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The Spritely Institute is running its first ever supporter drive. We could really use your help so we can build the future of secure collaboration and decentralized networked technology!
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I've said a lot, there's more that can be said, but instead I'll switch to the ask.
Does the above resonate with you? @spritelyinst.bsky.social could really, truly use your help.
Consider donating. I promise we'll put it to good use. spritely.institute/donate/
Let's build a better internet! 💜
Does the above resonate with you? @spritelyinst.bsky.social could really, truly use your help.
Consider donating. I promise we'll put it to good use. spritely.institute/donate/
Let's build a better internet! 💜
Support Spritely! — Spritely Institute
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December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I've said a lot, there's more that can be said, but instead I'll switch to the ask.
Does the above resonate with you? @spritelyinst.bsky.social could really, truly use your help.
Consider donating. I promise we'll put it to good use. spritely.institute/donate/
Let's build a better internet! 💜
Does the above resonate with you? @spritelyinst.bsky.social could really, truly use your help.
Consider donating. I promise we'll put it to good use. spritely.institute/donate/
Let's build a better internet! 💜
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But what does it mean for systems to be social? Here's something you can't do on either ActivityPub or ATProto, but is a demo we built with Goblins and OCapN: a collaborative farming game! spritely.institute/news/goblinv...
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
But what does it mean for systems to be social? Here's something you can't do on either ActivityPub or ATProto, but is a demo we built with Goblins and OCapN: a collaborative farming game! spritely.institute/news/goblinv...
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And we're still building key infrastructure. Goblins recently got a major upgrade to its persistence system: spritely.institute/news/spritel...
And it's about to get another one. Not really yet announced, but we're working on a hot-cache system that loads actors from store on demand. It's neat!
And it's about to get another one. Not really yet announced, but we're working on a hot-cache system that loads actors from store on demand. It's neat!
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
And we're still building key infrastructure. Goblins recently got a major upgrade to its persistence system: spritely.institute/news/spritel...
And it's about to get another one. Not really yet announced, but we're working on a hot-cache system that loads actors from store on demand. It's neat!
And it's about to get another one. Not really yet announced, but we're working on a hot-cache system that loads actors from store on demand. It's neat!
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We also recently put out a blogpost and demo of a chat system that *nobody* centrally hosts called "Brassica Chat" spritely.institute/news/composi...
You can try on it on the page. It's a demo, but it's a step towards secure communication for a hostile world.
You can try on it on the page. It's a demo, but it's a step towards secure communication for a hostile world.
Composing capability security and conflict-free replicated data types — Spritely Institute
spritely.institute
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We also recently put out a blogpost and demo of a chat system that *nobody* centrally hosts called "Brassica Chat" spritely.institute/news/composi...
You can try on it on the page. It's a demo, but it's a step towards secure communication for a hostile world.
You can try on it on the page. It's a demo, but it's a step towards secure communication for a hostile world.
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We're big believers in having tangible examples of tech so people can understand and it's not just vaporware. Sometimes that's challenging to do with low-level tech in development. But games are a great way to show things off!
Unusually, Spritely has a whole arcade page! spritely.institute/arcade/
Unusually, Spritely has a whole arcade page! spritely.institute/arcade/
Spritely Networked Communities Institute — Spritely Institute
spritely.institute
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We're big believers in having tangible examples of tech so people can understand and it's not just vaporware. Sometimes that's challenging to do with low-level tech in development. But games are a great way to show things off!
Unusually, Spritely has a whole arcade page! spritely.institute/arcade/
Unusually, Spritely has a whole arcade page! spritely.institute/arcade/
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We're building cool tech:
- Goblins, p2p distributed programming: spritely.institute/goblins/
- Hoot, a WebAssembly toolkit (and Scheme->WASM compiler) spritely.institute/hoot/
- OCapN, a secure distributed p2p networked protocol ocapn.org
But... what are we *doing* with these things?
- Goblins, p2p distributed programming: spritely.institute/goblins/
- Hoot, a WebAssembly toolkit (and Scheme->WASM compiler) spritely.institute/hoot/
- OCapN, a secure distributed p2p networked protocol ocapn.org
But... what are we *doing* with these things?
Goblins: Distributed Programming — Spritely Institute
spritely.institute
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We're building cool tech:
- Goblins, p2p distributed programming: spritely.institute/goblins/
- Hoot, a WebAssembly toolkit (and Scheme->WASM compiler) spritely.institute/hoot/
- OCapN, a secure distributed p2p networked protocol ocapn.org
But... what are we *doing* with these things?
