Summing up
We want to provide everything the users need at a good price, with good services, and a good selection. We want our network to give developers the opportunity to reach the largest audience on the Web. We want to enable providers to compete on price, services, and geography. We want to allow businesses to white-label our software, to build collaborative blockchain- or cloud-based networks, and reach users in new ways.
We have highlighted all our milestones towards achieving this goal in our 2020 roadmap!
We want to provide everything the users need at a good price, with good services, and a good selection. We want our network to give developers the opportunity to reach the largest audience on the Web. We want to enable providers to compete on price, services, and geography. We want to allow businesses to white-label our software, to build collaborative blockchain- or cloud-based networks, and reach users in new ways.
We have highlighted all our milestones towards achieving this goal in our 2020 roadmap!
2020 will be an exciting year! Here’s our end-of-the-year update on what’s to come, including the status of the Cardstack Builder and our new roadmap for the Cardstack Project.
https://medium.com/cardstack/whats-new-at-cardstack-4bde1eb79dcf
https://medium.com/cardstack/whats-new-at-cardstack-4bde1eb79dcf
Medium
What’s New at Cardstack?
We have big plans for 2020: The Cardstack Builder and the new project roadmap
2020 is the year of launches!
Join us as we dive into our new roadmap, explaining how we will converge our separate features into one cohesive experience. This article tells you all about our plans for Card.Space, Cardstack Builder, Card Catalog, Tally, and more things to come.
https://medium.com/cardstack/2020-the-year-of-launches-82ab84e4a1c7
Join us as we dive into our new roadmap, explaining how we will converge our separate features into one cohesive experience. This article tells you all about our plans for Card.Space, Cardstack Builder, Card Catalog, Tally, and more things to come.
https://medium.com/cardstack/2020-the-year-of-launches-82ab84e4a1c7
Medium
2020: The Year of Launches
A deep look into the new roadmap for the Cardstack Project
Coming up: The new Cardstack website!
We’ll be launching our completely revamped website in the coming days. Get ready to learn all about our product orientation in a user-friendly language and design, including a sneak preview of the Cardstack Builder.
We’ll be launching our completely revamped website in the coming days. Get ready to learn all about our product orientation in a user-friendly language and design, including a sneak preview of the Cardstack Builder.
We have launched the new Cardstack website!
Visit our revamped website, which conveys our product orientation in a less techy and more user-friendly way. As you will see, the Cardstack platform will enable users to build their own apps the no-code way, while designers and developers provide extensions via custom themes, advanced features, and integrations. Finally, service providers can join the Cardstack membership network to host these apps in any cloud. And it’s all coordinated through a unified billing system built on the Ethereum blockchain.
Check it out yourself to learn all about our product and technology, as well as our design & development studio:
https://cardstack.com/
Visit our revamped website, which conveys our product orientation in a less techy and more user-friendly way. As you will see, the Cardstack platform will enable users to build their own apps the no-code way, while designers and developers provide extensions via custom themes, advanced features, and integrations. Finally, service providers can join the Cardstack membership network to host these apps in any cloud. And it’s all coordinated through a unified billing system built on the Ethereum blockchain.
Check it out yourself to learn all about our product and technology, as well as our design & development studio:
https://cardstack.com/
Cardstack
Cardstack · Software for an Open World
Cardstack is a composable open software ecosystem built on the foundation of shared code, shared data, and shared revenue.
How do you create custom themes for your cards?
Watch the latest installment of the Cardstack Developer Series, where our engineer Jen Weber shows you how to make a card your own, using the CSS features of the Cardstack Themer.
https://youtu.be/3FSgcEXGZ8I
Watch the latest installment of the Cardstack Developer Series, where our engineer Jen Weber shows you how to make a card your own, using the CSS features of the Cardstack Themer.
https://youtu.be/3FSgcEXGZ8I
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Branding Cards with the Cardstack Themer - Cardstack Developer Series
Cards can be styled to look exciting, unique, and on-brand. This can be achieved by choosing background colors (with a built-in color picker), changing fonts and labels, customizing the spacing, inserting logos or icons, and rearranging the layout.
Learn…
Learn…
We are changing our community management approach!
