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Tag: decentralised

Meet Roomy: An Open-Source Discord Alternative for the Decentralised Web

2026-01-272026-01-27 Danie
A playful logo design with a cartoonish computer and keyboard against a starry purple background, featuring the text "Roomy" and slogan.

“Roomy is an open-source Discord alternative built on the AT Protocol (ATProto), the same protocol that powers Bluesky, with ActivityPub (the protocol behind Mastodon, Pixelfed, Pleroma, and others) planned for the near future. Currently in […]

Blogdecentralised, opensource, socialnetworks, technology

DarkMX is a decentralised comms app that utilises Tor and I2P to have an anonymous, reliable, and censorship-resistant presence on the internet

2026-01-122026-01-12 Danie
A dark interface displays bandwidth usage, with two graphs showing incoming and outgoing bytes per second over time, peak traffic visible.

Like many services which use Tor or I2P network, users tend to remain anonymous, and pretty well much everything goes, so this is not a child-friendly network. The focus on this particular network though is […]

Blogdecentralised, I2P, privacy, technology, tor

Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat App Sees Downloads Spike in Uganda Over Internet Shutdown Worries

2026-01-092026-01-09 Danie
Text-based interface showing options for decentralized messaging, including offline chat, online geohash channels, and encryption settings.

“Recently, the app drew attention during Nepal’s Gen Z protests, where it supported protesters in overthrowing the government. On September 4, authorities banned 26 platforms, including Facebook, X, YouTube, and Signal, to curb demonstrations against […]

Blogdecentralised, disasters, opensource, protests, technology

PeerTube 7.1 Expands Podcast 2.0 and Apple Podcast Support

2025-03-192025-03-19 Danie
PeerTube logo featuring a playful octopus, film strip design, and an orange gradient background, highlighting decentralised video sharing.

For those who don’t know PeerTube, it is an open source decentralised alternative to YouTube with many of the same features. But importantly it also integrates with the Fediverse so anyone from Mastodon, Hubzilla, Friendica, […]

Blogdecentralised, opensource, Peertube, technology

The streams repository is a self-hosted Fediverse server that offers more of a Facebook alternative type experience

2025-01-142025-01-14 Danie
Close view of a stream flowing towards the camera. Various brown rocks litter the bed of the stream. In the background can be seen some green vegetation.

The name refers to the code repository, so there is no actual branding for this service. Hence, “the streams repository”. It isn’t a product. It’s just a collection of code which implements a Fediverse server […]

Blogdecentralised, opensource, selfhosting, socialnetworks, technology

Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack alternative to GitHub

2024-03-172024-03-17 Danie
A sci-fi type of illustration showing three alien characters standing on flat stones with a tree on each side of the frame, looking towards the background where a large moon is in the sky just above the horizon

It leverages Git’s architecture combined with cryptography and a gossip protocol to enable a fully sovereign developer network. All social artifacts are stored in Git, and signed using public-key cryptography. Radicle verifies the authenticity and […]

Blogdecentralised, git, opensource, technology

Mbin is a fork of kbin: a decentralized content aggregator running on the Fediverse network

2024-01-092024-01-09 Danie
Mbin main page showing list of links with descriptions below them, much like the Reddit or Lemmy sites.

Mbin is a decentralized content aggregator, voting, discussion and microblogging platform running on the fediverse network. It can communicate with many other ActivityPub services, including Kbin, Mastodon, Lemmy, Pleroma, Peertube. It is an open source […]

Blogdecentralised, fediverse, linkaggregator, opensource, technology

Jami: A Versatile Cross-platform Open-Source Peer-to-Peer Decentralized Communication App

2023-12-092023-12-09 Danie
Jami screen showing a video conference on the go with a person in front of the screen. Top right is a smaller window showing the camera of the remote party.

I can’t believe I last did a proper post about Jami as far back as 2019 last. I mention it a lot, and it was included run a debate today on my Friendica site, but […]

Blogdecentralised, opensource, P2P, privacy, technology

Another X user “super pissed” that Musk ordered takeover of his account: There are only a few networks where you actually own your identity

2023-08-052023-08-05 Danie
Cellphone being held my a hand, with a large X in the background to the right of it

Actually, with most server based social networks your identity is linked to theirs, and their admin has final control over everything i.e. whether your account stays up, whether you can use a specific identity on […]

Blogdecentralised, socialnetworks, technology, X

Pixelfed social network can now import photos, captions, and hashtags from your Instagram account

2023-06-122023-06-12 Danie
PixelfedIMport

With the Import from Instagram feature, you can seamlessly transfer your photos, captions, and even hashtags from your Instagram account to Pixelfed, ensuring a smooth transition without losing your cherished memories or creative expressions. There […]

Blogdecentralised, instagram, pixelfed, socialnetworks, technology

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