- Goblins, p2p distributed programming: spritely.institute/goblins/
- Hoot, a WebAssembly toolkit (and Scheme->WASM compiler) spritely.institute/hoot/
- OCapN, a secure distributed p2p networked protocol ocapn.org
But... what are we *doing* with these things?
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User-empowering technology is a lot of work, corporations aren't motivated to build it. We need research and development of new tech that changes the game from an org that isn't bound by pushing profit.
And that's why @spritelyinst.bsky.social is a nonprofit research lab.
So... what are we doing?
And that's why @spritelyinst.bsky.social is a nonprofit research lab.
So... what are we doing?
December 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
User-empowering technology is a lot of work, corporations aren't motivated to build it. We need research and development of new tech that changes the game from an org that isn't bound by pushing profit.
And that's why @spritelyinst.bsky.social is a nonprofit research lab.
So... what are we doing?
And that's why @spritelyinst.bsky.social is a nonprofit research lab.
So... what are we doing?
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I love computers. When people say "Computers were a mistake!" it makes me sad.
But it's had to blame people. The direction computers have gone in, the experience people largely have had, is a loss of agency and empowerment.
How do we bring that back, and do better than ever even?
But it's had to blame people. The direction computers have gone in, the experience people largely have had, is a loss of agency and empowerment.
How do we bring that back, and do better than ever even?
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I love computers. When people say "Computers were a mistake!" it makes me sad.
But it's had to blame people. The direction computers have gone in, the experience people largely have had, is a loss of agency and empowerment.
How do we bring that back, and do better than ever even?
But it's had to blame people. The direction computers have gone in, the experience people largely have had, is a loss of agency and empowerment.
How do we bring that back, and do better than ever even?
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What can we do? Is there hope? Is it possible to build something better?
Spritely was born out of this work, and the strive to create infrastructure allowing for "Networks of Consent". More on that here: spui25.nl/programma/we...
Spritely was born out of this work, and the strive to create infrastructure allowing for "Networks of Consent". More on that here: spui25.nl/programma/we...
Social Media: We Can Change the Defaults
Christine Lemmer-Webber, best known as co-author of ActivityPub, the decentralized social networking protocol, will speak about the crisis technologists face. Why must we revise the default assumption...
spui25.nl
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
What can we do? Is there hope? Is it possible to build something better?
Spritely was born out of this work, and the strive to create infrastructure allowing for "Networks of Consent". More on that here: spui25.nl/programma/we...
Spritely was born out of this work, and the strive to create infrastructure allowing for "Networks of Consent". More on that here: spui25.nl/programma/we...
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*None* of the decentralized social networks today are robust enough to handle threats facing vulnerable people and activists today. Not the fediverse, not Bluesky/ATProto. What to do?
(Here's a talk on that: "Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis" c-tube.c-base.org/w/f9pF5pwxX8... )
(Here's a talk on that: "Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis" c-tube.c-base.org/w/f9pF5pwxX8... )
#fediday2025 Christine Lemmer-Webber - Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis
Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis (EN) Christine Lemmer-Webber, The Spritely Institute Christine Lemmer-Webber, co-author of the ActivityPub specification, frames the work of dece...
c-tube.c-base.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
*None* of the decentralized social networks today are robust enough to handle threats facing vulnerable people and activists today. Not the fediverse, not Bluesky/ATProto. What to do?
(Here's a talk on that: "Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis" c-tube.c-base.org/w/f9pF5pwxX8... )
(Here's a talk on that: "Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis" c-tube.c-base.org/w/f9pF5pwxX8... )
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@spritelyinst.bsky.social is developing some damn cool tech: Distributed programming! Leading the way on a secure P2P protocol (OCapN)! A WebAssembly toolkit!
But: is "cool tech" what matters? *Why* are we trying to make cool tech? What are the *social implications* of making this technology?
But: is "cool tech" what matters? *Why* are we trying to make cool tech? What are the *social implications* of making this technology?
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@spritelyinst.bsky.social is developing some damn cool tech: Distributed programming! Leading the way on a secure P2P protocol (OCapN)! A WebAssembly toolkit!
But: is "cool tech" what matters? *Why* are we trying to make cool tech? What are the *social implications* of making this technology?
But: is "cool tech" what matters? *Why* are we trying to make cool tech? What are the *social implications* of making this technology?
