Research & Development
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We’re building the Small Web.
In a digital network, public space is not a place; it is the interconnections between individually-owned and controlled places.
The Small Web is a public space comprised of places you own and control.
(No, it’s not web3, it’s web0.)
🍿 Watch the recording of Aral’s computer science colloquium at University of Groningen to learn more about Small Web.
Big Web vs Small Web
The Small Web is the opposite of the Big Web (even though it is built using some of the same underlying technologies).
| Big Web | Small Web |
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| Trust the server | Don’t trust the server |
| Don’t trust the client | Trust the client |
| Owned by corporations | Owned by individuals |
| Call people “users” | Call people “people” |
| Servers have many users (multi-tenant) |
A server has one owner (single-tenant) |
The projects
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Kitten
Kitten is a web development kit that’s small, purrs, and loves you.
Status: Approaching API Version 1.
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Domain
A tool to enable people and organisations to run Small Web domains where people can have their Small Web places. Currently being rewritten using Kitten.
Watch a video demonstration of Domain.
Status: Approaching beta.
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Place
A peer-to-peer personal Small Web app that lets you communicate both privately and publicly with other Small Web places from your own place on the web.
Written in Kitten, easily deployed using Domain.
Status: In development.