# Awesome Decentralized Web [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) A curated list about the decentralized technologies and tools to develop decentralized applications. Thanks to the [Decentralized Web Summit](http://www.decentralizedweb.net/) for the inspiration. ### Blockchain infrastructure * [Curated list of Blockchain and Crytocurrency Resources in general](https://github.com/McFrankline/Blockchain-stuff) ### Communication * [BitMessage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitmessage) - anonymous encrypted message broadcasting. * [LevelNews](https://levelnews.org/) - a leftist news aggregator designed for an open web, and dedicated to journalism without censorship. * [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) - an open standard for decentralised persistent communication over IP. Matrix wants to connect together all the various communication services and make them interoperate. * [Ricochet](https://ricochet.im/) - completely anonymous and potentially metadata-free chat ### Cryptocurrencies * [Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.org) - It is the first decentralized digital currency, as the system works without a central bank or single administrator. * [Ethereum](https://ethereum.org) - Blockchain-based distributed computing platform featuring smart contract (scripting) functionality. It provides a decentralized Turing-complete virtual machine * [Monero](https://getmonero.org/) - Aims to improve on existing cryptocurrency design by obscuring sender, recipient and amount of every transaction. * [Zcash](https://z.cash/) - a cryptocurrency built for total privacy. Zcash encrypts transactions so that they can be validated while still private. * [awesome-cryptocurrencies](https://github.com/kasketis/awesome-cryptocurrencies) - A curated list of cryptocurrencies. ### Databases * [BigchainDB](https://www.bigchaindb.com/) - a scalable database that layers blockchain technology over decentralized data. * [IPDB](https://ipdb.foundation/) - a federated database network built on BigchainDB and IPFS. It is maintained by a network of caretakers around the world, at least half of which are nonprofits. ### Data Storage and Sharing * [BitTorrent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent) - Protocol for distributed file sharing. * [CacheP2P](https://github.com/guerrerocarlos/CacheP2P) - a distributed caching platform. * [Cryptosphere](https://cryptosphere.io/) - an open-source P2P web application platform for decentralized, privacy-preserving software. * [Dat Protocol](https://datproject.org/) - Versioned, encrypted, peer-to-peer protocol for distributed file sharing. * [Filecoin](https://filecoin.io/) - a decentralized storage network based on IPFS, powered by a blockchain and a native token. * [Holochain](https://github.com/holochain/holochain-proto) - a validating monotonic DHT backed by authoritative hashchains for data provenance. * [IPFS](https://ipfs.io/) - or InterPlanetary File System, is a distributed file storage system that aims to replace HTTP. * [OnionShare](https://onionshare.org/) - hosts the selected files as a hidden service on the user's computer * [ORC](https://orc.network/) - the Onion Router Cloud, a distributed, anonymous, object storage platform owned and operated by all of us. * [Perkeep](https://perkeep.org/) - set of open source formats, protocols, and software for modeling, storing, searching, sharing and synchronizing data. * [Rotonde](http://wiki.xxiivv.com/#rotonde) - commonly agreed upon specifications of a JSON object shared between members of the network. * [Tahoe-LAFS](https://www.tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs) - a private, encrypted file storage system that decentralizes data across multiple servers. * [Sia](http://sia.tech/) - a decentralized private cloud. * [Storj](https://storj.io/) - a blockchain-based, end-to-end encrypted, distributed object storage. * [Swarm](https://github.com/ethersphere/swarm) - a distributed storage platform and content distribution service of the ethereum stack. * [WebTorrent](https://webtorrent.io/) - an in-browser torrenting that works without requiring users to install anything extra. * [Wikipediap2p](https://www.wikipediap2p.org/) - a p2p version of wikipedia. ### Decentralized web * [ActivityPub](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/) - open, decentralized social networking protocol based on Pump.io's ActivityPump protocol. * [Beaker](https://beakerbrowser.com/) - Beaker is a peer-to-peer Web browser, made for users to run applications independently of hosts. * [Blockstack](https://blockstack.org/) - Blockstack is a new fully decentralized internet that comes with a full stack of open-source developer tools to build and bootstrap decentralized applications and protocol ecosystems. * [disaster.radio](https://disaster.radio) - a disaster-resilient communications network powered by the sun. * [Freenet](https://freenetproject.org/)- a network aimed at activists and people living in repressive regimes. It uses a web of trust in high security mode, which allows users on the network to be effectively undetectable. * [I2P](https://geti2p.net/) - Anonymous network with hidden