







Run Known on your own server, and learn how developers can extend, redesign and install Known's open source social publishing engine.
Open Source Explained — Open Indie
Musings on the concept of ‘open source’, in the broadest possible definition of the term. Also an invitation to become a participant in ...

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.

blogs.social — Discover the open web
Discover and follow blogs across Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, and the open social web.
Leaflet, standard.site, and open social publishing! - Leaflet Lab Notes
Lab Notes 021: launching a set of shared standards for social publishing, migrating Leaflet to use these new lexicons, and how we plan to grow publishing × open social together!
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.

A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base
A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration.

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

The shape of open source
At its core, open source is about collaboration. Whether it’s version control, licenses, or issue trackers—everything exists to support people working with each other. Open source embodies a model for…

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.

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...

Open sourcing our server
We take the final step in our open source journey. Our clients had always been open source. Today, we are also releasing the source code for our servers.

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.

Docs — Turn your team's content into knowledge
Docs is the open-source document editor that turns your team's content into knowledge: real-time collaboration, structured knowledge, and full data ownership. Self-host it anywhere, or try a public instance in seconds.
