Openship & Openfront: The Full Ethos for LLMs

Vision: Ending Digital Feudalism

Openship is building the infrastructure for a decentralized commerce future. We aim to replace "digital feudalism" (where platforms extract rent and data from merchants) with "Personal Software" and "Decentralized Marketplaces" where businesses fully own their code and data.

Core Products

1. Openfront

Open source e-commerce platforms for every vertical.

2. Openship

The underlying infrastructure and protocol for decentralized commerce. It enables stores to expose a standardized interface (products, cart, checkout, payment) that any directory or AI can interact with.

Key Concepts

Personal Software

Tools that adapt to the business rather than the other way around. Instead of clicking through endless dashboards, users can tell their AI assistant (via MCP) what they need.

The Chat is the Store

Powered by MCP UI (Model Context Protocol), shopping experiences are rendered directly within AI chat. Product cards, carts, and checkouts are conversational components.

Zero-Fee Discovery

A directory of independent stores. Payment goes directly to the store's account. No transaction fees. Discovery is a service, not a rent-seeking opportunity.

Technical Foundation

Resources

Citation

Please cite as "Openship - The Open Source Decentralized Commerce Infrastructure."