openfrontSocial

Open source
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Micro.blog

Creator studio, items, collections, site profile, publications, destinations, activity, creators, and privacy requests.

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Live demo

Try Mara Voss

Explore the live storefront, then open the dashboard to see the operator experience behind it.

social.openship.org

Demo Access

Open the live storefront or dashboard sign-in.

Storefront URL

https://social.openship.org

Dashboard URL

https://social.openship.org/dashboard

Platform

Publish from your own studio

Items, collections, the site profile and every published version live in one studio, with a record of each publication, destination consent and privacy request.

openfrontSocialItems

Items

Site visible/mara-voss38 items

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Drafts7
Published29
Archived2
All38Draft7Published29Archived2
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  • Listening for the Last FerryPublished

    PostField NotesEdited Oct 23, 2026

    Unpublished changes
  • Tide tables, annotatedDraft

    NoteField NotesEdited Oct 23, 2026

  • Breakwater 10KPublished

    RunRunsEdited Oct 21, 2026

  • Harbor Sound ArchivePublished

    ProjectProjectsEdited Oct 19, 2026

    Link only
  • Low Light, Long WaterPublished

    AlbumAlbumsEdited Oct 14, 2026

  • Reading list: autumnDraft

    BookBooksEdited Oct 12, 2026

    Private collection
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Recreated from features/platform/items/screens/ItemListPage.tsx (opens in a new tab) with sample records.

10 platform workspaces

Studio

  • Items
  • Collections
  • Site

Publishing

  • Publications
  • Destinations
  • Activity
  • Your data

People

  • Creators
  • Privacy requests

Create

  • Creator setup
Workflows

Built around social work

Openfront Social is a self-hostable personal publishing application. Creators organize a profile, collections, and items in a studio, publish to their own site, and keep a record of every published version.

Creator studio, one view

Openfront Social is a self-hostable personal publishing application. Creators organize a profile, collections, and items in a studio, publish to their own site, and keep a record of every published version.

Publication records

A snapshot of every published version with its time and provenance

Destination consent records for every external publication

Creator directory with site status and roles

Publication records, one platform

Writers, photographers, runners, and other creators who want a personal site they own, plus administrators hosting several creators.

US
EU
AP

Run it wherever you operate

Run the application and PostgreSQL database in infrastructure you choose, adapt the workflows in source, and keep operational records under your organization’s control.

Workflow People and privacy
Current workflows and operating signals
1
Creator directory with site status and roles
2
Access, correction, and erasure requests reviewed by an administrator
3
Posts, notes, runs, projects, albums, films, books, and links in ordered collections
Creator directory with site status and roles
Access, correction, and erasure requests reviewed by an administrator

People and privacy

Creator studio, items, collections, site profile, publications, destinations, activity, creators, and privacy requests.

Audience

For the teams operating this workflow

Writers, photographers, runners, and other creators who want a personal site they own, plus administrators hosting several creators.

Ownership

Run it on infrastructure you choose

Run the application and PostgreSQL database in infrastructure you choose, adapt the workflows in source, and keep operational records under your organization’s control.