jacobjohansen/identia

Decentralized, censorship resistant social media on IPFS.

identia

Decentralized, censorship resistant social media on IPFS.

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Run

Follow this guide to setup dev dependencies...

npm install
npm start

Architecture

The core of identia is it's conception of an identity.

An identity object is the fundamental unit that we'll use to bootstrap a distributed multi-media social graph.

First, we connect to IPFS and retrieve our IPFS ID.

On first boot, we instantiate a new "Identity" object, which is ultimately stored and updated to disk via SQLite.

Most of the identity logic is contained in: src-tauri/identity.rs

The identity object:

{
    "avatar": "", // base64 encoded image or ipfs CID for "avatar"
    "description": "", // user-defined description / bio
    "display_name": "", // user-defined display name
    "following": [""], // a list of ID's the user follows
    "meta": {}, // graph time!
    "posts": [""], // a list of CIDs that represent post objects
    "publisher": "", // users IPNS ID
    "timestamp": 1608271880058, // UTC adjusted UNIX timestamp of the identities last alteration
}

The post object:

{
    "body": "", // the text body of the post
    "files": [], // a list of file paths, relative to the post root
    "meta": {}, // graph time!
    "publisher": "", // original publisher, will be used for "re-post" functionality
    "timestamp": 1608271880058 // UTC adjusted UNIX timestamp of the post
}

The meta object:

{"TODO": "so many things to do..."}

The meta object is a store for arbitrary data that can be used to describe complex relationships between various types of data. These relationships can be stored in a post object to add context to a specific post or in the identity object to provide an identity-wide context scope.

TODO

• prototype logic
• periodically re-publish self identity
• periodically update identities you follow...
• cache posts
• enable file in posts
• bundle IPFS binaries and manage execution
• post view
• implement tray.
• progress events for spinners and such
• Distribute binaries
• migrate to SQLite...
• Paginate feed
• enable(fix) audio/video playback
• "re-post" / mirror a post
• implement comment system via pubsub
• include crypto signature of body in post
• implement private messaging with libsignal or DiscoCrypto
• mechanism for exporting / importing, identity / posts
• strip exif data from images
• include index.html with posts to allow styling for browser consumption...
• Auto-update system
• advanced pin management
• meta view
• settings view
• keybase-like functionality...
• mobile app...
• re-imlpement tor hidden service
• serve web-frendly html with identity + TOR

Community:

Matrix:
#general:identia.io

Discord:
https://discord.gg/aErhA6TBPS

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License

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