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== Kosmos (ex Codename 67P) ==
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The Kosmos project is an open co-operative of people, who are developing a free, open-source, and user-centric alternative to centralized group chat platforms, based on widely used protocols and standards.
  
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Kosmos is a team communication application based exclusively on open protocols, standards, APIs, and data formats. All of its components are free software, published under open-source licenses. User-facing programs are built upon the [https://platform.html5.org/ Web Platform], communicating with server components via HTTP and WebSockets.
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We also offer a variety of other, hosted communication and collaboration services, mostly focused on users and contributors of free and open-source software.
  
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== Building blocks ==
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== Products ==
  
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Kosmos consists of several components, all of which can be configured separately, and thus be either hosted by a provider or self-hosted by the user/organization. These are:
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=== Kosmos Chat ===
  
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* [http://sockethub.org Sockethub] server for facilitating client/server communication between the Web client and the multiple protocols/backends/APIs it needs to talk to (e.g. IRC, SMTP, OStatus, Twitter, GitHub, SMS gateways, TURN etc.)
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[[Kosmos Chat]] (ex ''Codename 67P'') is a group communication application, based exclusively on open protocols, standards, and data formats. All of its components can be either self-hosted or connected to hosted services. An alpha version is already in use by developers, and a public beta version is planned for 2022.
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* [http://remotestorage.io RemoteStorage] server for storing all user data in a user-defined/controlled storage backend
 
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat IRC] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP XMPP] server for private communication servers (not needed for personal usage on public servers)
 
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traversal_Using_Relays_around_NAT TURN] server for WebRTC networking enhancements/fallback for audio and audio/video calls (optional)
 
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* [https://github.com/67P/hyperchannel Web client], written in [http://emberjs.com/ Ember.js], using sockethub.js and remotestorage.js, and making heavy use of Ember/Web components for implementing its functionality
 
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* Daemon (tbd) for logging channels to remote storages and handling incoming notifications like e.g. Webhooks from services that publish messages to Kosmos channels
 
  
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[[Technical overview]]
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=== Kredits ===
  
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== Goals ==
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[[Kredits]] are a system for tracking project contributions, enabling the fair and transparent use of project funds, as well as improving project management and governance. We are currently experimenting with the system in pre-production and running trials for opensource grant payouts. Check out the [https://kredits.kosmos.org/ public contribution dashboard] if you're interested.
  
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* Provide users/organizations/businesses with a modern, full-featured team communication solution, which is easy to set up and use
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== Services ==
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* Eventually provide a fully hosted, one-click-setup solution for private team communication (keeping the possibility to exchange any component at will, e.g. storing all data on a user-controller remoteStorage server instead of the Kosmos company's own remoteStorage servers
 
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* Use common, open, documented data formats for storing all data, thus making it possible to use/manage/input stored data from other apps (no matter if new or existing). This is where the remoteStorage protocol is different than all other personal data storage protocols made for the Web.
 
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* Make it possible for users to be part of and use both public and private channels/spaces/servers at the same time (no more Campfire/Hipchat/Slack for work and clients, and IRC only for open-source and hobby, all in different apps)
 
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* Always keep the whole application in a state that can be deployed by anyone (with the necessary skills) who wishes to self-host the whole system. That explicitly includes excellent documentation for doing so.
 
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* Reversing the trend of declining IRC users on public servers by giving everyone a great Web IRC client, most importantly making it easy to connect, register nicks, auto-log and replay messages while away — all the nitty-gritty details that even software developers struggle with these days
 
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* Always be backwards-compatible to plain IRC. This will be achieved through smart client components, enhancing the rendering/fetching of messages on the client side, while messages transferred via servers are always plain-text and readable in IRC without spammy extra characters/lines
 
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* Have an excellent mobile client (or multiple)
 
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* Make use of the latest Web Platform standards, not caring about backwards-compatibility in Web runtimes (much). Kosmos is a modern Web application, and people not running modern Web runtimes can use plain IRC clients.
 
