Overview of the Holochain Ecosystem

This section explores the vibrant ecosystem surrounding Holochain technology, including organizations, projects, communities, and resources. The Holochain ecosystem represents a diverse network of individuals and groups working to advance agent-centric distributed computing.

Core Organizations

Holochain Foundation

  • Non-profit organization stewarding Holochain development
  • Provides governance and strategic direction
  • Supports ecosystem growth and adoption

Holo

  • Commercial entity providing hosting services
  • Enables Holochain applications to interface with the web
  • Developed HoloFuel as a mutual credit accounting system

MetaCurrency Project

  • Philosophical and theoretical foundation
  • Research into patterns of collective intelligence
  • Development of currency design principles

Holochain Applications (hApps)

Holochain Applications Directory

  • Comprehensive directory of applications built on Holochain
  • Implementation examples and case studies
  • Development status and resources
  • Elemental Chat - Peer-to-peer messaging application
  • Acorn - Project management and coordination
  • Kizuna - Community coordination platform
  • DeepKey - Distributed key management

Community Resources

Developer Communities

  • Holochain Forum - Discussion and support
  • Discord Community - Real-time collaboration
  • GitHub Repositories - Open source development
  • Developer Calls - Regular community meetings

Educational Resources

  • Holochain DevCamp - Developer training program
  • Documentation and Tutorials - Learning materials
  • Community Calls - Regular updates and discussions
  • Blog and Articles - Thought leadership and updates

Funding and Support

  • Holochain Open Development Environment (HODE)
  • Community grants and bounties
  • Ecosystem development funds
  • Commercial partnerships

Getting Involved

  1. Join the Holochain Forum and Discord
  2. Explore existing hApps and projects
  3. Participate in community calls and events
  4. Contribute to open source repositories
  5. Build your own hApp

External Resources

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Holochain Applications (hApps)

Directory of applications, projects, and use cases built on the Holochain framework

hREA (Holochain Resource-Event-Agent)

hREA is an open-source framework designed to facilitate economic network coordination using the Holochain platform, implementing the Valueflows specification based on the REA accounting model.