After two years of AmaZix-led community management, we are now transitioning to a team-led community management approach. While AmaZix has done a great job moderating our chat groups in the past, we would like to be more involved with our community directly—as we have already started to do in some of our Discord channels, where you can get answers to your questions straight from our team. With that in mind, we have decided to take on the role of community manager ourselves, including both our Discord and Telegram groups. As we take over our social media channel communication, we will ensure that the conversation stays on topic, while we give our community members better and more frequent access to our team.
We do ask for your patience, as we may be a bit understaffed for now, but we plan to expand our team (thus our social media coverage) as quickly as possible.
After two years of AmaZix-led community management, we are now transitioning to a team-led community management approach. While AmaZix has done a great job moderating our chat groups in the past, we would like to be more involved with our community directly—as we have already started to do in some of our Discord channels, where you can get answers to your questions straight from our team. With that in mind, we have decided to take on the role of community manager ourselves, including both our Discord and Telegram groups. As we take over our social media channel communication, we will ensure that the conversation stays on topic, while we give our community members better and more frequent access to our team.
We do ask for your patience, as we may be a bit understaffed for now, but we plan to expand our team (thus our social media coverage) as quickly as possible.
Welcome to the Cardstack Updates channel!
This is where all Cardstack news will be shared first. Be sure to join our community channel as well, to discuss the Cardstack Project: https://t.me/cardstack
Summary
Cardstack is the world’s first cooperative SaaS platform—where users, designers, developers, and service providers work together to break the status quo, creating the shared software catalog for the next decade. Users mix and match features to build fully functional apps and custom workflows on their own, benefiting from prebuilt templates, themes, and no-code tools as part of a cohesive user experience. Experts jump in to make these apps more powerful and connect them to existing enterprise systems, while hosting providers run the apps in the users’ preferred environments. This open marketplace, based on open-source software and an open protocol that rewards all contributors, creates connections without intermediaries in a sustainable ecosystem that aims to become the catalyst for Web 3.0.
Links
Website: https://cardstack.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cardstack
GitHub: https://github.com/cardstack/cardstack
Medium blog: https://medium.com/cardstack
Youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/cardstackproject
Weekly updates: https://www.notion.so/Cardstack-Updates-7a516107f5a84858a3e0682dfd9a93f3
Roadmap: https://medium.com/cardstack/2020-the-year-of-launches-82ab84e4a1c7
White paper: https://resources.cardstack.com/whitepaper/overview/executive-summary
Vision paper: https://resources.cardstack.com/vision/chapter-1
Reward model: https://resources.cardstack.com/assets/media/cardstack-reward-model-v1.0.pdf
Token mechanism: https://resources.cardstack.com/assets/media/cardstack-token-mechanism-v1.0.pdf
Tally protocol: https://medium.com/cardstack/the-card-protocol-explained-c78e8e091a72
Developer documentation: https://docs.cardstack.com/release/
This is where all Cardstack news will be shared first. Be sure to join our community channel as well, to discuss the Cardstack Project: https://t.me/cardstack
Summary
Cardstack is the world’s first cooperative SaaS platform—where users, designers, developers, and service providers work together to break the status quo, creating the shared software catalog for the next decade. Users mix and match features to build fully functional apps and custom workflows on their own, benefiting from prebuilt templates, themes, and no-code tools as part of a cohesive user experience. Experts jump in to make these apps more powerful and connect them to existing enterprise systems, while hosting providers run the apps in the users’ preferred environments. This open marketplace, based on open-source software and an open protocol that rewards all contributors, creates connections without intermediaries in a sustainable ecosystem that aims to become the catalyst for Web 3.0.
Links
Website: https://cardstack.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cardstack
GitHub: https://github.com/cardstack/cardstack
Medium blog: https://medium.com/cardstack
Youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/cardstackproject
Weekly updates: https://www.notion.so/Cardstack-Updates-7a516107f5a84858a3e0682dfd9a93f3
Roadmap: https://medium.com/cardstack/2020-the-year-of-launches-82ab84e4a1c7
White paper: https://resources.cardstack.com/whitepaper/overview/executive-summary
Vision paper: https://resources.cardstack.com/vision/chapter-1
Reward model: https://resources.cardstack.com/assets/media/cardstack-reward-model-v1.0.pdf
Token mechanism: https://resources.cardstack.com/assets/media/cardstack-token-mechanism-v1.0.pdf
Tally protocol: https://medium.com/cardstack/the-card-protocol-explained-c78e8e091a72
Developer documentation: https://docs.cardstack.com/release/
Cardstack Updates pinned «Welcome to the Cardstack Updates channel! This is where all Cardstack news will be shared first. Be sure to join our community channel as well, to discuss the Cardstack Project: https://t.me/cardstack Summary Cardstack is the world’s first cooperative SaaS…»
Mix & match features to build your no-code workflow!
