🌐 The Old Web Project · Bring back the human web · own your space, own your media, keep the web weird 🌐

Join the project

Be part of the human web

There’s no membership fee and no gatekeeping. The project grows through people who build, submit, archive, and share. Here’s how to take part — pick one.

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Build a personal website

Even a single page on your own domain is a vote for the independent web.

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Submit your site

Add your independent site to the directory and the webring — the form is right below.

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Add the badge

Embed the 88×31 badge + webring nav so visitors can travel between member sites.

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Subscribe with RSS

Follow sites directly instead of through a feed. Bring back the open “follow.”

Contribute essays

Help make the case — pitch a piece on the independent web or preservation.

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Archive endangered content

Save a vanishing page to the Internet Archive and your own drive before it’s gone.

Submit your site to the ring

Building something independent — a fan site, a personal page, a weird little project that isn’t trying to harvest anyone’s attention? You’re exactly who this is for.

After you submit, you’ll get an email with the webring snippet to add to your site. Add it within 7 days and we’ll verify & add you to the ring.

Other ways to help

Share the project, get the badge, or reach out about collaborating.