Spritely Networked Communities Institute
Spritely Institute builds, researches, and standardizes networked technology which put people and communities first.
Centralized social media is harmful to society. We are building a gatekeeper-free decentralized system. Our mission is “social media done right”, to put people in control of their own identity and build the technology that would enable a shift to collaborative and intentional security models prioritizing active consent. To accomplish this, we will build a new architecture for the internet: removing the necessity of client-server architecture, replacing it with a participatory peer-centric model.
Spritely’s technology is being released as free and open source software aiming for multiple programming language implementations and eventual open standardization. All of our work, ranging from decentralized identity, peer-to-peer user agents, decentralized social networks, encrypted and portable storage, and distributed object programming infrastructure is being built to enable a gatekeeper-free path where users and content are not tied to a specific server.
Donors
- Moto A
My digital life is **my** life.
Corporations and their centralized web services exist to turn a profit. They’ll eventually do so by extracting what they can from me. And by using their services. I’ve been giving them coercive leverage!...
David Anderson 1Spritely is painting a picture of a hopeful, human future for people and their communication, and have a credible vision to get there. That's a rare thing, and worthy of support.
Josh Mock 1The world needs social media that isn't powered by centralized sources that don't have our best interests in mind. Spritely's mission helps make that more achievable. 🖤
Jason Wodicka 1If we want more humane technology, it starts by equipping the teams building it to do the work.
Travis Vachon 1Spritely does world class work on a local budget - delighted to support their work!
Alex McGrath 1The team make some fantastic stuff and have an amazing mission :)
