\ud83d\udc4b\ud83e\udd13 Goodbye Site.js, Hello Kitten!<\/p>
I started working on creating a Small Web\u00b9 server (a peer-to-peer Web server) six years ago\u00b2 with Site.js.<\/p>
Building Site.js was my first attempt. And it resulted in:<\/p>
\u2022 Auto Encrypt (automatic Let\u2019s Encrypt certificates): https:\/\/codeberg.org\/small-tech\/auto-encrypt<\/a><\/p> \u2022 Auto Encrypt Localhost (automatic localhost TLS certificates): https:\/\/codeberg.org\/small-tech\/auto-encrypt-localhost<\/a><\/p> \u2022 @small-tech\/https (drop-in Node.js https module replacement with automatic TLS certs everywhere): https:\/\/codeberg.org\/small-tech\/https<\/a><\/p> \u2022 JSDB: In-process, in-memory JavaScript database that persists to append-only JavaScript logs: https:\/\/codeberg.org\/small-tech\/jsdb<\/a><\/p> As Site.js reached an evolutionary dead-end, and as I learned from my experiements with replicated data types that replicated data types are *not* a prerequisite for a decentralised web (actual topological decentralisation and ease of use are), I started writing a new server\/platform called Kitten from scratch while still making use of the tried and tested modules listed above.<\/p> Last week, I switched over our last site using Site.js to Kitten and, with that, today I\u2019ve sunset Site.js:<\/p> https:\/\/sitejs.org<\/a><\/p> For its successor, please see Kitten:<\/p> https:\/\/kitten.small-web.org<\/a><\/p> If you want to support our work at the Small Technology Foundation, please consider becoming a patron:<\/p> https:\/\/small-tech.org\/fund-us<\/a><\/p> :kitten:\ud83d\udc95<\/p> \u00b9 https:\/\/ar.al\/2024\/06\/24\/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen\/<\/a> #SiteJS<\/a> #SmallWeb<\/a> #SmallTech<\/a> #peerToPeerWeb<\/a> #SmallTechnologyFoundation<\/a> #AutoEncrypt<\/a> #AutoEncryptLocalhost<\/a> #JSDB<\/a> #JavaScriptDatabase<\/a> #https<\/a> #TLS<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-26:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/114573816979456806","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/114573816979456806","objectType":"note","content":" \ud83d\udc4b\ud83e\udd13 Goodbye Site.js, Hello Kitten!<\/p> I started working on creating a Small Web\u00b9 server (a peer-to-peer Web server) six years ago\u00b2 with Site.js.<\/p> Building Site.js was my first attempt. And it resulted in:<\/p> \u2022 Auto Encrypt (automatic Let\u2019s Encrypt certificates): https:\/\/codeberg.org\/small-tech\/auto-encrypt<\/a><\/p> \u2022 Auto Encrypt Localhost (automatic localhost TLS certificates): https:\/\/codeberg.org\/small-tech\/auto-encrypt-localhost<\/a><\/p> \u2022 @small-tech\/https (drop-in Node.js https module replacement with automatic TLS certs everywhere): https:\/\/codeberg.org\/small-tech\/https<\/a><\/p> \u2022 JSDB: In-process, in-memory JavaScript database that persists to append-only JavaScript logs: https:\/\/codeberg.org\/small-tech\/jsdb<\/a><\/p> As Site.js reached an evolutionary dead-end, and as I learned from my experiements with replicated data types that replicated data types are *not* a prerequisite for a decentralised web (actual topological decentralisation and ease of use are), I started writing a new server\/platform called Kitten from scratch while still making use of the tried and tested modules listed above.<\/p> Last week, I switched over our last site using Site.js to Kitten and, with that, today I\u2019ve sunset Site.js:<\/p> https:\/\/sitejs.org<\/a><\/p> For its successor, please see Kitten:<\/p> https:\/\/kitten.small-web.org<\/a><\/p> If you want to support our work at the Small Technology Foundation, please consider becoming a patron:<\/p> https:\/\/small-tech.org\/fund-us<\/a><\/p> :kitten:\ud83d\udc95<\/p> \u00b9 https:\/\/ar.al\/2024\/06\/24\/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen\/<\/a> #SiteJS<\/a> #SmallWeb<\/a> #SmallTech<\/a> #peerToPeerWeb<\/a> #SmallTechnologyFoundation<\/a> #AutoEncrypt<\/a> #AutoEncryptLocalhost<\/a> #JSDB<\/a> #JavaScriptDatabase<\/a> #https<\/a> #TLS<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/114573816979456806","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"autoencrypt"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"autoencryptlocalhost"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"https"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"javascriptdatabase"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"jsdb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"peertopeerweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"smalltech"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"smalltechnologyfoundation"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"smallweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"tls"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-05-26:objectType=thread:nonce=29bb4dadbcba479c","notice_info":{"local_id":"10013022","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-05-26T11:09:11+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/114573816979456806"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5104485","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}
\u00b2 https:\/\/ar.al\/2019\/08\/26\/introducing-small-technology-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>
\u00b2 https:\/\/ar.al\/2019\/08\/26\/introducing-small-technology-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>