Living index · 15 reviewed entries
Compare protocols, applications, standards, and concepts by what they make possible, what they require, and who takes responsibility for operating them.
A W3C protocol for federated social activity between independently operated services.
Tradeoffs: moderation and interoperability vary by implementation; federation does not guarantee distributed power.
A social-web protocol built around signed repositories, portable identity, relays, and replaceable application views.
Tradeoffs: architecture and tooling are still evolving; protocol capability and real-world power distribution are different questions.
Phone-based peer-to-peer messaging that can operate over nearby Bluetooth connections without ordinary internet access.
Tradeoffs: range and usefulness depend on nearby participating devices; privacy and metadata claims require current, version-specific review.
Open-source podcast hosting built around the portable feed-based podcast ecosystem.
Tradeoffs: the publisher manages hosting and distribution accounts; media storage and delivery still have costs.
Federated, self-hostable software for publishing and listening to audio collections.
Tradeoffs: rights and catalog stewardship remain the operator's responsibility; not a substitute for commercial catalog licensing.
A self-hostable shared agenda designed for local and community events.
Tradeoffs: an operator must maintain the service; community workflow and moderation still need governance.
A portable format for exchanging calendar events between different tools and providers.
Tradeoffs: subscriptions may refresh slowly; write access requires a separate protocol or service.
Practices and building blocks for owning a domain, publishing canonically, and connecting to the wider web.
Tradeoffs: setup ranges from simple to highly technical; social reach still requires participation elsewhere.
An open protocol for secure, decentralized communication across independently operated homeservers and clients.
Tradeoffs: operating a homeserver requires maintenance; moderation and encryption behavior need careful configuration.
A LoRa-based off-grid communication system with companion, repeater, and room-server roles.
Tradeoffs: very low bandwidth; hardware, radio rules, topology, and community stewardship all matter.
Open-source software for low-power, long-range messaging through compatible LoRa radio nodes.
Tradeoffs: very low bandwidth; coverage and reliability depend on terrain, placement, settings, and participating nodes.
A protocol in which clients publish signed events through user-selected relays.
Tradeoffs: key custody is demanding; moderation, spam, discovery, and relay availability vary.
Self-hosted livestreaming and chat for organizations or creators that want to operate their own channel.
Tradeoffs: operator manages bandwidth, reliability, and moderation; audience discovery is not automatic.
Federated video publishing across independently operated instances.
Tradeoffs: video storage and transcoding are resource-intensive; discovery and moderation depend on participating instances.
Portable subscription formats that let people follow updates without joining the publisher's platform.
Tradeoffs: reader experience varies; discovery is not built into the format.
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