All decentralized tools
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Decentralized Identity Foundation
Industry body coordinating open standards work on decentralized identifiers, DIDComm messaging, credentials and related specifications through working groups.
GUN
Decentralized graph database and sync engine for building realtime apps that work offline and replicate between peers.
CryptPad
End-to-end encrypted collaborative office suite with documents, spreadsheets and whiteboards that can be self-hosted.
Lighthouse Storage
Perpetual storage service on IPFS with support for Filecoin and Walrus backends, aimed at developers and enterprises.
Syncthing
Continuous file synchronization program that syncs folders directly between your own devices over encrypted connections, with no cloud account in the middle.
Bluesky PDS
Official container image, compose file and documentation for running your own AT Protocol Personal Data Server so account data lives on your infrastructure.
Iceshrimp.NET
Rewrite of the Iceshrimp fediverse server in .NET, focused on performance, stability and maintainability. Source and issues live on the project's own forge.
Session
Private messenger that routes messages through an onion-routing network of community-run nodes to avoid collecting metadata, with no phone number required.
Movim
Distributed blogging and messaging platform built on XMPP, usable as a responsive web client for any XMPP account.
Ontology
Blockchain project focused on decentralized identity, reputation and data exchange tools for developers and users.
Phala Network
Confidential AI cloud running private inference and sealed agents on TEE-protected GPUs with verifiable execution.
Flotilla
Community platform on Nostr with chat, voice, video and events, designed so a group keeps ownership of its space.
Briar
Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messenger that bypasses central servers, syncing over Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor.
Fedilab
Multi-account Android client that works with Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, Pixelfed and PeerTube, from a developer who maintains several fediverse apps.
Gitea
Self-hosted all-in-one software development service with Git hosting, code review, a package registry and CI/CD.
Radicle
Peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git, where repositories, issues and patches replicate between nodes instead of living on a central forge.
Fil One
S3-compatible object storage built on Filecoin with flat per-terabyte pricing and no egress fees; successor to the web3.storage and Storacha services.
nostrcheck.me
Free service providing a NIP-05 Nostr address, media hosting and a relay, running open-source server software.
Althea
Blockchain purpose-built for networked infrastructure and connectivity, used by community internet service providers to bill bandwidth automatically.
Nym
Decentralized VPN and mixnet that protects metadata as well as IP address, run by independent node operators.
Plume
Federated blogging application written in Rust where authors can publish under shared blogs that federate to Mastodon and other ActivityPub software.
diaspora*
One of the earliest federated social networks, organized around independently run pods and maintained as a privacy-aware distributed social network.
IndieAuth
Decentralized identity protocol built on OAuth 2.0 where a personal website acts as the identity provider and users and apps are identified by URLs.
IoTeX
Open platform connecting physical machine networks and their data to blockchain applications and AI systems.
Status
Mobile app combining censorship-resistant messaging with a self-custodial crypto wallet and a web3 browser.
Keychat
Mobile app combining Nostr-based secure chat, autonomous identities, a Bitcoin ecash wallet and mini apps.
Pleroma
Lightweight fediverse server written in Elixir that federates with Mastodon, Misskey, Pixelfed and others, and runs comfortably on small hardware.
SPACE ID
Multichain name service and domain platform for registering, trading and managing Web3 names in one place.
Gensyn
Protocol for verifiable machine-learning training across distributed compute providers, building systems that improve models on a global network.
Mysterium Network
Open-source ecosystem of protocols and node software for a distributed residential proxy and VPN network.
Spexi
Drone imagery network where pilots fly standardized capture missions to build a high-resolution, regularly refreshed imagery layer of the earth.
WriteFreely
Minimalist self-hosted blogging platform that publishes posts to the fediverse over ActivityPub, for single-author blogs or writing communities.
ar.io
Network of independent gateways that make Arweave data fast and verifiable to access, without ongoing storage fees or dependence on one vendor.
Fountain
Podcast and music app built on RSS, Lightning and Nostr, letting listeners stream payments to creators.
Friendica
Long-running decentralized social network server with a feed, groups and photo albums, connecting to ActivityPub, Diaspora and other protocols.
Loops
Short-video platform from the Pixelfed team; loops.video is the flagship server for this open alternative to commercial short-form video apps.