WebNative
Webnative is a design philosophy and ecosystem for building web applications that place user-owned data at the center of the experience. In a webnative model, individuals control their data across apps and devices, and data can be moved or shared without lock-in to a single service. This approach emphasizes portability, privacy, and interoperability rather than data silos controlled by individual applications.
Core ideas include cryptographic identities, portable data formats, and decentralized or distributed syncing. Users own an
Technical architecture typically features a local data store that is content-addressed and versioned, a data model
The webnative stack often includes a browser-based file system and an application interface designed for cross-application
In development discourse, webnative is seen as part of the broader movement toward a decentralized or self-sovereign