# Awesome Decentralized Web [](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
* [ForgeFed](https://github.com/forgefed/forgefed) - a decentralized federation protocol provides a server to server API for pull request, forking and subscription.
* [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.
* [Nostr](https://nostr.com/) - A decentralized social network with a chance of working. A simple, open protocol that enables a truly censorship-resistant and global social network.
* [Earthstar](https://github.com/earthstar-project/earthstar) - An offline-first, distributed, syncable, embedded document database for use in p2p software.
* [Hypercore Protocol](https://hypercore-protocol.org/) - a fast, scalable, and secure peer-to-peer protocol for everyone (evoution of the [Dat Protocol](https://datproject.org))
* [Holochain](https://github.com/holochain/holochain) - a peer-to-peer protocol for data sharing and integrity, 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.
### Web
* [ActivityPub](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/) - open, decentralized social networking protocol based on Pump.io's ActivityPump protocol.
* [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.
* [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. `Whitepaper`
* [Solid](https://solid.mit.edu/) - a proposed set of conventions and tools for building decentralized social applications based on Linked Data principles.
* [Backfeed](http://backfeed.cc/) - a technology to enable decentralized and user-owned governance and reputation management for a community. **Discontinued!**
* [LevelNews](https://levelnews.org/) - a leftist news aggregator designed for an open web, and dedicated to journalism without censorship. **Discontinued!**
* [Retroshare](https://retroshare.cc/) - establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services: forums, channels, chat, mail
* [IPDB](https://ipdb.io/) - 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.
* [CacheP2P](https://github.com/guerrerocarlos/CacheP2P) - a distributed caching platform. **Discontinued!**
* [Cryptosphere](https://cryptosphere.io/) - an open-source P2P web application platform for decentralized, privacy-preserving software. **Discontinued!**
* [Decentralized Web Nodes](https://identity.foundation/decentralized-web-node/spec/) - a mesh-like datastore construction that supports sync, built in permissions, and dynamic interactions between other nodes.
* [Encrypted Data Vaults](https://identity.foundation/edv-spec/) - a privacy-respecting mechanism for storing, indexing, and retrieving encrypted data at a storage provider.
* [ORC](https://orcproject.github.io/) - the Onion Router Cloud, a distributed, anonymous, object storage platform owned and operated by all of us. **Discontinued!**
* [Perkeep](https://perkeep.org/) - set of open source formats, protocols, and software for modeling, storing, searching, sharing and synchronizing data.
* [Funkwhale](https://funkwhale.audio/) - Funkwhale is a community-driven project that lets you listen and share music and audio within a decentralized, open network.
* [Manyverse](https://www.manyver.se/) - An iOS and Android mobile app for the decentralized messaging and sharing app built on top of Secure Scuttlebutt
* [Tahrir](http://tahrirproject.org/) - looks and feels like twitter but encrypted and anonymized and decentralized and only you hold the keys. **Discontinued!**
* [trsst](https://github.com/TrsstProject/trsst) - looks and feels like twitter but encrypted and anonymized and decentralized and only you hold the keys. **Discontinued!**
* [Twister](http://twister.net.co/) - a fully decentralized P2P microblogging platform leveraging the free software implementations of Bitcoin and BitTorrent protocols.
* [Dark Crystal](https://darkcrystal.pw/) - set of protocols, libraries, techniques and guidelines for secure management of sensitive data such as cryptographic keys.
* [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.
* [GNUnet](https://gnunet.org/) - GNUnet is a new network protocol stack for building secure, distributed, and privacy-preserving applications. With strong roots in academic research, our goal is to replace the old insecure Internet protocol stack.
* [MaidSafe](https://maidsafe.net/) - a soon-to-be-released decentralized internet and app infrastructure which rewards users for participating in the network.
* [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. **Discontinued!**
* [ArcBlock](https://www.arcblock.io/) - a decentralized platform to build, run and deploy DApps, blockchains and websites on any infrastructure with integrated decentralized identity and multi-chain support.
* [Awesome-decentralized-id](https://github.com/infominer33/awesome-decentralized-id) - Resources for creating a Decentralized, Vendor Agnostic, Self Sovereign Identity System for people organizations and things.