services. * [Interledger](https://interledger.org/) - it interconnects disparate cryptocurrencies and financial systems. * [MaidSafe](http://maidsafe.net/) - a soon-to-be-released decentralized internet and app infrastructure which rewards users for participating in the network. * [Mysterium Network](https://mysterium.network/) - Open Sourced Network allowing anyone to rent their unused Network traffic, while providing a secure connection for those in need. * [Namecoin](https://namecoin.info/) - a replacement for the existing domain name system that registers identities on a blockchain, rather than a centralized DNS authority. * [Samizdat](http://samizdat.childrenofmay.org/) - Samizdat is a platform for the self-hosted, peer-to-peer, cryptographically-secured internet. * [Solid](https://solid.mit.edu/) - a proposed set of conventions and tools for building decentralized social applications based on Linked Data principles. * [Steemit](https://steemit.com/) - Blogging and social networking website on top of a blockchain database. * [Tor](https://www.torproject.org/) - Anonymous network proxy. * [ZeroNet](https://zeronet.io/) - a peer-to-peer web built on the Bitcoin blockchain for addressing, and identity and Namecoin for .bit domains. ### Marketplaces * [OpenBazaar](https://openbazaar.org/) - Marketplace, with store fronts and moderators. ### Microblogging and Social Network * [Dat Medium](https://github.com/kewitz/dat-medium) - Dat Medium is markdown blog system for Beaker inspired by Medium. * [diaspora*](https://diasporafoundation.org/) - Decentralized and federated social media platform. * [Friendica](http://friendi.ca/) - Decentralized and federated social media platform. * [Hubzilla](https://project.hubzilla.org/page/hubzilla/hubzilla-project) - Decentralized and federated social media platform. * [Mediagoblin](https://mediagoblin.org/) - a free software media publishing platform alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud. * [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social) - Decentralized alternative to twitter, with servers federation. * [Patchwork](https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork) - a decentralized messaging and sharing app built on top of Secure Scuttlebutt. * [Pleroma](https://pleroma.social/) - a federated social networking platform. * [Scuttlebutt](https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/) - a decent(ralised) secure gossip platform. * [Socialhome](https://socialhome.network/) - Decentralized and federated profile builder with social networking features. * [Tahrir](http://tahrirproject.org/) - looks and feels like twitter but encrypted and anonymized and decentralized and only you hold the keys. * [trsst](http://www.trsst.com/) - looks and feels like twitter but encrypted and anonymized and decentralized and only you hold the keys. * [Twister](http://twister.net.co/) - a fully decentralized P2P microblogging platform leveraging the free software implementations of Bitcoin and BitTorrent protocols. ### Misc * [Backfeed](http://backfeed.cc/) - a technology to enable decentralized and user-owned governance and reputation management for a community. * [Bit451](https://github.com/Bit451/Bit451) - Decentralized / distributed anonymous p2p media network. YouTube meets BitTorrent meets Bitcoin. * [bitnation.co](https://bitnation.co) - the World’s First Virtual Nation – A Blockchain Jurisdiction. * [ferment](https://github.com/mmckegg/ferment) - Peer-to-peer audio publishing and streaming application. * [git-ssb](https://github.com/clehner/git-ssb) - Decentralized git repo hosting and issue tracking on secure-scuttlebutt. * [GitPub](https://github.com/git-federation/gitpub) - a decentralized federation protocol provides a server to server API for pull request, forking and subscription. * [instant.io](https://instant.io/) - Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent. * [IPWB](https://github.com/oduwsdl/ipwb) - an interplanetary wayback machine. * [Jolocom](https://jolocom.com/) - A decentralised digital identity for everyone. * [magic-wormhole](https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole) - Get things from one computer to another, safely. * [Mediachain](http://www.mediachain.io/) - a media library built on IPFS that makes it easy to publish, track, and discover creative work. * [Onename](https://onename.com/) - a global database for people, companies, websites and more. * [OpenTimeStamps](https://opentimestamps.org/) - OpenTimestamps aims to be a standard format for blockchain timestamping. * [PeerPad](https://peerpad.net) - a realtime P2P collaborative editing tool, powered by IPFS and CRDTs. * [PeerTube](https://framagit.org/chocobozzz/PeerTube) - Decentralized federated video streaming platform using P2P, ActivityPub and WebTorrent. * [StrongLink](https://github.com/btrask/stronglink) - a searchable, syncable, content-addressable notetaking system * [WebRTC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC) - W3C drafted standard for browser-to-browser data transfer. ## Contributors: - [Contributors](https://github.com/gdamdam/awesome-decentralized-web/graphs/contributors) ## License [![CC4](https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)