A Willow emblem: a stylised drawing of a Willow’s branch tipping into a water surface, next to a hand-lettered display of the word "Willow".A detailed illustration. In the centre, a Willow emblem: a stylised drawing of a Willow’s branch tipping into a water surface, next to a hand-lettered display of the word "Willow". Connected to this emblem with dashed lines are various networks. In the top left, a network of computers being used by Alfie and Betty. On the right, Gemma, Epson, and Phoebe are networking with handheld devices. In the bottom left, Lemmy is crouched behind a server, trying to fix it. Below, Dalton heaves an enormous USB stick around. In the bottom right, Bip and Bop chat with each other. And at the top, a frustrated Numpty is unable to connect with anyone.

Peer-to-peer protocols which scale up, down, and sideways.

EmblemWillow is a set of protocols for running your own digital spaces. All spaces are completely independent from each other, and they can be as big or small as you want.

EmblemThese digital spaces are stored on your own hardware, cutting out unwanted third parties.

EmblemOnly devices which have been given explicit consent to store data can receive it.

EmblemStore any kind of data, organised in a manner similar to files and folders.

EmblemData can travel between devices in many different ways, so you can choose the appropriate pathways, whether that's the internet or a USB key.

Willow

EmblemSynchronisable data storage with destructive editing.

  • Works offline.
  • Store any kind of data.
  • Truly destructive editing.
  • Actually delete stuff.
  • End-to-end encryptable.
  • Eventually consistent.

Meadowcap

EmblemA capability system for fine-grained access control

  • No central authority needed.
  • No assumptions about what an identity is.
  • Owned namespaces for top-down moderation.
  • Communal namespaces for bottom-up networks.

Confidential Sync

EmblemPrivate and efficient synchronisation

  • Encrypted communication.
  • Only syncs what you're interested in.
  • Only syncs what others have access to.
  • Man-in-the-middle attack resistant.
  • Streaming sync.
  • Dainty bandwidth and memory usage.

Drop Format

EmblemSecurely deliver data by any means possible.

  • Package Willow data in a single encrypted file.
  • Move it however you want.
  • Sneakernets.
  • Email.
  • FTP servers.
  • Messaging apps.
  • Dead drops.