yzernik / decentralized-web-projects-list

A list of all projects that aim to make the web more decentralized

Decentralized Web Projects

A list of all projects that aim to make the web more decentralized

Social Networks

#	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

Other Projects

#	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

Technology Stacks

#	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

References

1. Wikipedia page for social networking software
2. Alternative Internet list

Footnotes

1. SN stands for Social Network ↩

2. The name 'web5' a riff/joke on 'web3', which is considered to be a VC driven scam narrative as of early 2022, used to drive shitcoin/scamcoin sales. ↩