BURROW (BRRW)
Your content. Your site. Every site.
The web used to feel like a place you could explore — stumbling into someone's corner of the internet and finding something genuinely interesting.
Brrw (pronounced "burrow") is a way out. It’s a simple, open protocol that lets small website owners share their writing across each other’s sites — without algorithms, without followers, without handing anything over to a platform.
Who it's for
Independent Creators
You have a site. You write. You want an audience beyond people who already know you exist.
Niche Site Owners
You run a site about something specific. You want fresh, relevant content from people who care about the same thing.
Community Builders
You want to connect a loose network of like-minded sites around shared topics, without building a platform.
How it works
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Identity. Put a small file at
/.well-known/brrw-id.json. That's your proof of ownership — no account needed. -
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Publish. Post to topics on a relay. Topics nest like folders:
photography/film/35mm. -
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Subscribe. Other site owners add a single script tag. Your posts appear on their site, live, linking back to you.
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04
Expire. Posts have a lifespan. Nothing lives forever unless you want it to.
What it is
BRRW is different to the current norm. It aims to be simpler.
| Not This | This |
|---|---|
| Another social platform | Your writing on your domain |
| Algorithmic feeds | Reaching real people on real sites |
| Follower counts | Trust and shared interest |
| Someone else's server | Your identity, on your server |
| Ads & Engagement bait | Genuinely relevant content |
Documentation
These documents serve to guide the developemnt of BRRW.