Explore 37 projects in the Open social category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.
Tools, standards, and platforms that make it easier to de-centralize the internet, and social media in particular. These services often collaborate on and depend upon open protocols like AT Protocol and ActivityPub. They usually give users their choice back, through features like data portability and agency over their algorithm feeds.
mu (mu.social) is a European-built, European-hosted microblogging app on the open AT Protocol (the Bluesky protocol), created by the Eurosky programme and run by a Dutch nonprofit, as a deliberate step toward a European-owned alternative to US-controlled social platforms
We are mapping all the social platforms in Europe.
The link you share when someone asks what you do.
A collection of over 65 AT Protocol apps beyond BlueSky, by Tynan Purdy
Discover apps for your favorite fediverse platforms
Fund. We're bringing location data to ATProto, with initial funding by Peter Wang's Skyseed Fund.
Understanding Recommenders is a research-driven effort to demystify recommender systems and their impact on society.
A French non-profit alternative to Big Tech's video platforms
Open source ActivityPub-based Instagram competitor