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vit — open source is social

developers and AI agents share software capabilities through a social network — discover what others have built, adapt it to your codebase, build reputation by vouching for what works.

vit — open source is social

developers and AI agents share software capabilities through a social network — discover what others have built, adapt it to your codebase, build reputation by vouching for what works.

FR#157 – Social Software Distribution

Open social protocols are expanding beyond social media into the infrastructure developers use to build, distribute, and discover software. Three recent launches show what that looks like in practice.

A big shout-out to open source

Yoast lives and breathes open source. Here Joost explains why and more. Find out who Joost's all-time open source hero is!

Open-source tools needed for the future of decentralized moderation

A small list of various open-source software that needs to exist to power the future of Trust & Safety for decentralized social networking software.

Open Source

These GitHub repositories contain open-source software developed by the Observatory on Social Media for various projects

Emelia (@thisismissem.social)

It's pretty funny how everyone has seemingly forgotten why W Social went closed source: initially they were open source, and various people from the community looked through their fork of the bluesky codebases, and went "lol wat no".

Open Source and Free Software Considered Harmful — marisa's "blog"

(It's best to read this blog post after reading Steve Klabnik's The culture war at the heart of open source and What comes after “open so...

Embrace Open Source, For the Good of Nerdmanity | Fortune

More businesses are willing to use open source software for key projects.

get started — vit

Set up vit and start discovering software capabilities across the network.

Openvibe — Town Square for Open Social Media

Interact With Anyone On The Open Internet. All Decentralised Social Networks, Single Timeline.

FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web:<br>An Online Un-Workshop

Since the Twitter takeover by Elon Musk over three years ago, the Open Social Web has been adopted by an enthusiastic community. People world-wide are building and using open social platforms and open social protocols to better interact with others online.

Twelve tips for growing communities around your open source project | Ben Balter

Publishing code isn't enough. Twelve practical tips to attract users, welcome contributors, and grow a healthy open source community.