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- context
- status quo
- geopolitics
- surveillance
- capital accumulation
- monopolistic gatekeepers
- big tech
- legislation
- digital markets act
- digital services act
- fediverse
- open-source
- federated
- various applications
- limited momentum
- self-hosting
- expertise
- containers
- configuration
- SSO
- LDAP
- sysadmin burden
- operating systems
- reproducibility
- network security
- software LCM
- backups
- state of the internet
- network-effect-fueled oligopolies
- commercial interests
- enshittification
- misinformation
- surveillance
- manipulation
- gamification
- polarization
- IP harvested by scrapers to spam the internet with AI slop
- gamification-fueled addiction
- lack of democratic control
- illegal content
- covert foreign/commercial online influencing campaigns
- cambridge analytica
- polarizing filter bubbles from engagement-fueled algorithms
- stratify society
- may culminate in terrorism
- qanon's role in Jan 6 capitol insurrection
- energy usage of data centers and AI
- open-source
- devops
- nixos
- developer-centric
- self-hosting
- yunohost
- fediverse
- innovation cycle
- research
- commerce
- dissemination
- commons
- distribution
- ecosystem
- stakeholders
- EU
- NGI
- [report](https://nlnet.nl/fediversity/)
- let users separate content and data from internet-based sofware and services
- re-establish boundaries between content owner and service provider
- allow mixing/matching alternative/complementary services
- service portability + data decoupling
- achieve openness to new entrants
- unlock clustered service verticals with dominant market positions
- presentation
- commons
- context
- security
- economy
- geopolitics
- why
- sovereignty
- trust
- collaboration
- european declaration on digital rights and principles
- privacy protection
- user control and choice
- portability
- inclusion
- decentralisation
- NGI
- internet commons
- hardware
- libraries
- distribution
- server apps
- client apps
- nlnet
- OIDF
- intro
- fundamental right of individuals
- privacy
- self-determination
- freedom of expression
- internet is crucial infrastructure that should be maintainable long-term
- nixos
- transparency
- open software
- fediversity
- presentation
- objective
- bring easy-to-use, budget-conscious, _federated_ hosted cloud services to organisations and individuals
- goals
- digital autonomy
- innovation
- service/data portability
- federated decentralized services
- sustainable economic ecosystem
- open
- benefits
- providers
- ease of operations
- share investments
- lower maintenance
- ease of deployment
- part of a larger ecosystem
- users
- easy of use
- data portability
- no vendor lock-in
- service portability
- digital sovereignty
- independence from big tech
- principles + assumptions
- run on hardware
- target providers to offer federated services
- digital sovereignty
- ease dev/maintenance
- ease deployment/running of federated services
- federated decentralised OSS using open standards
- service portability
- tech stack
- django
- nixos
- nix packages
- nixops4
- proxmox
- bare-metal hardware
- custom code and databases
- services
- Mastodon
- PixelFed
- PeerTube
- Matrix
- Nexcloud
- Stalwart
- Owncast
- Lemmy
- EduMEET
- [objectives](https://nlnet.nl/fediversity/background/)
- primary
- new technical building blocks
- 3 partners
- secondary
- funding mechanism
- nlnet
- [NGI emphasis](https://www.ngi.eu/ngi-projects/ngi-fediversity/)
- replaces traditional social networking
- create a practical, user-friendly, and secure communication environment
- NGOs
- waag
- [state of the internet](https://waag.org/en/event/state-internet-2025/)
- retake internet from US big tech
- regulate tech as we do other fields
- marleen stikker
- book: 'het internet is stuk - maar we kunnen het repareren'
- history of the internet explaining big tech platforms as step back in sovereignty
- technology is not neutral
- emphasizes human values over techno-optimism pushed by silicon valley
- role of data access
- understanding
- democracy
- control
- mentions historical role of tactical media
- [EuroStack](https://www.euro-stack.info/#eurostack)
- goals
- Sovereignty and Security
- Sustainability
- Decentralized Sovereign Infrastructure
- Strong Democracy
- De-Proprietarization and Interoperability
- Data as a Common Good
- Inclusive Governance
- 7 layers
- data + AI
- software
- cloud
- IoT
- networks
- chips
- raw materials, energy and water
- [open forum europe](https://openforumeurope.org/our-vision/)
- principles
- user centricity
- competition
- flexibility
- sustainability
- community
- developers
- want easy path to users
- want easy updating
- hosts
- want managed applications
- want off-the-shelf solutions
- operators
- want app store of sovereign services
- want things to just work
- users
- want easy UX
- want sovereign infrastructure
- want tools reflecting their values
- human-centric
- inclusive
- accessible
- why
- policy-makers
- achieve sovereignty to deliver on digital rights
- sovereign managed applications
- catalyze dissemination to have internet commons reach critical mass
- starting out with social media over gatekeepers' effect amid geopolitical considerations
- robust technology
- fediversity
- portable
- fediverse
- sovereign
- nixos
- [reproducible](https://reproducible.nixos.org/)
- [vibrant](https://repology.org/repositories/graphs)
- [security-conscious](https://tracker.security.nixos.org/)
- hosts
- off-the-shelf
- easy for host and users
- demand due to geopolitical relevance
- users
- sovereign
- no lock-in
- private
- SSO/LDAP
- ease
- simple install
- sensible defaults
- update/backup policies
- choice
- open to hosts
- portable data/hosting
- different apps
- control
- open
- federation
- advanced settings
- how
- design
- front: app store style UI not unlike [yunohost](https://apps.yunohost.org/catalog)
- stack
- user-facing
- fediverse
- ...
- under the hood
- [nix](https://nixos.org/)
- NixOS
- service contracts: [SelfHostBlocks](https://nlnet.nl/project/SelfHostBlocks/)
- [upstream](https://git.fediversity.eu/Fediversity/Fediversity/issues/127#issuecomment-5669) nix packages to source repos to normalize reproducibility and accelerate LCM
- [opentofu](https://opentofu.org/)
- VM hypervisor: [proxmox](https://proxmox.com/)
- storage: [garage](https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/)
- backups / data portability: [borgmatic](https://github.com/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic)
- data interoperability: [json-schema](https://json-schema.org/)
- validate
- [visualize](https://github.com/json-schema-form-element/jsfe)
- component architectures
- traditional
- web panel front/back
- orchestration
- VMs
- hypervisor
- application VMs
- storage
- supporting
- identity management
- authentication
- authorization
- accounting
- central database
- nextbox
- accounting
- state
- secrets
- central services
- DNS
- email
- decoupled
- clients
- [monolith](https://git.fediversity.eu/Fediversity/Fediversity) (django)
- host all-in-one
- [front](https://git.fediversity.eu/Fediversity/protagio.nl-frontend)
- back
- [existing](https://git.fediversity.eu/Fediversity/myprotagio-api) (php)
- new (django)?
- orchestration module
- nixos
- selfhostblocks
- opentofu