Social Fabric

Decentralized Application

A neighborhood-scale decentralized platform built on Holochain providing trust graph infrastructure, community knowledge commons, supporter funding flows, and local coordination tools. Centered on a sovereign trust ledger that maps relationships and reputation within and across neighborhoods, the platform serves developers, community supporters, and operators of shared commons infrastructure. Features include a Knowledge Commons (community-maintained library of guides across permaculture, mesh networking, clean energy, local economy, and governance), a Scout procurement coordination tool, events, membership and donation flows, and a live trust-graph narrative surface. Built as a Deno/Rust/Holochain stack under the github.com/sensorware/myneighborhood-platform repository.

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License Open source (unconfirmed license); https://github.com/sensorware/myneighborhood-platform
Dev Status 🧪 Alpha
Dev Status Detail Alpha / WIP (public portal live; developer onboarding docs and deployment ADRs published; platform contracts lane active; live trust-graph connecting; Scout tool loading state visible; contributor onboarding explicitly notes avoiding outdated scaffolding)
Owner Sensorware (GitHub org: sensorware); owner/founders unconfirmed publicly
Country USA (social-fabric.us domain; .us TLD; neighborhood focus implies US-based)
Start Year 2026
Stack Deno + TypeScript (sf-portal web frontend); Rust + GraphQL (shared backend — Rust GraphQL service); Holochain (trust graph and platform services backend); platform contracts tested via deno task
Funding Community / Donations (supporter memberships, one-time donations, project backing; no VC or grant funding identified)
Last Investigated Jul 1, 2026

Use Case Domains

Co-Creation & Knowledge

Decentralized Application Attributes

Origins Civic tech / Neighborhood infrastructure (motivated by building decentralized, sovereignty-preserving neighborhood coordination infrastructure; trust graph as core primitive for community reputation and relationships; commons-enabling rather than value-extracting platform orientation)
Database Holochain DHT (agent-centric source chains for trust graph data; distributed peer validation); Rust GraphQL backend (centralized or hybrid query layer for portal data)
Query Language GraphQL (Rust GraphQL backend — canonical local launcher for shared backend service)
Data Formats Trust atoms (directional reputation links between agents with semantic tags and values on Holochain DHT); Knowledge Commons articles (structured content by domain — permaculture, mesh networking, clean energy, governance, etc.); membership and donation records; event data; procurement leads (Scout)
Collaborative Live Editing N/A (Knowledge Commons is community-contributed content; no real-time collaborative editing documented)
Rich Text Editing Basic text (Knowledge Commons articles with category tags; no rich media editing environment visible)
Mobile Support Unconfirmed (web portal appears mobile-accessible; no dedicated mobile app documented)
Web Support Yes (social-fabric.us — primary public web portal; Deno-based frontend)
Native Apps N/A (no native desktop app documented; Holochain backend runs locally)
Terms Freemium / Membership (free public access to Commons and portal; membership tiers and donation flows for supporters; sponsor backing for builders and stewards)
Funds Undisclosed (community-funded via membership and donations)
Based On Holochain (Int P2P RT — trust graph and platform services); Deno (runtime for frontend portal); Rust (GraphQL backend service); deployment ADR architecture documented at github.com/sensorware/myneighborhood-platform
Use Case Category Civic coordination / Neighborhood infrastructure / Trust network
User Interface Type Dashboard / Feed (tabbed portal navigation: Developers, Supporters, Membership, Commons, Events, Scout; live trust-graph narrative surface; Knowledge Commons library; Scout procurement inbox)
Offline Capabilities Partial offline (Holochain agent-centric architecture enables offline DHT data availability for local data; portal requires connectivity for full functionality)
Collaboration Features Knowledge Commons (community-maintained guides across 7 domains); trust graph (directional reputation relationships between community members); Scout procurement coordination (lead discovery and shortlisting); events coordination; membership and supporter flows
Data Portability Unconfirmed (Holochain agent-centric architecture implies data sovereignty and portability in principle; no explicit export mechanism documented)
Integration Ecosystem Holochain ecosystem; Meshtastic mesh networking (referenced in Commons content); mesh node infrastructure; potential future integration with other neighborhood tools
Web2 Data Export No (no Web2 import/export documented)
Prosocial Coherence High (explicit commons-enabling mission; trust graph as non-extractive reputation infrastructure; supporter flows fund shared stack rather than extracting platform rent; Knowledge Commons maintained by community for community; neighborhood resilience focus across permaculture, clean energy, mesh networking, local governance, emergency prep)
Economic Flows Yes (membership tiers; one-time donations; sponsor backing; Scout procurement lead coordination; supporter flows fund portal, gateway, and neighborhood programs; Unyt integration possible via Holochain ecosystem for mutual credit)
Governance & Decision Making Community-governed (Knowledge Commons governance; HOLO-Voting mechanism referenced in Commons governance article; commons-enabling infrastructure orientation; trust graph-informed decision making)
Media / Publishing Yes (Knowledge Commons articles with social sharing to X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, Truth Social; community publishing across 7 domains)
Knowledge Management Yes (Knowledge Commons — shared library of wisdom, protocols, and guides maintained by community; domains: permaculture, mesh networking, clean energy, local economy, governance, emergency prep, water systems)
Sensemaking Yes (live trust-graph narrative surface connecting neighborhood intelligence; Scout procurement lead discovery and coordination; trust graph surfaces relationship and reputation patterns across community)
Project Management Partial (Scout procurement coordination tool — lead discovery, shortlisting, watching, profiles; not a full project management suite)
Communication Model Asynchronous (Knowledge Commons articles and community contributions; Scout inbox coordination; no real-time chat documented; trust graph updates propagate via Holochain DHT)
Network Resilience High (Holochain agent-centric DHT — no central server for trust data; offline-capable for local data; mesh networking infrastructure referenced in Commons content suggests resilience ethos extending to physical infrastructure)
Discovery Mechanism Social graph / Trust graph (trust graph surfaces neighborhood relationships and reputation; Scout procurement discovery; Knowledge Commons browseable by domain; events listing)
Max Participants Neighborhood-sized (explicitly designed for neighborhood scale — trust graph and commons oriented to local community; no documented limit but architecture suggests medium group to large group scale per neighborhood instance)
Data Sovereignty High (Holochain agent-centric — each participant controls their own source chain data; sovereign trust ledger framing; no platform lock-in orientation; self-custodial architecture)