The user wants open software, software that can be modified, and that can participate in a progressive improvement process. — J.C.R. Licklider, Some Reflections on Early History (1986)

Modern computing is far too rigid. Applications can only function in preset ways determined by some far away team. Software is trapped in hermetically sealed silos and is rewritten many times over rather than recomposed.

This community catalogs and experiments with malleable software and systems that reset the balance of power via several essential principles:

Most contemporary applications fail to meet all of these, leaving us with no pathway towards improvement. The only option is to plead with the app developer and hope they will deign to grant your request. As the importance of computing in everyday life grows with each passing year, we must fight for these values to ensure the power of computing is evenly distributed.

We hope you agree this is a revolution worth fighting for. We welcome your feedback and contributions of related projects and experiments from yourself and others. You can follow the community on Twitter, Matrix, and our blog. The blog content is also available via our newsletter.