Canopy

Big-C Canopy is a decentralized social web and small-c canopy is a python package that implements IndieWeb technologies to this end. The network is being bootstrapped from boot.cnpy.live. This software should be considered alpha.

Live Examples

• Angelo Gladding at lahacker.net (selfdogfooding)
• ...add yourself!

Features

IndieWeb

• representative h-card and h-feed on homepage
• posts + permalinks
  • associations (one-way "friending"; contact storage; trust labeling)
    e.g. /people/lahacker.net
  • notes (simple plaintext)
    e.g. /notes/2018/04/02/68_K/hello_world
• IndieAuth at /sign-in
• WebSub at /subscriptions
• Webmention at /mentions
• reader at /reader
• editor at /editor
• search e.g. /search
• web actions at /actions

Generic

• simple install — one command deploys a site (Digital Ocean supported but not required)
• automated TLS — not only is your website protected the canopy will only interface with other secured sites

Descriptions

Search

The most recent versions of all resources + metadata are stored in a SQLite database as JSON under Full Text Search (FTS) mode. Local results are shown to all searchers. DuckDuckGo results are paired on the page when logged in as owner.

OpenSearch is supported. Using it you can register your site's search endpoint in your browser so that searches through your address bar are routed through your website.