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We'll share more detailed blog posts about what we've learned so far in coming weeks. If you're building stuff with #AI that potentially has lasting value, and are hoping to give it a long-term home, please come chat with us. Feel free to ping us here, or on our Mattermost instance (operated by @canadaduane
Community chat log in
(chat.halecraft.org)
The second project has been around for almost 10 years: https://lib.reviews/ - a free and open source database of (human-written!) reviews. With help from AI coding tools, we've begun an overdue modernization of the codebase before piling on new features. Follow @lib_reviews for updates about the project.
The repository now also lives under the Permacommons umbrella:
A free/libre code and information platform for reviews of anything - permacommons/lib.reviews
GitHub (github.com)
So far we have published two substantive projects under the Permacommons umbrella. The first one is Chabeau, an open source terminal UI for OpenAI-compatible APIs, written in #Rust.
It's packed with features few other such UIs have (e.g., in-place refinement of messages), and fully in the public domain. You can find it here:
OpenAI-API compatible terminal chatbot in Rust. Contribute to permacommons/chabeau development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub (github.com)
Hi folks. Permacommons is a new initiative to build shared resources with #AI assistance. We're starting with open source software and are hoping to expand into other domains in future.
If you give credence to the idea that AI is a potential job killer at a massive scale, we believe new approaches to building and sustaining our collective future are needed -- beyond basic income.
We've expanded on this a bit in our inaugural blog post:
https://permacommons.org/posts/2025-07-29-beyond-ubi/