ItsGoin is an open source project that welcomes contributors of all kinds.
+ItsGoin was built by a network/tech web dev and junior programmer who's been vibe-coding well beyond his skill level with the help of AI. The architecture is ambitious — a fully decentralized social network with mesh routing, NAT traversal, envelope encryption, and a CDN tree — and it actually works.
+But "works" and "works well" are different things. The codebase needs experienced eyes. There are rough edges, performance opportunities, and entire planned features that need real expertise to do right.
+If you find that interesting rather than terrifying, you're exactly who we need.
+The design document is comprehensive — it covers every protocol message, every architectural decision, and what's planned next. Start here to understand what you're looking at.
+The full source is on our self-hosted Forgejo instance. Fork it, poke around, open issues, submit pull requests.
+ +The Discord is where we discuss design decisions, report bugs, coordinate work, and generally hang out. It's small right now — that means your voice matters more.
+ +The core library (crates/core) is ~15K lines of Rust handling networking, sync, encryption, and storage. If you know Rust and are interested in P2P systems, there's plenty to dig into — performance tuning, error handling, protocol edge cases.
The UI is plain HTML/CSS/JS with no build step — intentionally simple. But simple doesn't mean it can't be better. The frontend talks to the Rust backend through Tauri IPC commands.
+Download the app, use it with friends, and tell us what breaks. Real-world testing across different networks, NAT types, and devices is invaluable. Bug reports on the Forgejo issue tracker or Discord are hugely helpful.
+We're doing envelope encryption, group keys, ed25519 signatures, X25519 DH key exchange. If you have cryptography experience, we'd love a review of the implementation.
+Not a coder? That's fine. Help improve docs, suggest features, find UX problems, write tutorials. Every perspective helps.
+| Component | Technology |
|---|---|
| Core library | Rust (~15K lines) |
| P2P networking | iroh 0.96 (QUIC + mDNS) |
| Storage | SQLite |
| Encryption | ChaCha20-Poly1305 + X25519 |
| Desktop/mobile | Tauri v2 |
| Frontend | Plain HTML/CSS/JS (no framework, no build step) |
| Platforms | Android, Linux (AppImage) |
| Code hosting | Forgejo (self-hosted) |
ItsGoin is licensed under Apache 2.0. Use it, fork it, build on it. The only requirement is that you keep the license notice.
+ItsGoin is open source and built in public. This project was started by a network/tech web dev vibe-coding beyond his skill level with AI assistance. The design is ambitious and the implementation is real — but more hands make lighter work. If any of this interests you, jump in.
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