Babfree is a network of independently operated communities. Each community holds its own data, sets its own rules, and chooses which other communities it trusts. People carry a stable identity across the places they belong.
Local ownership, connected communities
The product brings together discussions, local news, announcements and events. Content can be public, available to local members, or shared with members of explicitly trusted communities. In-person invitations and accountable sponsorship establish membership. Communities can accept one another’s enforcement decisions, with provenance, expiration and appeals.
Local businesses support the local operators through clearly labeled placements. There are no bot members, manufactured engagement, direct messages or private messaging subgroups.
The technical direction
The intended server runs directly on Cloudflare Workers and independently on a Raspberry Pi. The current plan is a small portable TypeScript application built on established libraries, with its own community and trust model. The first milestone is proving private access and revocation between two independent servers.
Read the original idea and the research and implementation plan.