···22title: Tangled docs
33author: The Tangled Contributors
44date: 21 Sun, Dec 2025
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66-77-# Introduction
88-99-Tangled is a decentralized code hosting and collaboration
1010-platform. Every component of Tangled is open-source and
1111-self-hostable. [tangled.org](https://tangled.org) also
1212-provides hosting and CI services that are free to use.
55+abstract: |
66+ Tangled is a decentralized code hosting and collaboration
77+ platform. Every component of Tangled is open-source and
88+ self-hostable. [tangled.org](https://tangled.org) also
99+ provides hosting and CI services that are free to use.
13101414-There are several models for decentralized code
1515-collaboration platforms, ranging from ActivityPub’s
1616-(Forgejo) federated model, to Radicle’s entirely P2P model.
1717-Our approach attempts to be the best of both worlds by
1818-adopting the AT Protocol—a protocol for building decentralized
1919-social applications with a central identity
1111+ There are several models for decentralized code
1212+ collaboration platforms, ranging from ActivityPub’s
1313+ (Forgejo) federated model, to Radicle’s entirely P2P model.
1414+ Our approach attempts to be the best of both worlds by
1515+ adopting the AT Protocol—a protocol for building decentralized
1616+ social applications with a central identity
20172121-Our approach to this is the idea of “knots”. Knots are
2222-lightweight, headless servers that enable users to host Git
2323-repositories with ease. Knots are designed for either single
2424-or multi-tenant use which is perfect for self-hosting on a
2525-Raspberry Pi at home, or larger “community” servers. By
2626-default, Tangled provides managed knots where you can host
2727-your repositories for free.
1818+ Our approach to this is the idea of “knots”. Knots are
1919+ lightweight, headless servers that enable users to host Git
2020+ repositories with ease. Knots are designed for either single
2121+ or multi-tenant use which is perfect for self-hosting on a
2222+ Raspberry Pi at home, or larger “community” servers. By
2323+ default, Tangled provides managed knots where you can host
2424+ your repositories for free.
28252929-The appview at tangled.org acts as a consolidated "view"
3030-into the whole network, allowing users to access, clone and
3131-contribute to repositories hosted across different knots
3232-seamlessly.
2626+ The appview at tangled.org acts as a consolidated "view"
2727+ into the whole network, allowing users to access, clone and
2828+ contribute to repositories hosted across different knots
2929+ seamlessly.
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33313432# Quick start guide
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