darksoil studio
We make simple peer to peer apps for groups of people to meet their non-digital needs.
what we do
We make tools for people to grow deep dark soil, ecologically and
socially.
We build small, interoperable, fully distributed apps that enable groups
to access emergent properties for organizing, collaborating, and
connecting. We build open source software on Holochain.
We also build tools to increase the accessibility and functionality of
the Holochain core codebase.
things we've made
holochain playground
a playground place so you can say:
with holochain it's fun to play!
The playground is a suite of tools to simulate, introspect, and play around holochain. It enables developers and architects to see and interact with what's happening behind the scenes.
now building
fixie
collect your bugs to give hApps hugs
Oh, it’s just a fully distributed issue tracker to save many thousands of hours of work for devs who are building Holochain Apps. Making debugging of distributed apps orders of magnitudes easier. nbd.
gather
I can see that you are free
and you can see the same of me
so we agree we’d like to be
out in the park at 2:03
Software for co-creating, accessing, and managing emergent events. It could be a meeting for a project, practice session for a martial art, gaming session, hobby hangout, or a big celebration. Gather lets you see and actualize previously invisible possibilities for coming together with the people in your life around the things you care about.
approach to software
We make it simple for existing groups to make self-sovereign digital
spaces that are owned and evolvable by the group itself.
We build software for ourselves and the groups we’re a part of, taking
care that it be easily adaptable for and by others.
darksoil applications make it easier to see and engage with more nuance
and acuity to do/create/have more of what we want with our groups with
less administrative burden.
We test our software with our communities; our farms, villages, movement
collectives, hackerspaces, businesses, cooperatives, friend groups, etc.
We need the things we’re building because it’s a headache that we don’t
already have them. When what we build works for our communities, we
partner with people to adapt and integrate it to work for their
communities.
Sometimes, when we’re inspired by the partnership, we make things for
others before we make them for ourselves.
projects on deck
apps & modules
plenty
collective purchasing of food
co-budget
port to holochain
assemble
proposals with needs, promises and commitments
mutual-credit
basic mutual credit module
learn
peer to peer learning pathways
bookie
bookings module
tooltool
tool sharing
ourtime
scheduling of group tasks
holochain core tooling
hApp designer hApp
simplify app creation
story
how does Holochain work & graphical descriptions
puzzles & scotty panel
playground extentions
work with us
Fund something you need on the lists above, or something you need that
should be on the lists.
Contract us to build our software into your pre-existing system and
maintain it.
Partner with us to build a business around our software, like a
meetup.com alternative built around gather.
Contribute to projects through the
open collective.
people
Viktor Zaunders
Viktor translates real world needs into application architectures.
Viktor is a primary user of darksoil software. He uses and weaves it
into his own local enterprises, mushroom farm, food cooperative,
coworking space, and food sovereignty networks.
Viktor is motivated by the desire to create new ways of organizing
human collaboration so that he and his kids can much more easily
contribute to life creating conditions for life.
Guillem Córdoba
Guillem writes exquisite code for our darksoil applications.
He has been foundational for teaching the growing Holochain dev
community how to effectively code hApps and has built lots of
beautiful core developer tools like the
launcher,
scaffolding
and gym.
Passionate about learning and teaching, Guillem is moved by a desire
to support the creative and collaborative side of all people.
Eric Bear
Bear develops our team and business.
He is upholding strategies and connections internally and with our
partners, with an emphasis on relationships as the foundation for
human systems. He cofounded a global network of schools called
Agile Learning Centers
and is the director of ecosystem growth at Holochain.
Bear wants to be a good ant by fostering play, relationship and
agency in the world.
Matthias Meier
Matthias develops beautiful applications and modules for darksoil.
He is one of the main contributors to the Holochain
launcher and the
membrane management tool
We. He examines
fundamental assumptions and explores their implications in detail in
projects he is working with to ensure they are as sound and stable
as possible.
He recently became aware of the fact that once he dies, the
molecules his body is comprised of will become part of the world
around him. Which is why he intends to create the world he will be
looking forward dying into.
connect
Read our stories on
substack.
Watch our conversations on
youtube.
Get in touch with us through
hello@darksoil.studio.