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Overview

DFOS is a place for groups to have their own private internet — a space where they gather, make things, and share what they earn.

Almost everything here comes back to spaces and who's in them. Your stuff lives inside a space, and it's visible to the people in that space — not the open web.

The Platform docs​

These pages are for the person using DFOS:

  • Get started — the few ideas everything rests on: who you are, what a space is, and who can see what. Start here if you're new.
  • Using DFOS — a closer look at each part of the product: accounts, sessions and keys, verified domains, spaces, roles, groups, joining, the desktop, posts, chat, the calendar, notifications, subscribers, media, and leaving. Dip in when you have a specific question.
  • Money — how spaces earn, hold, and pay out money: keys, the shop, wallets, treasuries, and refunds.

Building on DFOS​

If you're a developer, the Developers section covers what you can build on top of a space:

  • the DFOS API — an HTTP API over public spaces, posts, events, products, and profiles, anonymous to read and, with a user's consent, able to read and write on their behalf,
  • Sign in with DFOS — letting people sign in to someone else's app with their DFOS identity,
  • Agents & connected apps — connecting an AI agent to your account,
  • and the protocol — the open, verifiable identity and authorship layer underneath it all.