  
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== Features ==
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We run a variety of hosted services. See here: https://kosmos.org/services/
  
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* [[Feature: Chat| Chat]]
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== Community / Getting in touch / Getting involved ==
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* [[Feature: Incoming notifications / (web)hooks| Incoming notifications / (web)hooks]]
 
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* [[Feature: Audio/video communication| Audio/video communication]]
 
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* [[Feature: File sharing| File sharing]]
 
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* [[Feature: Migration from existing systems| Migration from existing systems]]
 
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* [[Feature: Guest communication| Guest communication]]
 
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* [[Feature: Themes| Themes]]
 
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* [[Feature: Offline support| Offline support]]
 
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* [[Feature: Onboarding / Setup| Onboarding / Setup]]
 
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* [[Feature: Design| Design]]
 
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* [[Feature: Multi-backend support| Multi-backend support]]
 
  
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== Development Roadmap ==
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=== Code ===
  
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See [[Roadmap]].
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* [https://github.com/67P/ GitHub]
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* [https://gitea.kosmos.org/kosmos Gitea]
  
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== Team ==
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=== Chat ===
  
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See [[Team]].
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* XMPP: [xmpp:kosmos@kosmos.chat?join kosmos], [xmpp:kosmos-dev@kosmos.chat?join kosmos-dev], [xmpp:kredits@kosmos.chat?join kredits], and [xmpp:ops@kosmos.chat?join ops] on kosmos.chat
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* IRC: [https://waves.kosmos.org/logs/freenode/kosmos/today #kosmos] and [https://waves.kosmos.org/logs/freenode/kosmos-dev/today #kosmos-dev] on [https://libera.chat/ Libera.Chat] (much less active than XMPP)
  
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== Kredits ==
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=== Social ===
  
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See [[Kredits]].
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* Fediverse (Mastodon, GNU Social, Hubzilla, etc.): [https://kosmos.social/@kosmos kosmos@kosmos.social] and [https://kosmos.social/@ops ops@kosmos.social]
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* Twitter: [https://twitter.com/KosmosHQ @KosmosHQ]
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=== Monthly conference calls ===
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We hold monthly calls to sync our team (and whoever else is interested) on development progress. See [https://community.kosmos.org/t/monthly-dev-call/184 event details] on the forums.
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== Events ==
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From now on (Oct 2020), you can find all upcoming events in the [https://community.kosmos.org/c/events/9 Events & Meetings] section on our community forums.
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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See [[Notes]].
 
See [[Notes]].
  
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== Events ==
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== Code of Conduct ==
  
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* [[Event:Kosmos Hackday No. 1|Hackday #1]]
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[[Contributor Code of Conduct]]
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* [[Event:Kosmos Hackday No. 2|Hackday #2]]
 
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* [[Event:Kosmos Hackday No. 3|Hackday #3]]
 

Latest revision as of 17:42, 3 December 2023

The Kosmos project is an open co-operative of people, who are developing a free, open-source, and user-centric alternative to centralized group chat platforms, based on widely used protocols and standards.

We also offer a variety of other, hosted communication and collaboration services, mostly focused on users and contributors of free and open-source software.

Products

Kosmos Chat

Kosmos Chat (ex Codename 67P) is a group communication application, based exclusively on open protocols, standards, and data formats. All of its components can be either self-hosted or connected to hosted services. An alpha version is already in use by developers, and a public beta version is planned for 2022.

Kredits

Kredits are a system for tracking project contributions, enabling the fair and transparent use of project funds, as well as improving project management and governance. We are currently experimenting with the system in pre-production and running trials for opensource grant payouts. Check out the public contribution dashboard if you're interested.

Services

We run a variety of hosted services. See here: https://kosmos.org/services/

Community / Getting in touch / Getting involved

Code

Chat

Social

Monthly conference calls

We hold monthly calls to sync our team (and whoever else is interested) on development progress. See event details on the forums.

Events

From now on (Oct 2020), you can find all upcoming events in the Events & Meetings section on our community forums.

Notes

See Notes.

Code of Conduct

Contributor Code of Conduct

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