Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web
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Re: Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web
#2Hello HN!
This tool is inspired by Kagi Small Web (recent thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47410542). A common concern raised here is that Kagi Small Web currently accepts only blogs, comics and YouTube channels. It does not accept arbitrary small websites. That limitation motivated me to build Wander.
Wander is fully decentralised. Anyone can host it on their own website. It consists of just two files: an `index.html` for the Wander console and a `wander.js` where you link to other Wander consoles. It is a bit like a webring, but more flexible. Each console can link to any number of sites and other consoles.
There is no server-side code, no database, nothing to install. If you have a website, you can set it up by uploading just two files. In fact, you can host it on GitHub Pages or Codeberg Pages too.
If you like the idea, please join the network. I would love to see it grow.
More details about how it works and how to set it up here: https://codeberg.org/susam/wander#readme
Re: Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web
#3Oh, that's neat. I think to really understand it though I'll have to explore it and experiment with hosting my own Console.
Re: Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web
#4Cool idea - it’s like a recommended set of links, but integrated into an interface like stumble upon or Kagi’s small web browser
Re: Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web
#5Love this, but I need it to allow me to break the frame. I found some neat sites, but I need a button to open them in a new tab, frame-free, if I want to.
Re: Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web
#6It includes only 17 URLs: https://susam.net/wander/wander.js
Re: Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web
#7This will get really fun when influencers get a hold of the idea and start connecting themselves into the Wander community.
Re: Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web
#8Awesome it’s hosted on codeberg too
Re: Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web
#9Looks cool. Good job!
Re: Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web
#10It includes only 17 URLs: https://susam.net/wander/wander.js
17 + 11 URLs from https://dahlstrand.net/wander/wander.js + 26 URLs from https://www.siddharthagolu.com/wander/wander.js that I link to from the above link. So 54 URLs so far.
The number of URLs grow as more people add this tool to their website and add each other as neighbours. The tool is capable of discovering neighbouring consoles and showing URLs from there.