An end-to-end open source P2P app framework
Unparalleled coordination and collaboration, at scale
Holochain gives digital agency to organizations, markets, and people. By combining cryptography, distributed databases, and consensus-free validation—new social magic is possible.
AboutLightweight, secure, versatile: made for everyday apps
Think BitTorrent + Git + Cryptographic Signatures
How it Works
Secure and resilient, without servers or blockchains.
1
You install an app, which signs and stores your data on your device.
2
You share your public data with a random set of peers.
3
Your peers validate the data against the app’s rules before storing it.
4
Invalid data triggers a network-wide security response.
App Devs
Serverless
The community is the infrastructure. Scale with the popularity of your app.
Connectable
Access other Holochain apps as if they were part of your codebase. No HTTP client, just function calls with optional access control.
Resilient
Compute and data live at the edges, which means there’s no infrastructure for you to maintain and defend. Holochain automatically adapts to disruptions and threats.
Blockchain Devs
Configurable
You choose your own terms. Set privileges, governance policies, and consensus rules according to your needs.
Scalable
Fast, cheap, and truly peer-to-peer compute and data. No processing fees or block confirmation wait times.
Forkable
Iterate to perfect. Hard forks aren’t governance crises but opportunities to play a new game.
Roadmap
Released
Infrastructure is operational, with dashboard showing data on key operating envelope metrics
Coordinator updates, memproof security improvements, K2 maintenance (documentation website, showcase demo app), authenticating bootstrap server, and various bug-fixes
In progress
A major follow up release to Holochain 0.6 which brings improved security and performance with minimal breaking changes
completed
47 %
115 points to complete
17 issues (~68 points) to estimate
162/345 pts
Velocity
27
pts/week
Time Left
7
weeks
Write a transport based on the iroh networking framework
87 %
4 points to complete
1 issue (~4 points) to estimate
52/60 pts
Complete the stabilization and test-ability of the Holochain workflows.
45 %
8 points to complete
2 issues (~8 points) to estimate
13/29 pts
Tech-debt, bug fixes, minor refactoring performance, usability issues, & enhancements
0 %
4 points to complete
1 issue (~4 points) to estimate
0/8 pts
Enable warranting and blocking of nodes that violate validation rules.
17 %
5 points to complete
1/6 pts
Ongoing documentation improvements.
20 %
4 points to complete
1 issue (~4 points) to estimate
2/10 pts
https://github.com/holochain/holochain/issues/4399
All Complete
Improvements to Holochain tooling and processes. Includes increasing use of automation, addressing technical debt.
58 %
7 points to complete
1 issue (~4 points) to estimate
15/26 pts
Changes to clients and HDK ergonomics to improve the experience of writing applications.
All Complete
Ongoing network component improvements.
33 %
8 points to complete
4/12 pts
Ongoing maintenance of the HTTP Gateway to keep it updated against the latest Holochain releases
All Complete
Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks.
5 %
28 points to complete
7 issues (~28 points) to estimate
3/59 pts
Covering all kinds of stand-alone bugs that don't fit into a larger epic
60 %
6 points to complete
9/15 pts
Maintenance of Holochain tooling such as scaffolding, hc-spin and tryorama
16 %
15 points to complete
3 issues (~12 points) to estimate
5/32 pts
Feature to enable apps to configure the network infrastructure they want to use, independently of the default bootstrap and signal server provided by Holochain
73 %
3 points to complete
8/11 pts
Maintenance of Wind Tunnel such as Holochain version upgrades
0 %
2 points to complete
0/2 pts
Identify and fix security issues. Excluding those covered by other Epics such as Warrants.
38 %
17 points to complete
1 issue (~4 points) to estimate
13/34 pts
Reduce the maintenance scope for the Holochain team
All Complete
Wind Tunnel testing of the Unyt app for UX improvements
All Complete
Maintenance activities for released versions, such as backporting and doing releases
78 %
4 points to complete
14/18 pts
Ongoing maintenance of Kitsune2
All Complete
completed
41 %
109 points to complete
19 issues (~76 points) to estimate
127/312 pts
Velocity
27
pts/week
Time Left
7
weeks
Write a transport based on the iroh networking framework
64 %
4 points to complete
1 issue (~4 points) to estimate
14/22 pts
Complete the stabilization and test-ability of the Holochain workflows.
30 %
8 points to complete
2 issues (~8 points) to estimate
7/23 pts
Improvements and fixes for stabilizing Holochain's performance/behavior, and/or APIs
All Complete
Tech-debt, bug fixes, minor refactoring performance, usability issues, & enhancements
All Complete
Important but not urgent enhancements and feature requests.
All Complete
Ongoing documentation improvements.
All Complete
Confirmation and testing of Holochain's working in local-first environments.
All Complete
Improvements to Holochain tooling and processes. Includes increasing use of automation, addressing technical debt.
65 %
4 points to complete
1 issue (~4 points) to estimate
15/23 pts
Changes to clients and HDK ergonomics to improve the experience of writing applications.
57 %
11 points to complete
2 issues (~8 points) to estimate
25/44 pts
Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks.
0 %
5 points to complete
0/5 pts
Covering all kinds of stand-alone bugs that don't fit into a larger epic
All Complete
Maintenance of Holochain tooling such as scaffolding, hc-spin and tryorama
All Complete
A major refactoring effort to improve the consistency of Holochain's data model and its state maintenance
14 %
48 points to complete
8 issues (~32 points) to estimate
13/93 pts
Feature to enable apps to configure the network infrastructure they want to use, independently of the default bootstrap and signal server provided by Holochain
33 %
8 points to complete
2 issues (~8 points) to estimate
8/24 pts
Consistency and improvements to the HDK to work towards a stable version
20 %
8 points to complete
2 issues (~8 points) to estimate
4/20 pts
Identify and fix security issues. Excluding those covered by other Epics such as Warrants.
0 %
5 points to complete
0/5 pts
Reduce the maintenance scope for the Holochain team
0 %
3 points to complete
0/3 pts
Maintenance activities for released versions, such as backporting and doing releases
0 %
1 point to complete
0/1 pt
DNA migration is a Holochain feature that permits apps to be upgraded with a new DNA in one or more cells
0 %
4 points to complete
1 issue (~4 points) to estimate
0/8 pts
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Showcasing the Building Blocks of Holochain
Holochain is a chain like no other: simultaneously a validated onchain experience, and a fully distributed peer-to-peer application framework. This makes Holochain unique in the world of software and distributed networks. Here are a few building blocks that demonstrate what is possible.

Collaboration
'We' is a meta-app or interface for creating groupware that is shareable, forkable, and fusible, giving new powers to self-governing groups. As agent-centric software, each user decides what groups and applets they opt into.
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Coordination
'hREA' is superpowered economic coordination for businesses, communities, and commons — and the networks between them. It is simple, modular, and composable for developers to build precisely for their groups' needs.
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Synchronicity
'Syn' is a pair of JavaScript and Holochain libraries that work together to demonstrate synchronous coordination with Holochain apps. This allows teams to collaborate with real-time editing during live sessions.
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