redecentralize/alternative-internet

Alternative Internet is a curated list of projects and technologies aimed at moving away from centralized internet services. The premise is that most of the internet today is controlled by a small number of large platforms for storage, communication, and social networking. This list collects alternatives that distribute control across many participants instead of routing everything through a single company's servers. The list is organized into categories covering different parts of the internet stack. Cloud and storage projects include things like IPFS, a system for distributing files across many computers using content addresses instead of URLs, and Nextcloud, a self-hosted alternative to services like Google Drive. The messaging section covers encrypted and federated chat protocols. Social network entries include systems where users run their own servers that talk to each other, rather than joining one central platform. There are also sections for networking tools, identity systems, search engines, collaborative editors, and compute platforms. The list also includes a section labeled Dead for projects that have been abandoned or are likely insecure and should not be used. This signals that the list is actively maintained and attempts to reflect current project health, not just existence. This repository contains no code. It is a README document that community members update by submitting pull requests. Anyone who knows of a project that fits the theme can propose adding it. The focus is on projects that decentralize in some meaningful way, including peer-to-peer systems, federated protocols, self-hosted software, and blockchain-based storage, though the list does not take a strong position on which approaches are better than others. The repository is maintained by an organization called Redecentralize, which advocates for a more distributed internet. The full README is longer than what was shown.