Directory of useful sites that work reasonably well on Dillo with a focus on human crafted content. Typically with no JavaScript and modest use of CSS. No affiliation.
Alternative Frontends #
Farside- Alternative frontends to many sites.
Archives #
[Usenet Archives](https://yarchive.net/)- Articles saved from Usenet newsgroups by Norman Yarvin
[Textfile directory](http://textfiles.com/directory.html)- BBS text files archive 1980-1995.
[Web Textfiles](http://web.textfiles.com/)- BBS text files archive post 1995.
Archive Team- Loose collective of rogue archivists, programmers, writers and loudmouths dedicated to saving our digital heritage.
Blog Aggregators #
Bearblog- "Discover articles and blogs on Bear". Bubbles- "Independent blog posts, ranked by the community. Good stuff bubbles up. The rest pops". CAPCOM(proxy)- "CAPCOM is a public aggregator of subscribable Gemini pages and Gemini Atom feeds".
Blog Platforms #
[Bear](https://bearblog.dev/)- "A privacy-first, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging platform".
[Mataroa](https://mataroa.blog/)- "Naked blogging platform, for minimalists".
Books #
[Project Gutenberg](https://www.gutenberg.org/)- Online library with over 75,000 free eBooks
(
[example](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11/pg11-images.html)). [Standard Ebooks](https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/)- High quality free public domain eBooks
(
example). Wikipedia Book Search- Search a book using the ISBN in multiple sites and databases.
Open Textbook Library- Library for textbooks with an open license.
Fediverse #
Smolfedi- A smolweb Fediverse client.
Forums #
MelonLand Forum- Forum for art and creative topics (closed on mondays). 32-Bit Cafe- "A community of like-minded website hobbyists and professionals helping to make the web fruitful and bountiful again". Privacy Guides- "Socially motivated website that provides information for protecting your data security and privacy".
Magazines #
[Low Tech Magazine](https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/)- Solar-powered magazine covering low technology solutions.
[Good Internet](https://www.goodinternetmagazine.com/)- A magazine for the non-corporate and independent web.
[Phrack](https://phrack.org/index_latest.html)- Computer security and hacker culture magazine since 1985.
[Paged Out!](https://pagedout.institute/)- Programming, security, electronics and similar topics.
[ELPiS](https://elpis.ws/)- Magazine exploring the small web, indie web, and digital minimalism.
Marketplace #
Epic Attic- Marketplace listing with no checkout or shopping cart (UK based).
Newspapers #
[NPR text](https://text.npr.org/)- Text-only version of National Public Radio (US).
[CBC Lite](https://www.cbc.ca/lite/news)- Text-only version of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
[NewsWaffle](gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/)([proxy](https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/))- News aggregator via Gemini.
[Timef](https://timef.com/)- News aggregator (US centric).
[Slowernews](https://www.slowernews.com/)- Hand crafted news updated when relevant.
Research #
Search Engines #
[Marginalia](https://old-search.marginalia.nu/)- Small independent search engine.
[Wiby](https://wiby.org/)- Search engine for older style and lightweight pages.
[DuckDuckGo Lite](https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite)- Lightweight version of DuckDuckGo search engine.
[Mojeek](https://www.mojeek.com/)- Independent search engine.
Software #
[ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Main_page)- Arch Linux curated documentation (applicable to many other distros).
[Awesome Self-Hosted](https://awesome-selfhosted.net/)- Comprehensive list of free software for self-hosting (big!).
[Let's Decentralize](https://letsdecentralize.org)- Alternatives to the standard internet stack.
[POSIX.1-2008 Specification](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2008edition/mindex.html)- POSIX.1-2008 official documentation (see table of contents).
Sustainability #
Earth Notes- Practical steps to reduce carbon footprint. Permacomputing- "Permacomputing is both a concept and a community of practice oriented around issues of resilience and regenerativity in computer and network technology inspired by permaculture".
Technology News #
[Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/)- Computing-focused link aggregator with moderated discussion.
[LWN](https://lwn.net/)- Reader-supported news for Linux and free software development.
[Blue Dwarf](https://bluedwarf.top/)- Link aggregator with a small social network hosted on a RPi 3.
[Altershash](https://alterslash.org/)- Unofficial Slashdot digest.
Web Directories #
[Plaintext World](https://plaintextworld.com/)- "A collecton of plaintext (and mainly text) websites".
[UnScripted](https://alex.envs.net/)- "A guide to navigating the web without JavaScript".
[Greycoder text-only news](https://greycoder.com/a-list-of-text-only-new-sites/)- "A list of text-only & minimalist news sites".
BMK Lite & Text Only News and other Websites- "A List of text only & lightweight, News, Sports, Weather, Search Engines, Cooking, Tech News, News Aggregator Websites, and other stuff". Cheapskate's Guide- "Resources page for the Cheapskate's Guide to Computers and the internet".
[Marginalia Links](https://www.marginalia.nu/links/)- "The Internet is not much without links. We should link more".
[XXIIVV Bookmarks](https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/bookmarks.html)- "The Bookmarks is a curated list of websites".
[マリウス Bookmarks](https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/bookmarks/)- "Collection of all bookmarks that I used to save across multiple browsers and devices".
[Seirdy Search Engines](https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes/)- "A look at search engines with their own indexes".
Webrings #
[Merveilles](https://webring.xxiivv.com/)- Hand-crafted wikis and portfolios for artists and developers.
[IndieWeb Webring](https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/directory)- Blogs and personal sites from IndieWeb (many images!).