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<h1 id="awesome-permacomputing-awesome">Awesome Permacomputing <a
href="https://awesome.re"><img src="https://awesome.re/badge-flat2.svg"
alt="Awesome" /></a></h1>
<p><a href="https://permacomputing.net/"><img src="media/logo.png" alt="Permacomputing Logo" align="right"></a>
A curation of resources, projects, and communities related to
permacomputing. &gt; <a
href="https://permacomputing.net/permacomputing/">Permacomputing</a> is
both a concept and a community of practice oriented around issues of
resilience and regenerativity in computer and network technology
inspired by permaculture.</p>
<h2 id="contents">Contents</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="#resources">Resources</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#websites">Websites</a></li>
<li><a href="#articles">Articles</a></li>
<li><a href="#books">Books</a></li>
<li><a href="#visual">Visual</a></li>
<li><a href="#audiovisual">Audiovisual</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="#projects">Projects</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#software">Software</a></li>
<li><a href="#hardware">Hardware</a></li>
<li><a href="#experimental">Experimental</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="#communities">Communities</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#collectives">Collectives</a></li>
<li><a href="#forums">Forums</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="resources">Resources</h2>
<h3 id="websites">Websites</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://permacomputing.net/">Permacomputing</a> - A wiki
for permacomputing.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/">Low-tech Magazine</a> -
Articles about solving human problems with low-tech solutions.</li>
<li><a href="https://monoskop.org/">Monoskop</a> - A wiki for arts and
studies.</li>
<li><a href="https://damaged.bleu255.com/">Damaged Earth Catalog</a> - A
growing online catalog of the different terms in circulation.</li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.xxiivv.com/">XXIIVV</a> - Ideas and notes on
technology, art, language, and philosophy.</li>
<li><a href="https://theluddite.org/">The Luddite</a> - A skeptical look
at technology and its impact on society.</li>
<li><a href="https://frugalcomputing.neocities.org/">Frugal
Computing</a> - Ideas and notes on frugal computing.</li>
<li><a href="https://moddingfridays.bleu255.com/">Modding Fridays</a> -
A wiki about maintenance, repurposing, and reappropriation of supposedly
obsolete electronics.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.notechmagazine.com/">No tech Magazine</a> -
Low-tech Magazine’s sister blog, it emphasizes simple technologies over
high-tech, resource-intensive ones.</li>
<li><a href="https://simplifier.neocities.org/">Simplifier</a> -
Practical, low-tech guides and resources to simplify daily life.</li>
<li><a href="https://blog.deathtobullshit.com/">Death to Bullshit</a> -
Critiques the clutter and misleading tactics common in digital
experiences.</li>
<li><a href="https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/">Do the Math</a> - Explores the
physical limits of growth in energy consumption and technological
progress.</li>
<li><a href="https://branch.climateaction.tech/">Branch Magazine</a> -
Articles about climate justice and internet sustainability.</li>
<li><a href="https://pluralistic.net/">Pluralistic</a> - Explores
technology, digital rights, and societal issues.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="articles">Articles</h3>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://viznut.fi/files/texts-en/permacomputing.html">Permacomputing</a>
- Ville-Matias Heikkilä, 2020.</li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/permacomputing.html">A
holistic approach to computing and sustainability inspired from
permaculture</a> - Devine Lu Linvega, 2021.</li>
<li><a
href="https://limits.pubpub.org/pub/6loh1eqi/release/1">Permacomputing
Aesthetics: Potential and Limits of Constraints in Computational Art,
Design and Culture</a> - Aymeric Mansoux, Brendan Howell, Dušan Barok,
and Ville-Matias Heikkilä, 2023.</li>
<li><a
href="https://networkcultures.org/performanceofcode/2023/09/05/the-dance-of-repair-amid-the-vestiges-of-digital-obsolescence/">Permacomputing
and the Dance of Repair Amid the Vestiges of Digital Obsolescence</a> -
Nancy Mauro-Flude, 2023.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.autoluminescence.institute/resources/library/intro-oceanic_provenance_permacomputing_codework/">The
Oceanic provenance of Permacomputing and Computational poetics</a> -
Nancy Mauro-Flude, 2024.</li>
<li><a href="https://josem.co/the-beauty-of-finished-software/">The
Beauty of Finished Software</a> - Jose M. Gilgado, 2023.</li>
<li><a
href="https://criticaledtech.com/2022/04/08/what-might-degrowth-computing-look-like/">What
might degrowth computing look like?</a> - Neil Selwyn, 2022.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.ultratechnology.com/lowfat.htm">Low Fat
Computing</a> - Jeff Fox, 1998.</li>
