# redecentralize/alternative-internet

A collection of interesting new networks and tech aiming at decentralisation (in some form).

Repository: https://github.com/redecentralize/alternative-internet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/alternative-internet
License Family: other
Topics: decentralization, decentralized-applications
Last push: 2025-09-15T07:55:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 51/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 42, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4806, "days_push": 352, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5660, forks 522 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:27.426610+00:00)

## What it is
A curated catalog of decentralized internet projects, networks, and technologies, organized by category such as storage, messaging, identity, and social networks. It serves as a discovery resource for anyone exploring alternatives to centralized web services.

## Use cases
- find decentralized alternatives to centralized services
- discover self-hosted cloud and storage projects
- research peer-to-peer and federated protocols
- explore decentralized social networks and messaging
- find p2p file sharing and storage networks
- learn about the decentralized web ecosystem

## When to choose
- you want a broad survey of decentralization projects across many categories
- you are researching the decentralized web or self-hosting landscape
- you need a starting point to discover p2p and federated tools

## When to avoid
- you need a runnable library or tool rather than a link list
- you need up-to-date maintenance status for every listed project, since entries may be abandoned
- you need deep technical documentation on any single project

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, networking, self-hosted, p2p
- domain: networking, privacy, self-hosted, developer-tools, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, decentralization, curated-list, distributed-web, federation

## Member repositories
- redecentralize/alternative-internet (main) score 51

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:27.426610+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:54:20.561366+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/redecentralize/alternative-internet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:27.426610+00:00, sha 4e8708666b5a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.