An open-source forum and shared Library for communities that want their conversations, discoveries, and knowledge to last.
In a tangled web of fleeting feeds and forgotten threads, Storyden makes what matters stay discoverable, readable, and shareable. On your terms.
Own your data. Build your own corner of the web.
Collective memory. Without the noise.
Home for your people.
And for what they know.
Community you can come back to.
A place for conversations to unfold, ideas to take root, and people to stay connected at their own pace.
Room for a proper conversationThe little harbour is finally playable
I got the boats moving! The lighting still needs work. How would you make the docks feel a little more lived-in?
4 repliesLove the scale of this. The environment art field guide in our Library has a whole section on telling stories with props.
Exactly what I needed. Some coiled ropes and a lantern by the boats next!
Knowledge gardens,
not content farms.
From fan clubs to research groups, digital zines to esports teams. For anyone who cares about ideas and the people behind them.
Make the good finds
part of the furniture.
Someone shared it.
Now everyone can build on it.
A reading list for your design circle. A wiki for your game. A directory of places your club loves. The Library gives shared knowledge a home beside the conversations that made it.
Organise pages together, add useful properties, and link people to something that keeps getting better.
Meet your community’s LibraryGood design book recommendations?
“This one changed how I think about everyday objects.”
- Author
- Don Norman
- Topic
- Human-centred design
A shared reading list, ready when someone asks.
Conversations flow. Ideas grow.
A good answer can lead to a shared reading list, and a shared reading list can start the next conversation.
Curate, with a little help.
Optional AI Bring in a link and get a starting point for its title, tags, and summary.
A helping hand with the filing. Suggest a title or tags, import a summary from a link, or ask a configured Robot to help find and organise material. You can also do it all yourself.
See how assistance worksA shared space,
looked after together.
Running a community is a labour of love.
A community’s character comes from the people who care for it. Thoughtful tools for moderation and shared spaces help keep that character intact as the community grows.
Look after your community“The feedback here has turned into personal remarks. Could a moderator take a look?”
Feedback on the harbour scene
Some of the routine
can look after itself.
Optional AIConfigure a Robot to help with a focused job, then use a Trail to run it on a schedule or in response to an event.
Review recent contributions. Surface things that need attention. Keep the run history close, and leave decisions that need a person with your organisers.
You choose the model provider, tools, and permissions. AI assistance requires configuration; it’s never a condition of joining in.
Explore connected assistanceA little help before the weekend
- Friday, 16:00Scheduled
Review this week’s Library contributions.
- Review completedCompleted
Three new location guides added this week.
- One for the organisersNeeds attention
A suggested change needs a decision.
Your community.
Your terms.
Put your name on the door. Set your own rules. Run Storyden on your own infrastructure, with your community’s identity front and centre. Big social tech has no say.
Start with the built-in defaults. Add integrations, change the frontend, or connect your own tools as your ambitions grow.
Make yourself at home
Custom sites & tools
API · OAuth · PluginsRobots & connected tools
MCP · Optional AISTORYDEN HUMAN COMPUTER | ||||||
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| GITHUB STARS | 340 | SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS | WINDOWS MACOS LINUX | |||
| GIT COMMITS | — | |||||
| API ENDPOINTS | — | |||||
| CONTRIBUTORS | — | MIN MEMORY | NOT BENCHMARKED | |||
| LINES OF CODE | — | MIN CORES | WORKLOAD DEPENDENT | |||
Up and running before | ||||
docker run -p 8000:8000 ghcr.io/southclaws/storyden | ||||
PLEASE SEE SUPPLIED MANUAL FOR OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS | OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE | |||
Come on in.
Make yourself at home.
Meet the people behind Storyden in our community.
Then imagine what yours could become.