<li><a href="https://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/#production">What can
a technologist do about climate change?</a> - Bret Victor, 2015.</li>
<li><a
href="https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-staggering-ecological-impacts-of-computation-and-the-cloud/">The
Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud</a> - Steven
Gonzalez Monserrate, 2022.</li>
<li><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05460">It’s Not Easy Being
Green: On the Energy Efficiency of Programming Languages</a> - Nicolas
van Kempen, Hyuk-Je Kwon, Dung Tuan Nguyen, and Emery D. Berger,
2024.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/10/1/20887003/tech-technology-evolution-natural-inevitable-ethics">The
biggest lie tech people tell themselves — and the rest of us</a> - Rose
Eveleth, 2019.</li>
<li><a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.14160">Hype, Sustainability, and
the Price of the Bigger-is-Better Paradigm in AI</a> - Gaël Varoquaux,
Alexandra Sasha Luccioni, and Meredith Whittaker, 2024.</li>
<li><a
href="https://medium.com/data-ai-masters/redefining-our-needs-permacomputing-and-vernacular-computing-ba703bb0f1d9">Redefining
our needs: permacomputing and vernacular computing</a> - Robert Engels,
2022.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
<h5 id="fiction">Fiction</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ursulakleguin.com/dispossessed">The
Dispossessed</a> - Ursula K. Le Guin, 1974.</li>
<li><a
href="https://starhawk.org/writing/books/the-fifth-sacred-thing/">The
Fifth Sacred Thing</a> - Starhawk, 1993.</li>
</ul>
<h5 id="non-fiction">Non-fiction</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/index.html">The
Art of Unix Programming</a> - Eric S. Raymond, 2003.</li>
<li><a
href="https://collections.dartmouth.edu/teitexts/meadows/diplomatic/meadows_ltg-diplomatic.html">The
Limits to Growth</a> - Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen
Randers, and William W. Behrens III, 1972.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="visual">Visual</h3>
<h5 id="comics">Comics</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://xkcd.com/2347/">Dependency</a> - Xkcd, 2020.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.stuartmcmillen.com/comic/energy-slaves/">Energy
Slaves</a> - Stuart McMillen, 2017.</li>
<li><a href="https://thesolargrid.net/Read">The Solar Grid</a> -
Ganzeer, 2016.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="audiovisual">Audiovisual</h3>
<h5 id="fiction-1">Fiction</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11873472/">Neptune Frost</a> -
Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams, 2021.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087544/">Nausicaä of the
Valley of the Wind</a> - Hayao Miyazaki, 1984.</li>
</ul>
<h5 id="documentaries">Documentaries</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5693890/">Death by Design</a>
- Sue Williams, 2016.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11464826/">The Social
Dilemma</a> - Jeff Orlowski-Yang, 2020.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462014/">Surviving
Progress</a> - Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks, 2011.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27434317/">Low-Tech</a> -
Adrien Bellay, 2023.</li>
</ul>
<h5 id="talks">Talks</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3u7bGgVspM">An Approach to
Computing and Sustainability Inspired from Permaculture</a> - Devine Lu
Linvega, 2023.</li>
<li><a href="https://piped.video/watch?v=OOppK1or6RY&amp;t=3036s">From
appropriate technology to permacomputing: a glossary of
counternarratives and practices</a> - Marloes de Valk, 2022.</li>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/details/blow_20191208">Preventing the
Collapse of Civilization</a> - Jonathan Blow, 2019.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2>
<h3 id="software">Software</h3>
<h5 id="operating-systems">Operating Systems</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://collapseos.org/">Collapse OS</a> - Forth-based
operating system designed for post-collapse scenarios.</li>
<li><a href="http://tinycorelinux.net/">Tiny Core Linux</a> - Small,
highly modular system with community build extensions.</li>
<li><a href="https://alpinelinux.org/">Alpine Linux</a> - Secure,
lightweight Linux distribution.</li>
<li><a href="https://9p.io/plan9/">Plan 9</a> - Compact and uniform
operating system built as a successor to Unix.</li>
</ul>
<h5 id="code-editors">Code Editors</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.vim.org/">Vim</a> - Highly efficient,
customisable, and lightweight text editor.</li>
<li><a href="https://micro-editor.github.io/">Micro</a> - Lightweight,
intuitive terminal-based text editor.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.geany.org/">Geany</a> - Small, lightweight IDE
suitable for basic coding needs.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nano-editor.org/">Nano</a> - A lightweight,
terminal-based text editor for Unix-like systems.</li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/left">Left</a> - Graphical
