This is a curated list of innovative, open web technologies.

Table of Contents:

• Applications
  • Communication
    • Chat
    • Microblog
    • Forum
  • Webtops / Web OSes
  • AI Platforms
    • Chat UIs
    • Agents
    • Dashboards / Search / Research
  • Devops
  • Infrastructure
• Protocols and Specifications
  • Communication
  • Webtops / Web OSes
  • Devops
  • Core Services
  • Infrastructure

• Commune – Community platform, specifically designed for public-by-default communities.
• positive-intentions: chat – Decentralized chat app for messaging, file sharing, and virtual reality experiences.
• Revolt – User-first chat platform inspired by Discord.

• Memos – Privacy-first, lightweight note-taking service with multi-tenancy and sharing capabilities.

• Bonfire – Social networking toolkit for crafting digital spaces that empower communities.
• Lemmy – Link aggregator and forum for the fediverse, like Reddit.

• anuraOS – A web "OS" and development environment with full Linux emulation.
• daedalOS – Browser-based desktop environment with many features.
• kodbox – Webtop providing a file manager, code editor, and collaboration features.
• OS.js – JavaScript Web Desktop Platform.
• Pluto – Minimal and functional Webtop.
• Puter – Full-featured Internet OS.

• ChatBSV – AI chat and microservices in exchange for tiny Bitcoin microtransactions.
• Chatlabs – All-in-one LLM chat platform based on Chatbot UI v2.
• HackerGPT – Ethical hacking AI for web application hacking (based on Chatbot UI v2).
• Hugging Face Chat UI – Open source codebase powering the HuggingChat app.
• LibreChat – Enhanced ChatGPT clone supporting many AI backends.
• Open WebUI – User-friendly WebUI for LLMs (formerly Ollama WebUI).
• Samurai – AI chat for every model (based on Chatbot UI v2).

• OpenDevin – Platform for autonomous AI software engineers.

• Perplexica – An open source Perplexity AI clone utilizing SearXNG for search (supports Ollama).

• Forgejo – Self-hostable lightweight software forge (soft fork of Gitea by independent Codeberg e.V.).
• Gitea – Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service.

• boringproxy – Simple tunneling reverse proxy with a fast web UI and auto HTTPS. Designed for self-hosters.

• Polyproto – Advanced, secure and scalable protocol for federated chat services.

• web-os-spec – Specification for the protocol handler web+os.

• ForgeFed – Federation protocol for software forges and code collaboration tools.

• Earthstar – Specification and JavaScript library for a small and resilient distributed storage protocol.
• Willow – Lightweight protocol for peer-to-peer data stores, featuring fine-grained permissions, a keen approach to privacy, and destructive edits.

• DomainConnect – Specification for an open DNS delegation protocol.
• NameDrop – Specification for an open, easy-to-implement DNS delegation protocol.