Awesome 0data

Resources around owning your data 100%

Protocols

	remoteStorage
	Fission
	Solid

Tools

• Hello: Simple Hello World for multiple 0data protocols.
• StorageStack: A decentralized storage abstraction middleware framework.
• Zero Data Wrap: Unified JavaScript API for Fission + remoteStorage.
• Project Cambria: Translate your data with lenses.

Reading

• "Export considered harmful" by Andy Matuschak: The difference between 'export' snapshots and 'use this data elsewhere'.
• "File over app" by Steph Ango: Philosophy to create digital artifacts that last.
• "Bring Your Own Client" by Geoffrey Litt: Freedom to choose your favorite application to interact with some data.
• "Composability with other tools" by Gordon Brander: Why are most of our tools silos?
• "Universal data portability" by Alexander Obenauer: What if you could browse your stuff in one fluid interface, without considering their differing data types?
• "The future needs files" Scott Jenson: The power of files comes from them being powerful nouns.
• "how we store and collaborate on our work" by Adam Wiggins: Comparing files, the cloud, and mobile apps to combine the best parts.
• "Rethinking how technology uses our personal data" by Lennart Ziburski: Managing app permissions using more playful metaphors, like circle of knowledge and data permits.
• "Embark: Dynamic documents for making plans" by Ink & Switch: Effortless coordinating across multiple apps.

Adjacent

• Autonomous Data: Application architecture that respects users privacy and data ownership.
• ShapeRepo: Library of 'data shapes' to promote interoperability.
• Schema.org: Vocabularies for structured data.
• DXOS: Peer-to-peer local-first app toolkit.
• Stacks: Decentralized apps storing data on a wallet.
• Linked Open Vocabularies: Your entry point to high quality and reusable Vocabularies to describe Linked Data.
• unhosted: Web apps where your data stays within the browser.
• Wildland: Backend-agnostic docker for your data.
• PDS Interop: Encouraging interoperability between personal data stores by documenting conventions.
• Sockethub: Enables web applications to use protocols traditionally inaccessible or impractical in a browser.
• Deta: Personal cloud computer.

Apps

• Spendlab: Visual budget planning.
• Monocle: Universal, personal search engine for life.
• Muse: Spatial canvas for deep thinking.
• Delta Chat: A mobile messaging app that invisibly works on top of email.
• Bangle.io: A free Notion alternative that stores markdown notes in the browser.
• TiddlyWiki: A non-linear personal web notebook.
• Nullboard: Minimalist locally-stored kanban board.
• Nomie: Privacy-focused life tracker.
• Snapdrop: Instantly share images, videos, PDFs, and links over wifi.
• Wormhole: Simple, private file sharing.
• Jitsi Meet: Video calls in the browser with no accounts.
• tlk.io: Video calls in the browser with no accounts.
• AI Vocal Remover: Separate vocals from music with artificial intelligence.
• Radio Garden: Find stations by spinning the globe.
• muki: Online MIDI player.
• Leimma: Explore, create, hear and play microtonal tuning systems.
• Apotome: A browser-based generative music environment with microtonal tuning.
• 2 Brew: Interactive timers guiding coffee brewing.
• e.ggtimer: Simple countdown timers.
• TinyMonth: Shareable calendar with marked dates.
• TinySheet: Shareable tiny spreadsheet.
• EtherCalc: Spreadsheets.
• Care Cards: Helpful tips for wellness.
• Dillinger: Markdown text editor.
• Idiomatic: Convert text between Markdown, HTML, and Rich Text.
• Pandoc Try: Convert text between Latex, Markdown, HTML, RST and lots more.
• Emojify: Convert words into emoji.
• Method Draw: Vector drawing.
• Witeboard: Shareable whiteboard.
• AutoDraw: Vector drawing with AI suggestions.
• tldraw: A tiny little drawing app.
• Paint: MS Paint remake.
• Photopea: Photo editor.
• doka: Photo filters and adjustments.
• PixelCraft: Pixel art editor.
• QR Code Generator: Create custom QR Codes from text.
• Farmhand: Game to make money by buying, growing, harvesting, and then selling crops.
• RegExr: Visualize regular expressions.
• Doorless App Ring: A webring for web apps.
• Pimeja: An English/French Toki Pona dictionary.
• Pinafore: Web client for Mastodon, designed for speed and simplicity.
• TinyList: Privacy-focused notes and checklists that you can share.
• Nute: Simple & fast one-page note taking app.
• Music Box Fun: 15-note replication of mechanical music boxes.
• Itty.bitty: Create links that contain a webpage.
• Seasonal Hours Clock: A new style of clock that combines UTC & local times, to make it easier to plan events with friends in different time zones.
• hTime: Very similar to Seasonal Hours Clock except it uses letters for the hours instead of words. Includes a tool for finding good common meeting times.
• Hello: Simple Hello World for 0data protocols.
• shhh Noise: Sounds to increase focus and relax.
• Fidget Page: Virtual fidget spinner.
• Boring Avatars: Avatar generator playground.
• shaper: Parameterized interface creator.
• Word Count: Simple word counter.

Easy Indie Platforms

Self-host in a few clicks.

	Cloudron
	CapRover
	YunoHost

More self-hosting projects

• HomelabOS: Offline-first privacy-centric open-source data-center.
• Ethibox: Ethical self-hosting.
• Runtipi: Homeserver management made easy.
• Co-op Cloud: Public interest infrastructure.
• Elestio: Fully managed DevOps platform.
• Sandstorm: Open-source platform for self-hosting web apps.
• umbrelOS: Self-hosting accessible to everyone, including people with less to no technical knowledge.
• Cosmos Cloud: Self-hosting with automated maintenance and security.
• CasaOS: Simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source personal cloud system.
• PikaPods: Instant open-source managed app hosting.
• Unraid: Powerful, easy-to-use operating system for self-hosted servers and network-attached storage.
• Dokku: Open source terminal-based PAAS alternative to Heroku.
• FreedomBox: Private server for non-experts.
• Easypanel: Modern server control panel with intuitive interface.
• Coolify: Open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative.
• FLAP: Self-hosting admin with web GUI to access services and manage domain names.
• SelfPrivacy: Setup and manage self-hosted services.
• libreserver: Your own personal server.
• ApisCP: Full-stack hosting platform with self-healing technology.
• CloudPanel: Run your favorite applications and frameworks without any additional configuration.
• Gardens: Host your own apps, find open-source tools, share how-to guides.
• Yacht: Container management UI with a focus on templates and 1-click deployments.
• Syncloud: Run your apps at your premises.