Awesome Humane Technology

Category: Themed Directories
Tags: open-source, ethics, technology

Overview

Awesome Humane Technology is a curated “awesome list” of open-source projects and resources focused on improving society and promoting humane technology practices. It highlights initiatives that address issues such as privacy invasion, surveillance capitalism, tech monopolies, social media addiction, and related mental health and societal impacts.

Mission

• Improve individual and collective wellbeing.
• Support human freedom in digital environments.
• Strengthen society by encouraging ethical and humane uses of technology.

Features

• Curated directory of projects: A maintained list of open-source projects that aim to:
  • Reduce negative impacts of technology (e.g., addiction, mental health strain).
  • Counter large-scale privacy invasion and surveillance capitalism.
  • Provide alternatives to monopolistic tech platforms.
• Ethics-focused scope: Emphasis on humane design, digital wellbeing, and responsible technology practices.
• Community-driven curation: Connected with the Humane Tech Community, where contributors discuss and surface relevant projects and ideas.
• Open-source orientation: Focus on open-source tools and resources that can be inspected, used, and improved by the public.
• Social impact emphasis: Highlights technology that supports healthier online behavior and more resilient societies.
• Platform independence / GitHub alternative:
  • The project has moved off GitHub in support of the “Give Up GitHub” campaign.
  • Current canonical home is on Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/teaserbot-labs/delightful-humane-design.

Community & Participation

• Humane Tech Community Forum: Open forum for discussion of humane technology topics and sharing of projects and ideas.
• Fediverse presence: Project and community updates via Mastodon at @humanetech@mastodon.social.
• Activism focus: Encourages participants to become “humane tech activists” by:
  • Raising awareness of harmful tech patterns.
  • Promoting and contributing to humane alternatives.

Licensing / Platform Stance

• The project explicitly does not consent to use of its code by GitHub Copilot.
• Encourages others to consider leaving GitHub and using more freedom-respecting platforms such as Codeberg.

Pricing

• Not applicable; this is a free, open-source curated list/directory.

Source & Project Links

• Directory Readme / Info: https://github.com/humanetech-community/awesome-humane-tech#readme (legacy location)
• Current Project Home: https://codeberg.org/teaserbot-labs/delightful-humane-design
• Community Forum: https://community.humanetech.com
• Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@humanetech