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Five Interesting Indie Platforms You Might Not Have Heard Of
After deleting my corporate social media accounts, I've discovered five interesting indie platforms and online communities you might not have heard of: Special Fish, Ctrl + Shift + 3, web1.0 Hosting, Pillowfort, and Blue Dwarf. A look at what makes each unique, from brutalist design to old-device accessibility, and a call to support the independent web financially.


Stacktracer's Dev Shrine
Surfing the IndieWeb is fun! Like many people my age (old millenial here, to be specific), I miss the Internet of the 90's and early 2000's. Until a couple of years age I thought it was gone for good. Luckily, I was wrong. The small web is all about non-corporate homepages and websites made by individuals. I won't go into details on why this is cool. For now, let me just point you in the right direction so you can see for yourself.
Self-Hosting Guide to Alternatives: Notion
Self-hosted alternatives for the popular collaboration platform

The IndieWeb Is Punk Manifesto
Three chords and a domain name. A manifesto for the DIY web.

Web of the People — Open Indie
Whether you think of web3 as the advent of peer-to-peer protocols, coin-operated blockchains or autocomplete-AI synthesizers, change is c...

Indiegraf: The Operating System Built for Independent Newsrooms
Manage, publish, monetize and grow with Indiegraf—supporting 180+ independent media outlets and covering all your publishing needs in one place.

wander
A tiny, decentralised tool you can host with just two files to explore the small web
Easypanel — Deploy anything on your server
Deploy applications and open-source services on your own server with a modern, self-hosted platform as a service.
Website Builder for Indie Game Developers
ManaKeep makes it easy to create a great website for your indie game

Weird netizens — Open Indie
It's been a year since I wrote about Weird web pages as a prospective catalyst for the reclamation of my digital identity. There's been s...
The IndieWeb Movement: Owning Your Data and Being the Change You Want to See in the Web · Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer
A look at what the IndieWeb is, why you should care, and how to get started with it.

Mac Open Web, by Brian Warren
Mac Open Web - A collection of open and indie Mac, iOS, and web apps that help promote the open web.
Cloudhiker - The greatest Sites of the Internet
Discover the internet and find the most interesting, weird or awesome websites.
