Unlocking a new generation of social apps, where users stay private without losing historical actions and identities

• Rarimo

• Blockchain
• Decentralization
• Identity

People vs Big Tech is a movement fighting to overturn the predatory business model of giant tech corporations and change the internet for good.

• Advocacy tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Campaign organizations

This website is hosted across a network of solar powered servers and is sent to you from whichever server is in the most sunshine.

• Affordable and clean energy

• Emerging tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Data visualization

Backed by a group of civil society organisations supporting human rights defenders in Asia-Pacific, the DRAPAC VPN Project is designed to resist blocking by internet censors.

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity
• Decentralization

We’re building an open foundation for the social internet so that we can all shape its future.

• commercial

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Decentralization
• Social media

Provides a comprehensive overview of all enforcement authorities and the cases they have taken against online platforms under the Digital Services Act

• Govtech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Decentralization

Our vision is to build a world where AI technologies are secure, decentralized, and transparent, enabling users to harness the full potential of AI while maintaining complete control and privacy over their data.

• Decent work and economic growth

• Blockchain
• Decentralization
• Natural Language Processing

Save Social Media From Billionaire Capture.

• Bluesky

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Specific campaigns
• Decentralization

Let's fund the Fediverse

• Mastodon
• Wordpress

• Get funding
• Decentralization
• Social networks

A decentralized social network

• Decentralization
• Social networks

Crypto-infused newsletter platform

• commercial

• Blockchain
• Decentralization
• Newsletter tech

Building a Digital Ecosystem for Refugees

• refugees

• Access social benefits
• Decentralization
• Identity

Set in the beautiful redwoods near the Mendocino coast of California, DWeb Camp is a five-day retreat for builders and dreamers to connect, learn, share and have fun as we work towards building a better, decentralized web.

• Conferences
• Decentralization

The We’re Right Here campaign is working to build a united movement for community power, spanning places and communities across the UK as well as the political spectrum.

• local

• Participatory democracy
• Specific campaigns
• Decentralization

Project Liberty is advancing responsible development of the internet, designed and governed for the common good.

• Advocacy tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Decentralization

Podlove is a group of Wordpress plugins and allows you to self-host your podcast.

• Wordpress

• Decentralization
• Open source
• General purpose open source tools

The Decentralized Social Networking Protocol establishes a shared social graph that is no longer dependent on a specific application or a centralized platform.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Decentralization
• Social media

We exist to protect democracy and human rights from digital threats.

• human rights

• Advocacy tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Campaign organizations

A decentralized toolkit for funding your critical software dependencies.

• Build something
• Fundraising tools
• Blockchain

Radicle is a sovereign peer-to-peer network for code collaboration, built on top of Git.

• Build something
• Decentralization
• Open source

We fund new technologies to cultivate internet freedom.

• Get funding
• Decentralization

Riseup provides online communication tools for people and groups working on liberatory social change.

• Advocacy tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

FreedomBox is a private server system that empowers regular people to host their own internet services, like a VPN, a personal website, file sharing, encrypted messengers, a VoIP server, a metasearch engine, and much more.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy
• Decentralization

Mehr Freiheit und mehr Demokratie waren die großen Versprechen des Internets.

• books

• Books
• Decentralization

TechSoup project: We aim to increase the number of mission-specific tools that can be effectively used by civil society organizations, starting with DWeb solutions.

• Build something
• Decentralization
• DAO (Decentralized autonomous organization)

An open network for secure, decentralised communication

• Matrix

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Decentralization
• Internal communication and coordination

Mapping the thinking tool landscape with collective intelligence.

• Adjacent Fields
• Report cards and audits
• Decentralization

The Markup made a browser extension that restores search result pages to organic results.

• extensions

• Artistic interventions
• Decentralization

We want to change the way the internet enables the spread of news and information so it serves the public good over corporate and political interests.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Funders & donors
• Decentralization

A tool for building and evolving governance in online communities.

• Slack

• Adjacent Fields
• Group decision making
• Decentralization

The Metagovernance Seminar invites individuals working in online governance to present their work to a community of other researchers and practitioners.

• Conferences
• Decentralization

Govbase is the most comprehensive database of projects and organizations in online governance.

• Govtech
• Civic tech catalogs
• Group decision making

a laboratory for digital governance

• Emerging tech
• Blockchain
• Civic apps outfits

Supporting open source project leaders implementing best practices in sustainability, governance, and community health.

• Adjacent Fields
• Decentralization
• Incubators

Founded by billionaire Frank McCourt, Unfinished "works to strengthen our civic life in the digital age."

• Decentralization

A web and mobile app that helps people do more together.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

A collaborative platform for open metadata built on intersectional and inclusive practices of ethical data governance.

• framework

• Civic data
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Data schemas and standards

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a free software project that aims to empower decentralized efforts in increasing transparency of internet censorship around the world. You can run OONI Probe to collect evidence of internet censorship.

• free speech

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Decentralization