Show HN: Mu – The Micro Network
17 days ago
- #tech
- #sustainability
- #privacy
- Big tech prioritizes profit over user well-being, fostering addictive behaviors.
- Mu Network proposes rebuilding services without ads, algorithms, or exploits.
- Initial offerings include API, PWA, LLM chat, RSS news, YouTube search, and micro-blogging.
- Upcoming features: private mail, wallet for credits, utilities like QR scanner, and a services marketplace.
- Mu operates on a membership model with a subscription fee for sustainability and user influence.
- Benefits include ad-free, algorithm-free experience and direct communication with the development team.
- Installation requires Go, setting up environment variables, and obtaining API keys for YouTube and Fanar.
- Launch the app with 'mu --serve' and access via localhost:8081.