivityPub |
Based on Pump.io's ActivityPump protocol |
W3C |
Mastodon, NextCloud |
3 |
OStatus |
Atom, Activity Streams, WebSub, Salmon, and WebFinger |
GNU |
GNU Social,Friendica |
4 |
Matrix Open Standard |
Real time communication over TCP/IP |
Non-Profit Matrix.org |
Element chat client with 100k+ users; bridges for Gitter, XMPP |
5 |
WebRTC |
Communication, p2p, browser to browser comm, WebTorrent uses it |
supported by Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla |
WebRTC.org |
6 |
GUN |
Stack to build decentralized applications, including SEA Api for password backup, RAD api for storage |
Supported by Mozilla and others |
In development, p2p video and other sample apps in github samples |
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