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Stephen Downes edited this page May 9, 2026 · 3 revisions

What Is It?

CList users keep their service credentials and account information on an Account Server. The Account Server stores your data in encrypted form — only you can read it, because the encryption key is derived from your password and never leaves your browser.

Right now there is one public Account Server supporting CList (kvstore.mooc.ca), but in the future you may have a choice of Account Servers, or be able to run your own.

Create an Account

  • Open CList (e.g. at https://clist.mooc.ca)
  • Click the Login button in the left-hand command bar to open the login pane
  • Click Register to open the registration form
  • The form shows the Account Server your account will be created on. You can click Change if you want to use a different one.
  • Enter a username — 3 to 32 characters, starting with a letter or digit, using only letters, digits, dots, hyphens, and underscores
  • Enter a password and confirm it
  • Click Register
  • You will be logged in automatically

Your password protects your account data. It is used to derive the encryption key for all your stored credentials. If you forget it, your encrypted data cannot be recovered. There is no separate passphrase.

What Can You Do With a New Account?

CList is designed to connect your other services, so before you add those services there is not a lot you can do. But you can still do some things without any accounts at all:

  • Chat with other CList users using Peer-to-Peer chat
  • Search using DuckDuckGo or OASIS
  • Save and load text or HTML files on your local filesystem

Try it out! Use Find to search for resources, use Load (select: 'Load blank editor' and 'HTML') to open an editor, click the arrow beside a search result to load it into the editor, then Save to save to your local filesystem.

Adding Services

To add services, click Login to open the left-hand pane, then click Accounts to open the account manager. The following account types are currently supported:

  • Mastodon (read/write)
  • Bluesky (read/write)
  • OPML (read)
  • WordPress (write)
  • Blogger (write)
  • Collab — collaborative editor (read/write)
  • AI — Google (translate, search) and ChatGPT (chat, summarize, generate)

Permission Codes

Code Meaning
r read
w write
e edit
s search
g generate
z summarize
t translate

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