https://github.com/dpc/rostra
Rostra is a p2p (f2f) social network.
https://github.com/dpc/rostra
p2p social-network
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Rostra is a p2p (f2f) social network.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/dpc/rostra
- Owner: dpc
- Created: 2024-12-23T08:16:01.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-15T04:01:13.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-15T05:18:49.875Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: p2p, social-network
- Language: Rust
- Homepage:
- Size: 4.72 MB
- Stars: 92
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 8
- Open Issues: 4
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: licenses/APACHE
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README
# Rostra
Rostra is a p2p (or rather f2f) social network.
## Overview
Rostra is a p2p, censorship-resistant social platform.
There are no centralized user accounts, only self-generated,
sovereign identities.
In Rostra users "follow" (subscribe) to other identities like in
many conventional social network systems. Followers track, download
and help share data of users they follow.
Rostra is a mostly-f2f ("friend to friend"), meaning
there is no "global feed". Users can discover new identities
and content only through existing connections.
Rostra comes with a support for "personas" (sub-identities), to allow
publishing/following to/from a subset of person's identity.
E.g. you might be interested in someone's technical work,
but not their political opinions. By supporting sub-identities,
users can remain wholesome and post without risking diluting
their most popular aspects and/or alienating their followers.
Rostra is extensible, and can be used for applications other
than Twitter-like-app, as long as it fits its general
social-graph-based data model.
## Screenshot
## Using
The discoverability story is bleak ATM, so you
probably want to follow me: `rse1okfyp4yj75i6riwbz86mpmbgna3f7qr66aj1njceqoigjabegy`
if you don't want to stare at an empty timeline.
#### Demo public instance
A public instance is available at https://rostra.me/ , but
it's advised to run Rostra directly on your system.
**You can log-in in a read-only mode** (eg. as me `rse1okfyp4yj75i6riwbz86mpmbgna3f7qr66aj1njceqoigjabegy`)
by not providing any secret, and view Rostra UI from the perspective of that user. You will not be
able to post or do any other actions that require the secret key.
#### Using Cargo
You can clone the git repository locally and run:
```
cargo run --release web-ui
```
to start the web ui.
**NOTE**: [`cargo install` can't bundle web UI assets embedded in the git
repository, which are necessary for the web UI to work.](https://github.com/dpc/rostra/discussions/7).
#### Using Nix
You can run Rostra using Nix with:
```
nix run github:dpc/rostra
```
#### Using prebuilt binaries
The [CI builds binaries](https://github.com/dpc/rostra/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster):
* portable Linux x86_64 binary
* DEB package
* RPM package
Pick the last build and at the bottom of the page look for "Artifacts".
In the future, the official releases will come with prebuilt binaries as well.
## More info about Rostra:
* [Architecture overview](./ARCHITECTURE.md)
* [Design decisions](./docs/design.md)
* [FAQ](/docs/FAQ.md)
* [Comparison with other social protocols](/docs/comparison.md)
* [`HACKING.md`](./HACKING.md)
* [Github Discussions](https://github.com/dpc/rostra/discussions)
## License
Rostra code is licenses under any of your choosing:
* MPL-2.0
* Apache-2.0
* MIT
The code vendors source code for 3rd party projects:
* [htmx](https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/) - Zero-Clause BSD
* [emoji-picker-element](https://github.com/nolanlawson/emoji-picker-element) - Apache 2.0
* [text-field-edit](https://github.com/fregante/text-field-edit) - MIT
* [mathjax](https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax-src/) - Apache 2.0