What is the IndieWeb? The IndieWeb is a people-focused alternative to the “corporate web”.

We are a community of independent and personal websites based on the principles of: owning your domain and using it as your primary online identity, publishing on your own site first (optionally elsewhere), and owning your content.

Heart Icon Your content is yours When you post something on the web, it should belong to you, not a corporation. Too many companies have gone out of business and lost all of their users’ data. By joining the IndieWeb, your content stays yours and in your control.

Connected network icon You are better connected Your articles and status messages can be distributed to any platform, not just one, allowing you to engage with everyone. Replies and likes on other services can come back to your site so they’re all in one place.

Steering wheel icon You are in control You can post anything you want, in any format you want, with no one monitoring you. In addition, you share simple readable links such as example.com/ideas. These links are permanent and will always work.

Beyond Blogging and Decentralization The IndieWeb effort is different from previous efforts/communities: Principles over project-centrism. Others assume a monoculture of one project for all. We are developing a plurality of approaches and projects. The IndieWeb community has a code-of-conduct. Publish on your site. Show before tell. Prioritize by making what you need, creating, iterating on your site. Design first, protocols and formats second. Focus on creating a good user experience and using your own prototype features to focus on minimum necessary formats and protocols. Simpler building blocks. When necessary, we adopt, improve, and create open standards for good design, user experience, and ease of implementation. Perhaps most importantly, we are people-focused instead of project-focused. We have regular meetups. All are welcome. You don't need to have a website to join, but you should be interested in personal websites!