text editor for the Uxn virtual machine. 18kb.</li>
</ul>
<h5 id="tools">Tools</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://suckless.org/">Suckless</a> - A collection of
ultra-minimalist tools focused on simplicity, clarity and
frugality.</li>
<li><a href="https://linrunner.de/tlp/">TLP</a> - Linux power management
tool to extend battery life.</li>
<li><a href="https://gohugo.io/">Hugo</a> - Open-source static website
generator.</li>
<li><a href="https://twtxt.readthedocs.io/en/stable/">twtxt</a> - A
decentralised, minimalist microblogging platform built on a text-based
protocol.</li>
<li><a href="https://sqlite.org/">sqlite</a> - Small, reliable SQL
database engine.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.argosopentech.com/">Argos Translate</a> - An
open-source translation tool that runs offline.</li>
<li><a href="https://noscript.net/">NoScript</a> - An open-source
browser extension that allows JavaScript to be executed only on trusted
websites of your choice.</li>
<li><a
href="https://developers.thegreenwebfoundation.org/co2js/overview/">CO2.js</a>
- A JavaScript library for estimating the carbon emissions associated
with software.</li>
<li><a href="https://tauri.app/">Tauri</a> - A framework for building
lightweight, native desktop applications with web technologies.</li>
<li><a href="http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/">XFE</a> - A simple and
efficient file manager.</li>
<li><a href="https://festival.pm/">Festival</a> - A lightweight music
player designed for local album collections.</li>
<li><a href="http://fox-toolkit.org/">FOX</a> - A portable C++ based
toolkit for building GUIs.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.getzola.org/">Zola</a> - A fast static site
generator in a single binary.</li>
<li><a href="https://100r.co/site/uxn.html">Uxn</a> - A portability
layer for graphical applications.</li>
</ul>
<h5 id="protocols">Protocols</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://geminiprotocol.net/">Gemini</a> - Minimalist,
text-based internet protocol.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor</a> - A privacy-focused,
decentralised network protocol.</li>
<li><a href="https://dat-ecosystem.org/">Dat Ecosystem</a> - A
peer-to-peer protocol and tools for decentralised data sharing.</li>
<li><a href="https://ipfs.tech/">IPFS</a> - Peer-to-peer file storage
and sharing protocol.</li>
<li><a href="https://meshtastic.org/">Meshtastic</a> - Open-source mesh
networking protocol designed for off-grid communication.</li>
</ul>
<h5 id="browsers">Browsers</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://dillo.org/">Dillo</a> - A multi-platform graphical
web browser, focused on speed and minimal resource usage.</li>
<li><a href="https://w3m.sourceforge.net/">w3m</a> - Text-based web
browser for low-resource environments.</li>
<li><a href="https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/">Lagrange</a> - A minimal,
open-source browser designed for browsing Geminispace.</li>
</ul>
<h5 id="search-engines">Search Engines</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite">DuckDuckGo Lite</a> - A
minimal version of the DuckDuckGo search engine.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.mojeek.com/">Mojeek</a> - Independent,
privacy-focused search engine.</li>
</ul>
<h5 id="social">Social</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://scuttlebutt.nz/">Scuttlebutt</a> - A decentralised,
low-bandwidth social network that works offline and is powered by a
peer-to-peer gossip protocol.</li>
<li><a href="https://join-lemmy.org/">Lemmy</a> - A federated,
open-source social platform for creating and joining communities.</li>
<li><a href="https://piped.video/">Piped</a> - An open-source
alternative frontend for YouTube which is efficient by design.</li>
<li><a href="https://mastodon.social/">Mastodon</a> - A decentralised,
open-source microblogging community.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="hardware">Hardware</h3>
<h5 id="devices">Devices</h5>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/open-source-hardware">OLinuXino</a>
- Single-board computers based on open-source hardware.</li>
<li><a href="https://frame.work/">Framework</a> - Customisable,
repairable laptops.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fairphone.com/">Fairphone</a> - Repairable
smartphones made with responsibly sourced materials.</li>
<li><a href="https://pine64.org/">pine64</a> - Devices based on
open-source hardware.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.greenarraychips.com/">Green Arrays</a> - Low
power computation platforms.</li>
<li><a href="https://rc2014.co.uk/">RC2014</a> - A simple 8 bit Z80
based modular computer.</li>
</ul>
<h5 id="repairing">Repairing</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ifixit.com/Guide">iFixit</a> - Step-by-step
guides for repairing various devices.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.repaircafe.org/en/">Repair Café</a> - Free
meeting places for repairing things together.</li>
<li><a href="https://therestartproject.org/">The Restart Project</a> -
