We're moving to Nostr
The planetary team has taken our design, app, and philosophy over to Nostr. Our new app is nos.social.
The peer-to-peer social network with thousands of communities by and for the people.
A change of paradigms
Control your algorithm
Planetary puts people first. Our algorithms are open source. You can choose which one you want to use and read the code to understand how it works.
Planetary for a truly distributed social network that doesn't keep your data in the cloud. Your data is hosted by your friends through cooperative mutual aid.
An open digital society
The future is a cooperative commons
Planetary is all about communities. Share what you love with like-minded people and make the network feel more like you.
Planetary and secure scuttlebutt are peer-to-peer but they are not a cryptocurrency or blockchain project. The protocol puts people not money at its center. We work on mutual aid, democratic self-governance, and cooperation.
Built by and for the community
We make open source for a peer-to-peer social web
Planetary is building a social media commons. That includes the right of our users to see, modify, and redistribute the application and its underlying code.
We're working together to change the world and we want you to join us.
Contribute code on Github Open Source, Open Society. Look under the hood at how planetary is built and roll up your sleeves add to the app yourself.
Chat with us on Discord Get in touch with the planetary team and fellow users of the platform on discord. We answer questions and host discussions about the app, community, and protocol.
Report bugs on Zendesk No software is perfect, we encourage you to report bugs and also behavior of users which is in violation of our terms of service.
Docs & More Information Planetary is about restructuring how social software works, from the bottom up. That’s a new way of thinking and we’ve written a bunch about what that means.
Join our Telegram group! Share your user experience, user experience feedback and ideas for new features, or just hang out with us as we build Planetary
Developer Portal Explore the inner workings of the underlying Secure Scuttlebutt protocol.
Choose your own experience
Multiple apps to use the secure scuttlebutt protocol
Planetary runs over the Secure Scuttlebutt network. SSB is an open platform, and there are already apps for Android, Firefox and most operative systems.
We're working hard to smooth out the initial experience on Planetary but if you want to join the community over another platform, here are some of the best options:
Manyverse (Android, iOS) Post and share with friends nearby or over the internet.
Patchwork (Windows, macOS, Linux) Standalone, beginner-friendly social view of Scuttlebutt. Recommended for first-timers.
Patchfox (Firefox add-on) A new way to access Scuttlebutt packaged as a Web Extension for Firefox.
It's all about people, not data
We're different because you're different
You have something to say and you’d like to build community without building someone else’s brand. We’re here for creators and artists, makers and hackers.
You own your data
Your posts belong to you. You choose how and when to share them. Your data is stored locally and shared directly with your followers.
Planetary is peer-to-peer
There’s no one big database where your posts are stored. You can connect to our relay servers or make your own.
There's no advertising
We’re funded by providing services you actually want to pay for, not by selling your data or attention.
We respect your privacy
Your posts belong to you. You choose how and when to share them.
Meet the crew
The team behind Planetary
Evan Henshaw-Plath
CEO
1st Employee Twitter / Researcher MIT Media Lab. Co-founded and built neo.com consultancy to $15m/annual revenue - sold to Pivotal in 2016.
Daniel Onren Latorre
Product Leader
A product management pro with 25 years experience building human-centered, lean, and agile teams & products across a wide variety of organizations, sectors, and industries. As a founder of digital placemaking practice, Daniel helps diverse people bring humanity back to the online+offline communities they love.
Shaina Thompson
Chief of Staff
Shaina has a background in psychology and social work and passionately aims to safeguard humanity at the center of how we work.
Matt Lorentz
CTO
Matt is an iOS developer and cypherspace explorer who loves mixing big tech usability with humane tech spirit.
Filip Borkiewicz
Go Development
Filip is a software developer enthusiastic about open software and hardware. He is interested in helping with wider adoption of decentralized systems.
Sebastian Heit
Design
Sebastian is a product designer focused on making blockchain technologies usable for the masses. Co-founded Zimmic, CraftedCode, IxDA Montevideo. Ex Cubox, Neo, Quantstamp.
Martin Dutra
iOS Development
Martin holds a degree in Software Engineering from ORT Uruguay University. Co-founded Codeshaped, has taught programming to deaf high school students and led sign language workshops at schools. He helps organize Creative Mornings Montevideo.
Amanda Hickman
Advisor
Ran BuzzFeed’s Open Lab, Document Cloud, and the freelance futures initiative at AIR. Taught journalism at Columbia, CUNY, and UC Berkeley.
Cherese Eriepa
Node Development
Cherese is a software engineer who has a passion for problem solving. She’s worked on projects like Āhau, which contribute towards the benefit of Māori and indigenous communities and provides users ownership and control of tribal data.
Mix Irving
Node Development
Mix is a Node developer + coordinates across the Scuttlebutt ecosystem (human connections, mentoring, technical specs, etc). You can also find him working on Āhau.
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