Solid Alternatives

Solid is described as '(derived from "social linked data") is a proposed set of conventions and tools for building decentralized Web applications based on Linked Data principles' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Solid for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows, Linux and Web-based apps. The best Solid alternative is IPFS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Solid are Hyphanet, ZeroNet, Hypercore Protocol and HTTP.

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  1. IPFS icon
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    IPFS is a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem. It combines ideas from Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia, SFS, and the web. It is like a single bittorrent swarm, exchanging git objects. IPFS provides an interface as simple as the HTTP web, but with permanence built in.

    69 IPFS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Firefox
     
    • IPFS is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Solid.

    • IPFS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Solid.

    • IPFS is Free and Open SourceSolid is also Free and Open Source
  2. Hyphanet icon
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    Hyphanet (former Freenet) is free software which lets you anonymously share files, browse and publish "freesites".

    52 Hyphanet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. ZeroNet icon
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    ZeroNet uses cryptography (Bitcoin library) and BitTorrent DHT (centralized trackers) to build a distributed censorship-resistant network.

    30 ZeroNet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • gevent
    • Self-Hosted
    • NameCoin
    • Python
    • JavaScript
     
    • ZeroNet is the most popular Web-based alternative to Solid.

    • ZeroNet is Free and Open SourceSolid is also Free and Open Source
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    Hypercore Protocol is a peer-to-peer data network built on the Hypercore logs. Hypercores are signed, append-only logs. They're like lightweight blockchains without the consensus algorithm. As with BitTorrent, as more people "seed" a dataset it will increase the...

    15 Hypercore Protocol alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • JavaScript
     
  5. HTTP icon
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    is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, and hypermedia information systems.[1] HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. SemApps icon
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    Built on standards like RDF, OWL, SPARQL, LDP, ActivityPub and SOLID, the SemApps framework is meant to develop applications that are part of the Linked Open Data and the Semantic Web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Stacks.BTC icon
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    Stacks -Formerly Known as Blockstack- is a new decentralized internet where users own their data and apps run locally. Take back control over your digital life. A browser portal is all you need to get started.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. CubicWeb icon
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    CubicWeb is a semantic web application framework, licensed under the LGPL, that empowers developers to efficiently build model-driven web applications with a clean separation between the data and the user interfaces.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Named Data Networking (NDN) is an architectural realization of the broad Information Centric Networking (ICN) vision that enables communications by named, secured data at the network layer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux Mobile
     
    • Named Data Networking Project is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Solid.

    • Named Data Networking Project is Free and Open SourceSolid is also Free and Open Source
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    This project was created in order to support a new internet. One that is more open, free, and censorship-resistant in comparison to the old internet. An internet that eventually wouldn't need to rely on telecom towers, an outdated grid, or all these other "old...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. The Web icon
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    The most known form of internet. The world wide web.

    9 The Web alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Hashbase icon
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    Hosting for the peer-to-peer Web.

    Keep your files online, even when your computer is turned off.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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