Note: Please don't take any of this too seriously. Use this repo to bounce ideas and share novel ways people are solving established problems.
A wigwam is a project that reduces reliance on battleships.
More specifically, a wigwam is a reasonably-established project that provides alternatives to bloat/cruft.
Remember, wigwams aren't better than battleships -- they're not even boats! Let's celebrate novelty and learn to build together.
| started | stable | goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RepRap | 2005 | yes | ✋💰🏰 | |
| Low-tech Magazine | donate | 2007 | yes | 🌲🧠🪶 |
| WikiHouse | 2011 | yes | 🏡🌲💰 | |
| IBNIZ | 2012 | yes | 🪶🌈🏎️ | |
| Precious Plastic | donate | 2013 | yes | 🌲🏡🏰 |
| mu | 2015 | no | 🏡🏰♿ | |
| Screenless Office | 2015 | no | 🌲✋🌈 | |
| Zig | donate | 2016 | no | 🪶🏎️🏰 |
| postmarketOS | donate | 2017 | no | 🌲🔒♿ |
| FreeSewing | donate | 2017 | yes | 🏡💰🧠 |
| PeerTube | donate | 2018 | yes | 🏡🪶🌈 |
| sourcehut | 2019 | no | 🪶💰🏡 | |
| Gemini | 2019 | yes | 🏡🪶🏰 | |
| Roc | donate | 2019 | no | 🏰🏎️✋ |
| Collapse OS | 2019 | yes | 🌋🌲🪶 | |
| Civboot | 2019 | no | 🌋🌲🏡 | |
| MNT Reform | 2019 | yes | 🏡🔒✋ | |
| Learn MYOG | 2020 | yes | 🏡🌲💰 | |
| Uxn | donate | 2020 | no | 🌲🪶🏰 |
| Solar Protocol | 2020 | yes | 🌲🏡🧠 | |
| Cable | 2021 | no | 🪶🔒🏡 | |
| Compudanzas | donate | 2021 | no | 🧠🌈🪶 |
| Marginalia Search | donate | 2021 | yes | 🪶🌈🧠 |
| Hare | 2022 | no | 🪶🏰🌋 | |
| Freewheeling Apps | 2022 | no | 🏡🏰♿ | |
| Dusk OS | donate | 2022 | no | 🌲🏰🌋 |
| Cerca | 2022 | yes | 🪶🏡✋ | |
| Seppo | 2022 | no | 🪶🏡🔒 | |
| snac | donate | 2022 | yes | 🪶🏰🔒 |
| Forgejo | donate | 2022 | yes | 🏡🏰🪶 |
| Ladybird | 2022 | no | 🏰🔒🌈 | |
| Watt Wiser | 2024 | no | 🌲🧠🪶 | |
| The People's Permacomputer | 2024 | no | 🌋🌲🏰 |
Stable means you can use it today and expect no breaking changes.
Wigwams we want:
- affordable DIY motor vehicles
- a dirt-simple OS for practical use and reuse
- tools/guides for "kit" homes that can be constructed from nearby materials, e.g. how to clear patch of forest and build cabin with lumber
- tools for converting suburban sprawl into human-scale walkable infrastructure
- simple/predictable query languages and databases (email Taylor for ideas)
- scalable diy paper production and printing presses
- expressive but small visual markup languages
- kits/guides for making everyday clothes out of fabric and scraps
- alternative to YouTube that smells more like podcasts than cryptocurrency (email Taylor for ideas)
- promote "slow tech" over hype
- organize project landscape by goals
- match talent quickly and effectively
- sustainably fund unsexy infrastructure
- keep projects on-schedule and within budget
- maintain list of "open problems" in need of new wigwams
- more wigwams
- rss feed
- more wigwam details
- dedicated site
- sorting/filtering?
- detailed wigwam suggestions
- learning resources
- wigwam commit history stats
- wigwam quality stats
- talent matching
Feel free to open a PR or send me suggestions.
| 🏎️ | speed |
| 💰 | affordability |
| 🏡 | local |
| 🏰 | reliability |
| ♿ | accessibility |
| ✋ | ergonomics |
| 🪶 | size/weight |
| 🔒 | privacy/security |
| 🌋 | existential |
| 🌲 | sustainability |
| 🌈 | fun |
| 🧠 | educational |