Imagine if you could move your entire social media profile, followers, and posts from one provider to another as easily as switching phone companies. Instead of a few giant companies owning all the data, this project builds a toolkit for smaller providers to host these services securely. It's like creating a standardized plug-and-socket system for the internet so users aren't trapped by one provider.
European organizations suffer from 'SCRAPS' (Structural Computer Rental And Proprietary Services), leading to vendor lock-in, rising costs, and loss of digital sovereignty.
Nix packages, NixOS services, and Nix Flakes that enable 'one click' deployment of open social platforms and productivity tools.
If you are an MSP dealing with high costs and lock-in from proprietary cloud rentals — this project developed reproducible deployment configurations that allow you to offer high-availability social and productivity tools. This enables you to attract users seeking privacy and data control.
If you are a local government dealing with a lack of digital sovereignty and data exploitation — this project developed a libre hosting platform that scales to internet size. This ensures citizen data remains under local control without tracking.
If you are a hosting firm dealing with complex software supply chain risks — this project developed Nix packages and services for a technically transparent way to run software. This provides a 'one click' interface for deploying secure, open-source tools.
Based on available project data, the project focuses on providing free and open source tools and a roadmap for hosting organizations to monetize these offerings themselves.
Yes, the project's ambition is to create a libre hosting platform that can scale to internet size in a decentralized manner.
The project is fully open-source, aiming to establish a new software supply chain from developer to consumer based on free and open source software.
It uses Nix packages, NixOS services, and Nix Flakes to provide reproducible deployment configurations that act as an alternative to proprietary cloud rentals.
The project period runs from 2023-12-01 to 2027-11-30, with deliverables being developed throughout this timeframe.
The consortium consists of 5 partners across 3 countries (DK, FR, NL). It is heavily weighted toward non-profit or 'Other' organizations (4 out of 5), with a low industry ratio of 20% and 2 SMEs. This suggests the project is driven by community-led standards and digital sovereignty goals rather than immediate commercial productization.
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