Imvault
Photos & clipsFor the things you want to keep.
A home for family photos, good screenshots, and short clips, with galleries, shared albums, and tags.
Current release: Imvault 0.26.1
Familyware. Friendware. Comfyware.
Software for
your people.
Share photos, talk things over, swap music, keep up with each other, and read the news you chose. Open-source apps you can host for friends, family, and small communities.
The software
Photos, conversations, music, and more.
Five small apps, ready to host.
Each works on its own.
Witmoot
Boards & conversationsFor the conversations that carry on.
A bulletin board for plans, little updates, and good finds, where your people catch up in their own time.
Current release: Witmoot 0.24.1
Songstead
Music recommendationsA gift, never an assignment.
Share a song with everyone or send it to one friend. They listen when they have a moment.
Current release: Songstead 0.17.1
Folkweave
Private timelineEveryone’s news, woven together.
An invite-only timeline of posts, photos, and replies for one group.
Current release: Folkweave 0.7.2
Tidings
RSS and Atom readerThe news you chose, at your own pace.
A reader for RSS and Atom feeds. A household can share sources while each person keeps their own place.
Current release: Tidings 0.9.1
Our approach
A smaller sort
of internet.
A family album. A board for the Sunday regulars. Somewhere to share what you’re making with people who care. Comfyware brings the personal spirit of the IndieWeb and the control of self-hosting to places like these.
The people using the software should be the people it serves and the people who run it. Trust grows from knowing who’s there, who looks after the place, and which house rules you’re agreeing to.
Your place, your rules
Hosts and members choose their culture, who can join, and what gets shared.
Know who’s looking after it
A person or a small group takes responsibility for the place. You should know who they are and how to raise a concern.
Your attention is your own
No engagement targets, ranked feeds, infinite scroll, or streaks. Conversations stay chronological and pages have an end. Come back when you want to.
A place for your people
A gathering needs a shared purpose. It can welcome newcomers and still stay small enough to know its hosts.
Keep the right to leave
Every app backs itself up each day and lets you export what you’ve shared, so moving on stays possible.
Your community’s own judgment
Hosts and members decide what’s welcome. In Imvault, Witmoot, Songstead, Folkweave, and Tidings, owners choose who joins. Imvault adds reporting and moderator roles. Witmoot and Songstead owners publish house rules, and Witmoot and Folkweave owners can remove posts.
“Software you’d let your kids use” starts with people you trust and rules you understand. Read the Comfyware principles, or suggest a change.
Around the workshop
A few useful tools, too.
Comfylib
The Go library the five apps share for setup, accounts, security, and backups.
Current release: Comfylib 0.7.2
The Comfyware Gentoo overlay
Install all five apps with Portage, services included.
Also on the workbench: Arise, experimental Gentoo package tooling in Go. Current release: Arise 0.0.42
Before you settle in.
Can I sign up for an account here?
This is the home of the projects. To use them, install an app on a server you manage, or join an installation run by someone you know. Each community has its own accounts and rules.
Do I need to run every app?
Imvault, Witmoot, Songstead, Folkweave, and Tidings each work on their own. Imvault and Songstead can connect to Witmoot for conversations.
How can I get involved?
Try an app, tell us what worked, report a bug, or help with code and documentation.