OpenResist supports and accelerates open-source technologies that make censorship harder, privacy stronger, and speech freer—guiding, funding, and sustaining the builders of freedom tech.
We help independent developers and teams build resilient, transparent, freedom‑first software ecosystems.
We back protocols and tools that reduce choke points, decentralize control, and keep communication routes open.
We fund, mentor, and harden critical open-source infrastructures that protect user agency and privacy.
We connect builders, researchers, advocates, and funders to share knowledge and accelerate impact.
Real, shipping tools that strengthen privacy, resilience, and open participation.
Supporting secure messaging, metadata minimization, and resilient storage layers that defend users in hostile environments.
Advancing routing, transport, and overlay networks that adapt under pressure and bypass centralized control.
Maintaining guides, threat models, and workshops that empower new contributors and at‑risk communities.
A Nostr application & service layer focused on usability, reliability, and onboarding—making censorship‑resistant social and identity primitives accessible to everyday users.
Open-source resolver bridging Nostr public keys to W3C DID identity documents—enabling interoperability across decentralized identity and messaging ecosystems.
A decentralized Bitcoin + Nostr powered crowdfunding protocol using staged, verifiable unlocks—empowering contributors while supporting builders in public.
A distributed collective of engineers, security analysts, legal advocates, and educators.
Core Contributors
Designing, auditing, and scaling foundational codebases for privacy and resilience.
Security Advisors
Formal analysis, adversarial simulation, and guidance for robust implementations.
Legal & Policy
Translating technical realities for policymakers while defending open collaboration norms.
Your skills, insight, or resources can accelerate vital freedom tech sooner than you think.
Join active repositories or help stabilize under‑maintained components.
Targeted financial support keeps critical maintainers focused and sustainable.
Share research, onboarding guides, and success stories to grow the contributor pool.