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For this #GivingTuesday I'm going to make the (biased) argument for why you might consider donating to @spritelyinst.bsky.social, especially if you care about a healthier future for the internet! spritely.institute/donate/
Here's a little thread explaining more... 🧵
Here's a little thread explaining more... 🧵
Support Spritely! — Spritely Institute
spritely.institute
December 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
For this #GivingTuesday I'm going to make the (biased) argument for why you might consider donating to @spritelyinst.bsky.social, especially if you care about a healthier future for the internet! spritely.institute/donate/
Here's a little thread explaining more... 🧵
Here's a little thread explaining more... 🧵
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Local-first chat using CRDTs meets object capability security using @spritelyinst.bsky.social's tech!
Composing capability security and conflict-free replicated data types spritely.institute/news/composi...
Capability security AND local-first chat?! Two great tastes that taste great together! Plus try our tasty demo, live on the blogpost: Brassica Chat!
Capability security AND local-first chat?! Two great tastes that taste great together! Plus try our tasty demo, live on the blogpost: Brassica Chat!
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Local-first chat using CRDTs meets object capability security using @spritelyinst.bsky.social's tech!
Composing capability security and conflict-free replicated data types spritely.institute/news/composi...
Capability security AND local-first chat?! Two great tastes that taste great together! Plus try our tasty demo, live on the blogpost: Brassica Chat!
Capability security AND local-first chat?! Two great tastes that taste great together! Plus try our tasty demo, live on the blogpost: Brassica Chat!
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Composing capability security and conflict-free replicated data types spritely.institute/news/composi...
Capability security AND local-first chat?! Two great tastes that taste great together! Plus try our tasty demo, live on the blogpost: Brassica Chat!
Capability security AND local-first chat?! Two great tastes that taste great together! Plus try our tasty demo, live on the blogpost: Brassica Chat!
If you're in Amsterdam next week, our Executive Director @dustyweb.bsky.social is giving a keynote: "We Can Change the Defaults: Building Networks of Consent and Spaces of Joy in the Ruins of Social Media" spui25.nl/programma/we...
Social Media: We Can Change the Defaults
Christine Lemmer-Webber, best known as co-author of ActivityPub, the decentralized social networking protocol, will speak about the crisis technologists face. Why must we revise the default assumption...
spui25.nl
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If you're in Amsterdam next week, our Executive Director @dustyweb.bsky.social is giving a keynote: "We Can Change the Defaults: Building Networks of Consent and Spaces of Joy in the Ruins of Social Media" spui25.nl/programma/we...
Instead of doing the game jam this time around, we've been making some interesting new demos! And here's GoblinShare: Secure, Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing with Goblins spritely.institute/news/goblins...
Combining Goblins, OCapN, and encrypted content addressed storage!
Combining Goblins, OCapN, and encrypted content addressed storage!
GoblinShare: Secure, Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing with Goblins — Spritely Institute
spritely.institute
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Instead of doing the game jam this time around, we've been making some interesting new demos! And here's GoblinShare: Secure, Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing with Goblins spritely.institute/news/goblins...
Combining Goblins, OCapN, and encrypted content addressed storage!
Combining Goblins, OCapN, and encrypted content addressed storage!
Next Spritely office hours! Today! At 2 PM EDT (6 PM UTC)! community.spritely.institute/t/next-offic...
Cya there!
Cya there!
Next office hours on 10/29
Hey everyone, Our next office hours will be held on Wednesday, October 29th at 2 PM EDT (6 PM UTC). The meeting will be held on Big Blue Button. Use the following link to join: Spritely Office Hours...
community.spritely.institute
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Next Spritely office hours! Today! At 2 PM EDT (6 PM UTC)! community.spritely.institute/t/next-offic...
Cya there!
Cya there!
Next Spritely office hours! Today! At 2 PM EDT (6 PM UTC)! community.spritely.institute/t/next-offic...
Cya there!
Cya there!
Next office hours on 10/29
Hey everyone, Our next office hours will be held on Wednesday, October 29th at 2 PM EDT (6 PM UTC). The meeting will be held on Big Blue Button. Use the following link to join: Spritely Office Hours...
community.spritely.institute
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Next Spritely office hours! Today! At 2 PM EDT (6 PM UTC)! community.spritely.institute/t/next-offic...
Cya there!
Cya there!
New System Crafters today focused on Hoot! www.youtube.com/live/0jvN_qW...
What's New in Guile Hoot? - System Crafters Live!
YouTube video by System Crafters
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October 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New System Crafters today focused on Hoot! www.youtube.com/live/0jvN_qW...
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I am SO EXCITED to announce the new release of @spritelyinst.bsky.social Goblins 0.17.0 featuring MAJOR new improvements to our persistence system, including a lightning-fast storage backend called Bloblin! spritely.institute/news/spritel...
