awesome-decentralized-web
github.com/gdamdam/awesome-decentralized-web ↗A curated list of peer-to-peer, federated, and local-first protocols, applications, and developer tools. Excludes cryptocurrency, tokens, and AI agents.
Use this list with your AI agent
Add the Context Awesome MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client, then ask:
"Show me federation & social protocols resources from awesome-decentralized-web"
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Protocols and Technologies
- ActivityPubFederation & Social Protocols
Open, decentralized social networking protocol based on Pump.io's ActivityPump protocol.
- AT ProtocolFederation & Social Protocols
The Authenticated Transfer Protocol, an open protocol for decentralized social networking, powering Bluesky.
- AutomergeLocal-first & CRDTs
A CRDT library for building local-first, collaborative applications that sync without a central server.
- BitTorrentP2P Networking & Data Transfer
Protocol for distributed file sharing.
- cjdnsP2P Networking & Data Transfer
Encrypted IPv6 overlay network with distributed hash table routing.
- Decentralized IdentifiersIdentity & Personal Data
W3C standard for globally unique, cryptographically verifiable identifiers that need no central registry.
Applications
- AgregoreWeb, Search and Archiving
A minimal web browser for the distributed web. Supports IPFS, Hypercore Protocol + more.
- AkkomaSocial Networks (Fediverse & beyond)
Fork of Pleroma, a lightweight federated social networking server on ActivityPub.
- BertyP2P Messaging
Anonymous, secure, peer-to-peer protocol that doesn't need an internet connection to function.
- BitMessageP2P Messaging
Anonymous encrypted message broadcasting over a peer-to-peer network.
- BlueskySocial Networks (Fediverse & beyond)
Decentralized social network built on the AT Protocol, with self-hostable personal data servers.
- BonfireSocial Networks (Fediverse & beyond)
Modular open-source framework and application for building federated digital spaces.
Other Related Lists
- alternative-internet
A collection of interesting new networks and technologies aiming at decentralisation.
- Awesome-decentralized-id
Resources for creating a Decentralized, Vendor Agnostic, Self Sovereign Identity System for people organizations and things.
- awesome-offline-knowledge
Content, tools, and infrastructure for keeping knowledge accessible without the internet.
- awesome-resilient-communication
A curated list of open protocols, applications, hardware, and resources for communication during internet shutdowns, disasters, censorship, and off-grid operation.
- delightful-fediverse-apps
A curated list of Fediverse applications and services.
Graveyard
- AvionDB
Mongodb-like database on top of OrbitDB.
- Backfeed
A technology to enable decentralized and user-owned governance and reputation management for a community.
- Beaker
A peer-to-peer Web browser, made for users to run applications independently of hosts.
- BigchainDB
A scalable database that layers blockchain technology over decentralized data.
- Bit451
Decentralized / distributed anonymous peer-to-peer media network. YouTube meets BitTorrent meets Bitcoin.
- bitnation
The World's First Virtual Nation – a Blockchain Jurisdiction.
Contributors
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