Modules

isaacs (creator of npm) puts it very well: agreement is very difficult, so limit the amount of agreement necessary.

i.e. write modules.

With less agreement required, it's easier to find points of agreement, and so we can have more agreements overall.

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Streams

pull-stream: minimal composable streams with lazy back pressure and error propagation

See more at pull-stream.github.io

Database

secure-scuttlebutt: database of unforgable append-only feeds, optimized for efficient peer-to-peer replication

• ssb-keys: keyfile operations for ssb
• ssb-feed: create a secure-scuttlebutt feed
• ssb-config: standard configuration for ssb
• ssb-ref: check if a string is a valid ssb-reference
• ssb-blobs: blob gossiping ssb-subprotocol
• multiblob: a content-addressable-store that supports multiple hashing algorithms
• map-filter-reduce: A functional query engine, that operates over streams of js objects, and can be optimized via database indexes.

Crypto

• secret-handshake: secure-channel based on a a mutually authenticating key agreement handshake, with forward secure identity metadata.
• private-box: private message between two parties (with no to field)

Server

scuttlebot: peer-to-peer log store used as a database, identity provider, and messaging system

• muxrpc: lightweight multiplexed rpc
• mdmanifest: markdown manifests for mux rpc apis
• muxrpcli: command-line interface to mux rpc servers
• secret-stack: connect peers to each other using secret-handshakes

Client

• ssb-notifier: desktop notifications for secure-scuttlebutt activity
• ssb-client: client library to scuttlebot
• ssb-avatar: query for the avatar that an ssb feed has been assigned
• ssb-mentions: extract the mentions in a ssb message
• ssb-markdown: render ssb messages to markdown.
• ssb-sort: sort a collection of messages by their causal order