Repair education, repair events, and advocacy for the right to
repair.</li>
</ul>
<h5 id="repurposing">Repurposing</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://unbina.re/">Unbinare</a> - An e-waste reverse
engineering lab.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="experimental">Experimental</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://solarprotocol.net/">Solar Protocol</a> -
Decentralised, solar-powered internet infrastructure.</li>
<li><a
href="https://permacomputingasapracticefordigitalgraphicdesign.com/">Permacomputing
as a practice</a> - Integrates permacomputing principles into graphic
design processes.</li>
<li><a href="https://reclaimed.systems/">Reclaimed Systems</a> -
Conducts research on ethical and sustainable technology, particularly in
AI’s societal and ecological impacts.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.designlife-cycle.com/">Designlife-cycle.com</a>
- Explores the life cycle, materials, energy use, and sustainability
challenges of everyday design products.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="communities">Communities</h2>
<h3 id="collectives">Collectives</h3>
<h5 id="computing">Computing</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://limits.pubpub.org/">Computing within Limits</a> -
An annual workshop concerning the role of computing in human societies
affected by real-world limits.</li>
<li><a href="https://freifunk.net/en/">Freifunk</a> - Decentralised,
non-profit wireless community network in Germany.</li>
<li><a href="https://repair.eu/">Right to Repair</a> - Advocates for
products to be designed for repairability and for universal access to
the necessary spare parts, tools, and repair manuals.</li>
<li><a href="https://greensoftware.foundation/">Green Software
Foundation</a> - An ecosystem of people, standards, tooling and best
practices for building green software.</li>
<li><a href="https://climateaction.tech/">ClimateAction.tech</a> - A
slack-based tech community to meet, discuss, and learn about climate
action.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.admscentre.org.au/electronics-ecologies/">Electronics
&lt; &gt; Ecologies</a> - A workshop series providing strategic research
outcomes and specialised training in sustainable electronics design and
hardware studies.</li>
<li><a href="https://lurk.org/">LURK</a> - Hosts discussions on
decentralised, sustainable computing and new digital environments.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.sustainablewebmanifesto.com/">Sustainable Web
Manifesto</a> - Advocates for sustainable design principles in the web
industry.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/">The Green Web
Foundation</a> - An independent non-profit that tracks how much of the
internet is powered by green energy.</li>
<li><a href="https://varia.zone/en/">Varia</a> - Rotterdam-based
community focusing on collective approaches to sustainable
technology.</li>
</ul>
<h5 id="art">Art</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://smallfile.ca/">Small File Media Festival</a> - A
film festival in Canada, focused on short films with file sizes less
than five megabytes.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.demoscene.info/">Demoscene</a> - Old-school
programming artistry using limited system resources to produce stunning
visuals and sounds.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.pixeljoint.com/">Pixel Joint</a> - Community
for artists making low-resolution, low-power pixel art.</li>
<li><a href="https://itch.io/jam/lowrezjam-2024">LOWREZJAM</a> - A game
jam where participants create games with a maximum resolution of 64x64
pixels.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.datagarden.org/">Data Garden</a> - A series of
bio-reactive installations that transform natural phenomena into
music-generating data.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fiber-space.nl/">Fiber Space</a> - Events and
workshops exploring permacomputing in creative and digital arts.</li>
<li><a href="https://unthinking.photography/projects/smallfile/">Small
File Photo Festival</a> - A mini festival encouraging and celebrating
small size photography.</li>
<li><a href="https://tcc.lovebyte.party/">Tiny Code Christmas</a> - A
yearly jam on low-level graphics programming.</li>
<li><a href="https://wattwise.games/">Watt-Wise Game Jam</a> - A
challenge to build low-energy games.</li>
<li><a href="https://digicam.love/">digicam.love</a> - Promotes
photography taken with old digital cameras.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="forums">Forums</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://slrpnk.net/c/permacomputing">Permacomputing on the
SLRPNK Lemmy instance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/permacomputing">Permacomputing on
the SDF Chatter Lemmy instance</a></li>
<li><a href="xmpp:lowtech@chat.disroot.org?join">Permacomputing on the
Disroot XMPP chat server</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lobste.rs/">Lobsters</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a
href="https://github.com/idematos/awesome-permacomputing">permacomputing.md
Github</a></p>