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This sounds eerily similar to https://anytype.io

Anytype seems to be playing in the same general space that we are. But, all I know about it is what I can glean from their website, so I can't say for sure how similar it is in concrete terms.

To offer one distinction: while both projects are at an early stage and undergoing development, Noosphere has been open source from the beginning. You can scrutinize our work and kick the cans on it today (warning: very alpha / do not use in production). We invite active participation from all who are interested, and welcome contributions to our Github projects.

https://github.com/subconsciousnetwork/noosphere

I would love to try it out, but what is the current user experience exactly? All the code is in Rust, so is it command line only for now?

Is there a text editing app with a social element where you follow other people?

Currently we have a CLI that demonstrates multi-device synchronization in principle. You can install it using `cargo install noosphere-cli` (it installs a binary called "orb"). We also have pre-built binaries of orb for x86_64 Linux that you can find on our releases on Github (e.g., https://github.com/subconsciousnetwork/noosphere/releases/ta...). We'll be expanding our pre-built binaries to include other platforms soon.

Also, we have recently released a Swift package that gives a path to easily install our project as a dependency in XCode. We're turning the corner on offering the same FFI backing implementation as a TypeScript + WASM package, too. But, as I mentioned it's early days for us, so set your expectations accordingly.

The best way to stay up to date with new things you can do is join our Discord. I make regular announcements there about our technical progress.

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