latest updates
collaborate
pad
pad.folk.zone
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Etherpad, collaborative documents, no account needed
open
sheet
sheet.folk.zone
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EtherCalc, collaborative spreadsheets, no account needed
open
md
md.folk.zone
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HedgeDoc, collaborative markdown notes, no account needed
open
draw
draw.folk.zone
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WBO, collaborative whiteboard, no account needed
open
meet
meet.folk.zone
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Rallly, scheduling polls, find a time that works
open
send
send.folk.zone
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Send, encrypted self-destructing file sharing
open
community & writing
irc
irc.folk.zone
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Ergo IRC + The Lounge, for the people who prefer it
open
write
write.folk.zone
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WriteFreely, long-form writing, federated via ActivityPub
invite only
wiki
wiki.folk.zone
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DokuWiki, community documentation and guides
open
read & archive
rss
rss.folk.zone
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FreshRSS, self-hosted feed reader
open
bridge
bridge.folk.zone
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RSS-Bridge, turn any site into a feed
open
links
links.folk.zone
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Linkding, bookmark manager and reading list
open
archive
archive.folk.zone
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ArchiveBox, self-hosted web archiving, save a URL forever
open
utilities
paste
paste.folk.zone
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PrivateBin, end-to-end encrypted paste, no account needed
open
go
go.folk.zone
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Kutt, open URL shortener, create and share short links
open
tools
tools.folk.zone
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IT-Tools, collection of handy developer utilities
open
pillow
pillow.folk.zone
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Pillowexport, convert a Pillowfort archive to Markdown for static site generators, no account needed
open
chef
chef.folk.zone
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CyberChef, the cyber swiss army knife for data transforms
open
on hiatus (5)
social
social.folk.zone
nitro
Mastodon Glitch, federated social, microblogging, the works
offline
lemmy
lemmy.folk.zone
nitro
Lemmy, community forums and link aggregation
offline
git
git.folk.zone
nitro
Forgejo, open-source git forge, open registration
offline
pics
pics.folk.zone
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Pixelfed, federated photo sharing
offline
books
books.folk.zone
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BookWyrm, federated reading tracker and reviews
offline
hardware
casa
- cpu
- Intel Core i5-7200U (ThinkPad X270)
- ram
- 8 GB
- os
- Ubuntu LTS
- runs
- pad · sheet · md · draw · meet · send · irc · write · wiki · rss · bridge · links · archive · paste · go · tools · pillow · chef
cafe
- cpu
- AMD FX-4130, 4c
- ram
- 8 GB
- os
- Ubuntu LTS
- runs
- fanfiction.lol · brennan.cafe (social · cobalt · status · files) · folk.zone utilities
vivobook
- cpu
- Intel Celeron N4020, 2c
- ram
- 4 GB
- os
- Ubuntu LTS (LXQt)
- runs
- upcoming project
why this exists
I got tired of just talking about the IndieWeb and decided to actually do something about it. After running fanfiction.lol for a few months, 200+ users on a 2012-era CPU, I realized I had more capacity and no good excuse not to use it.
The IndieWeb can only survive if people contribute to the infrastructure and not just the conversation. At some point you have to help weave the strands of web gossamer yourself. folk.zone is my attempt to do that.
I'm taking a lot of inspiration from Adam Newbold's brilliant project, omg.lol. I really hold dear to my heart that indie operators can build something personal, opinionated, and useful for all. The difference here is that my project is far rougher around the edges. I'm running this on my local machines, not a robust Hetzner VPS, and it's also all for free.
Some of these services might seem redundant, but I believe in giving people choice. I care most about the longform and someday I'd like to build something like AO3 for original creative work.
This is an experiment. I don't know if people will actually use it. But I have to try, because it's the next step as a web developer, as someone who cares about the web as a place, as someone with the hardware sitting right there.
Most services work with no account at all. WriteFreely is invite-only; email hello@folk.zone to get on the list. Read more on the about page or the wiki.