October 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I am SO EXCITED to announce the new release of @spritelyinst.bsky.social Goblins 0.17.0 featuring MAJOR new improvements to our persistence system, including a lightning-fast storage backend called Bloblin! spritely.institute/news/spritel...
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Hoot fans! Lisp fans! Rejoyce! Scheme in the browser just got even nicer and cozier to use with Hoot 0.7.0! spritely.institute/news/hoot-0-...
October 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hoot fans! Lisp fans! Rejoyce! Scheme in the browser just got even nicer and cozier to use with Hoot 0.7.0! spritely.institute/news/hoot-0-...
Hoot, our Scheme to WASM compiler, version 0.7.0 is out! spritely.institute/news/hoot-0-...
A whole bunch of quality of life improvements! Importing Guile modules is easier, more common scheme library (SRFI) support, and much more!
Get it while it's hot, and enjoy this cozy release!
A whole bunch of quality of life improvements! Importing Guile modules is easier, more common scheme library (SRFI) support, and much more!
Get it while it's hot, and enjoy this cozy release!
Hoot 0.7.0 released! — Spritely Institute
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October 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hoot, our Scheme to WASM compiler, version 0.7.0 is out! spritely.institute/news/hoot-0-...
A whole bunch of quality of life improvements! Importing Guile modules is easier, more common scheme library (SRFI) support, and much more!
Get it while it's hot, and enjoy this cozy release!
A whole bunch of quality of life improvements! Importing Guile modules is easier, more common scheme library (SRFI) support, and much more!
Get it while it's hot, and enjoy this cozy release!
Spritely Goblins v0.17.0: Persistence is better than ever! spritely.institute/news/spritel...
Our distributed programming system Goblins has a brand new persistence system named Bloblin which is LIGHTNING fast! Your programs smoothly serialize and BAM, reawaken! Let's go!
Our distributed programming system Goblins has a brand new persistence system named Bloblin which is LIGHTNING fast! Your programs smoothly serialize and BAM, reawaken! Let's go!
October 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Spritely Goblins v0.17.0: Persistence is better than ever! spritely.institute/news/spritel...
Our distributed programming system Goblins has a brand new persistence system named Bloblin which is LIGHTNING fast! Your programs smoothly serialize and BAM, reawaken! Let's go!
Our distributed programming system Goblins has a brand new persistence system named Bloblin which is LIGHTNING fast! Your programs smoothly serialize and BAM, reawaken! Let's go!
It is ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE to contain the amount of excitement in making this post... We have Shepherd running on Spritely Goblins running ON TOP OF GUIX! See the screenshot!
This is HUGE! We just wrote about Goblins + Shepherd a few days ago but progress is SO FAST! spritely.institute/news/shepher...
This is HUGE! We just wrote about Goblins + Shepherd a few days ago but progress is SO FAST! spritely.institute/news/shepher...
September 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It is ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE to contain the amount of excitement in making this post... We have Shepherd running on Spritely Goblins running ON TOP OF GUIX! See the screenshot!
This is HUGE! We just wrote about Goblins + Shepherd a few days ago but progress is SO FAST! spritely.institute/news/shepher...
This is HUGE! We just wrote about Goblins + Shepherd a few days ago but progress is SO FAST! spritely.institute/news/shepher...
Double good news about Spritely's Hoot, Our Scheme->WASM compiler!
WASM 3.0 released, and Hoot gets a mention! webassembly.org/news/2025-09...
AND! iOS updated Safari to support the WASM features we use. Which means you can now play Cirkoban anywhere! files.spritely.institute/embeds/cirko...
WASM 3.0 released, and Hoot gets a mention! webassembly.org/news/2025-09...
AND! iOS updated Safari to support the WASM features we use. Which means you can now play Cirkoban anywhere! files.spritely.institute/embeds/cirko...
Wasm 3.0 Completed - WebAssembly
WebAssembly (abbreviated Wasm) is a binary instruction format for a stack-based virtual machine. Wasm is designed as a portable compilation target for programming languages, enabling deployment on the...
webassembly.org
September 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Double good news about Spritely's Hoot, Our Scheme->WASM compiler!
WASM 3.0 released, and Hoot gets a mention! webassembly.org/news/2025-09...
AND! iOS updated Safari to support the WASM features we use. Which means you can now play Cirkoban anywhere! files.spritely.institute/embeds/cirko...
WASM 3.0 released, and Hoot gets a mention! webassembly.org/news/2025-09...
AND! iOS updated Safari to support the WASM features we use. Which means you can now play Cirkoban anywhere! files.spritely.institute/embeds/cirko...