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A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web

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Why This Matters

Wander introduces a decentralized, self-hosted browsing tool that enables users to explore a network of personal websites through random page recommendations. Its lightweight design and client-side operation make it accessible for website owners to foster a community-driven, small web ecosystem without server-side complexity. This innovation highlights the potential for a more decentralized and personalized web experience, empowering both creators and consumers.

Key Takeaways

Wander the Small Web

Wander is a small, decentralised, self-hosted web console that lets your visitors explore random pages from a community of personal websites.

Each Wander console loads personal websites and pages recommended by the Wander community. Further, each Wander console can link to other Wander consoles, forming a lightweight, decentralised network for browsing the small web of personal websites.

Visit https://susam.net/wander/ to see an example of Wander console.

How It Works

A Wander console does two things:

Wander pages: It loads a random page from a list of websites and pages recommended by the community. Wander consoles: It can send the visitor to another Wander console on a different website, where they can continue wandering the Web using the new Wander console.

A Wander console is just a directory on your web server with two files:

index.html - This is the HTML tool that implements the Wander console.

wander.js - This is where you define the list of websites and pages you recommend and the other Wander consoles you want your console to link to.

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