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alternative-internet

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

25Distinct people
31Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
5.7KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

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

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

Yes, though the extent to which this is feasible is limited by hardware, commerce, and law. Even now, there exist alternative protocols and communities of varying scope for…

jonny_storm used a recommendation phrase. One indexed comment matches. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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Also in these discussions

Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.

This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 8:03:49 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year31 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2013-07-08 12:33:07 UTC to 2025-09-15 07:40:49 UTC.

02468102013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 2 submissions, 7 comments20132014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 2 submissions, 2 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 3 submissions, 2 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC927
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC422
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC532
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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I think that we are about to see a new strain of F/LOSS motivations and advocacy emerge, centered on human rights and political freedom, anti-surveilance, privacy, resilience, and so on. On one level I expect it to continue the "redecentralize the web"[0][1][2] movement from a few years ago, but sideline the mostly cryptocurrency focused aspects of "web3"[3] in favor of the "fediverse"[4][5][6] and "local first software"[7]. [0] https://redecentralize.org/ [1] https://ruben.verborgh.org/articles/redecentralizing-the-web... [2] https://github.com/redecentralize/alternative-internet [3] https://medium.com/@shevski/how-decentralised-are-you-a6539e... [4] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse [5] https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-the-fediverse-and-can-it-d... [6] https://thenewstack.io/why-developers-should-experiment-with... [7] https://
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In Ask HN: Cooperative or Non-Profit Software Development vs. Open Source
> That's kind of cool, if unlikely to be monetizable. That's not a bad thing, but it isn't true anyway, you literally login with your wallet. Virtual currencies are banned on Stripe, PayPal etc. MMOs are how I got into crypto in the first place. > I am genuinely curious on useful applications. I was sharing "awesome" lists related to "web3", not a list of apps to support some argument you want to have about "energy use" or "51% attacks". Since this is a forum that has developers on it, a list of resources and roadmap for developers interested in getting started in web3 is useful, is it not? And yes, awesome lists are "link dumps", nice connotation twist. Here's more geared towards your "genuine curiosity" of web3 apps: https://github.com/gdamdam/awesome-decentralized-web https://github.com/redecentralize/alternative-internet https://githu
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In Awesome Critique of Crypto/Web3

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