What is a Nivenly Foundation Project?
Nivenly Foundation Projects are open-source initiatives aligned with the mission and principles of the Nivenly Foundation. They aim to solve complex challenges, foster innovation, and promote collaboration within their respective domains. By being a part of the Nivenly ecosystem, these projects gain access to resources, expertise, and a supportive community.
What Does It Mean to Be a Nivenly Foundation Project?
To be a Nivenly Project means being part of a shared vision for open, sustainable, and impactful development. These projects operate under the governance and guidance of the Nivenly Foundation, adhering to its principles of transparency, sustainability, autonomy, and project control.
Nivenly Projects are empowered to remain autonomous in their technical and community decisions while benefiting from the Foundation’s overarching support. The Nivenly Foundation was intentionally designed to have a light framework, allowing contributors to “build the plane in flight.” This approach ensures that projects can evolve organically, adapting to the needs of their communities and contributors. By providing this flexible structure, the Nivenly Foundation fosters an environment where innovation thrives and solutions are tailored to real-world demands.
Projects Funded by The Nivenly Foundation
Funding from the Nivenly Foundation signifies a commitment to the long-term success of a project. Projects funded by the Foundation receive financial resources, access to shared infrastructure, and operational support. This funding allows teams to focus on development, community engagement, and scaling their initiatives without the constant concern of resource constraints.
Examples of funded projects include:
- Infrastructure costs, such as hosting and bandwidth.
- Developer grants to incentivize contributions.
- Marketing and outreach campaigns to grow user and contributor bases.
Projects “Under” Nivenly
Projects “under” the Nivenly Foundation benefit from the Foundation’s governance framework, community guidelines, and operational support. These projects are not necessarily funded directly by Nivenly but are recognized as part of its ecosystem.
Being “under” Nivenly means:
- Adhering to the Nivenly Foundation’s principles and governance processes.
- Having access to Nivenly’s resources, such as documentation templates, contributor guides, and mentorship opportunities.
- Participating in cross-project collaboration and shared learning.
Open Contribution
It’s important to note that you don’t need to be a Nivenly Foundation Member to contribute to its projects. Contributions are welcome from anyone, regardless of membership status, as long as they align with the project’s goals and guidelines. This open approach ensures a diverse and vibrant contributor base, which is essential for innovation and growth.
Whether you’re writing code, improving documentation, or helping with community management, your contributions make a meaningful impact. Explore our projects, find an area where you can contribute, and become part of the Nivenly Foundation’s journey today!

Aurae
Aurae is a free and open source Rust project providing a memory-safe runtime daemon, process manager, and PID-1 initialization system to remotely schedule processes, containers, and virtual machines.
It also provides official clients in Rust and Go, but exposes everything through a gRPC API allowing a breadth of possible integrations.

Hachyderm
Hachyderm is a social media site built on Mastodon. Here we are building a curated network of respectful professionals in the tech industry around the globe. Welcome to anyone who follows the rules and needs a safe home or fresh start.
We are hackers, professionals, enthusiasts, and are passionate about life, respect, and digital freedom. We believe in peace and balance and providing safe spaces.

Pachli
Pachli is an application (now) and an association (aspirational).
Pachli-the-application is a best-in-class Android client for Mastodon and Mastodon-like servers. If you're familiar with Tusky then you'll love Pachli.

Fediverse Security Fund
Security bounty fund to sponsor contributors who responsibly disclose security vulnerabilities in popular open source Fediverse software.
This is a new program and we want to gather data about how contributors will engage with it, the Fund will allocate a maximum of $5,000 USD between April 1, 2025 and the end of September 30, 2025.

Your project?
Projects can apply to join Nivenly, you can read about this process over at the Projects section.