A decentralised, peer-to-peer social network and protocol in which each user keeps an append-only log of signed messages on their own device and syncs with peers by gossip, including over a local network without internet access. Because each log is an unforgeable feed, peers need not be trusted and can pass on other peers' logs and files; the original server software describes itself as a peer-to-peer log store used as a database, identity provider and messaging system, with global replication, file synchronisation and end-to-end encrypted messages. The protocol is documented in a community guide. The project is run by the Secure Scuttlebutt Consortium; the main clients (Patchwork, then Manyverse) and the original server have stopped receiving updates, and the lightweight tinySSB variant is a separate entry in this matrix .
LicençaMixed, per repository: ssb-server and Patchwork carry open-source licences (Patchwork AGPL-3.0); the protocol guide is documentation. https://github.com/ssbc
Status de Dev ⚠️ Sem manutenção
ProprietárioSecure Scuttlebutt Consortium (the 'ssbc' GitHub organisation, described as a distributed and secure peer-to-peer social network)
Órgão de GovernançaSecure Scuttlebutt Consortium; no formal governance document is described in the cited sources
País Not stated by the project.
Ano de Início 2014
StackJavaScript (Node.js) reference implementation; append-only signed feeds; gossip replication; the community protocol guide documents the formats
Financiamento Not stated by the project.
Última Investigação 29 de out. de 2026
Visão de topologia
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Funciona offline / em malha Criptografado de ponta a ponta
Protocolo P2P Atributos
OrigensA decentralised social network without servers or central accounts, where users own their logs, with a focus on offline-first operation and local communities
Banco de DadosAppend-only log store on each device (the original server describes itself as a Kappa-architecture database)
Linguagem de Consulta N/A
Formatos de DadosSigned JSON messages in per-author append-only feeds, replicated as blobs and feeds; documented in the protocol guide
Edição Colaborativa em Tempo Real N/A
Edição de Texto Rico N/A
Suporte MóvelYes, through the Manyverse mobile client (last released October 2023)
Suporte Web Not stated by the project.
Aplicativos NativosDesktop and mobile clients (Patchwork, now archived, and Manyverse)
TermosFree and open source
Fundos Not stated by the project.
Baseado EmAppend-only signed logs and gossip protocols; the original server cites the Kappa Architecture
Arquitetura P2PGossip-based peer-to-peer replication: peers sync logs with known peers over the internet, the local network or by physical media; 'pubs' are ordinary peers with public addresses that help others connect
Rede de SobreposiçãoYes: a global gossip mesh of peers and pubs, with no host dependencies
Endereçamento por Conteúdo No.
Local-FirstLocal-First: the log lives on the user's device and the network works offline and on local networks
Criptografia de Ponta a Ponta (E2EE)Yes for private messages: the original server lists end-to-end encryption; public messages are signed and readable by peers
Biblioteca de CRDTs No: not a CRDT library.
Tolerância a Falhas BizantinasNo: peers are untrusted, and each feed is verifiable, but the network has no consensus mechanism; misbehaving peers can flood the network
AssinaturaYes: every message is signed by its author's feed key, making each log unforgeable
PermissõesNo network-level permission model is described in the cited sources
Compatibilidade com a Web Semântica N/A: no RDF, JSON-LD or SPARQL layer.
Contrato Inteligente N/A: no ledger or smart-contract component.
Posição na Pilha de ProtocoloApplication-layer protocol; the cited sources do not name the transports
Incorporação de Ativo / Valor None: no token or value-transfer mechanism.
Maturidade / Padronização do ProtocoloA community-documented protocol (the Scuttlebutt Protocol Guide) with several implementations; not a standards-body deliverable; core implementations are no longer maintained
Relacionamentos
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