“Choose from a library of prebuilt templates. Adjust and combine them to create your very own apps, which help you manage your projects, sync your tasks, and grow your business.”
The new Cardstack website presents the powerful tools we offer users—like a form creator, access control, white-label support, and interactive messaging, as well as task synchronization (based on our Gitchain technology) and automation (e.g. to generate invoices and multi-currency payments).
https://cardstack.com/
“Choose from a library of prebuilt templates. Adjust and combine them to create your very own apps, which help you manage your projects, sync your tasks, and grow your business.”
The new Cardstack website presents the powerful tools we offer users—like a form creator, access control, white-label support, and interactive messaging, as well as task synchronization (based on our Gitchain technology) and automation (e.g. to generate invoices and multi-currency payments).
https://cardstack.com/
Working together to break the status quo
“Users, designers, developers, and service providers cooperate to create the shared software catalog for the next decade.”
The new Cardstack website visualizes the competitive focus of the last decade, which led to application silos that required multiple logins from users. The next decade will be all about cooperation across individuals, businesses, and industries instead—as all network participants will be connected through an open and fair protocol.
https://cardstack.com/
“Users, designers, developers, and service providers cooperate to create the shared software catalog for the next decade.”
The new Cardstack website visualizes the competitive focus of the last decade, which led to application silos that required multiple logins from users. The next decade will be all about cooperation across individuals, businesses, and industries instead—as all network participants will be connected through an open and fair protocol.
https://cardstack.com/
Build it on your own
“The Cardstack Builder brings the fun (and profit) of building software to non-coders, which is 99.9% of humanity!”
The new Cardstack website gives you a sneak preview of our user-friendly app building tool, which allows users to assemble, configure, style, and publish their own apps without writing any code.
https://cardstack.com/
If you would like to learn more about the Cardstack Builder, check out this blog post: https://medium.com/cardstack/the-ultimate-card-building-tool-25c442e22bed
“The Cardstack Builder brings the fun (and profit) of building software to non-coders, which is 99.9% of humanity!”
The new Cardstack website gives you a sneak preview of our user-friendly app building tool, which allows users to assemble, configure, style, and publish their own apps without writing any code.
https://cardstack.com/
If you would like to learn more about the Cardstack Builder, check out this blog post: https://medium.com/cardstack/the-ultimate-card-building-tool-25c442e22bed
Design it to fit your needs
“Do it in style. Create templates and themes for others to choose from, while you grow your client base with custom and premium themes.”
The new Cardstack website conveys the relationship between designers and users—as users get to choose from a shared catalog of themes, which are created by designers, who in turn get paid for their work based on usage.
https://cardstack.com/
“Do it in style. Create templates and themes for others to choose from, while you grow your client base with custom and premium themes.”
The new Cardstack website conveys the relationship between designers and users—as users get to choose from a shared catalog of themes, which are created by designers, who in turn get paid for their work based on usage.
https://cardstack.com/
Code it to do more
“Most SaaS products are proprietary, so one company owns your data. Because Cardstack is open source, you own not only your data, but your customized software too.”
The new Cardstack website gives you an overview of the benefits Cardstack offers developers—being open source, fully documented, and (due to the underlying CARD Protocol) profitable too! Plus, there’s a detailed list telling you which skills you need to extend Cardstack yourself via UI customization, feature enhancements, or system integration.
https://cardstack.com/
“Most SaaS products are proprietary, so one company owns your data. Because Cardstack is open source, you own not only your data, but your customized software too.”
The new Cardstack website gives you an overview of the benefits Cardstack offers developers—being open source, fully documented, and (due to the underlying CARD Protocol) profitable too! Plus, there’s a detailed list telling you which skills you need to extend Cardstack yourself via UI customization, feature enhancements, or system integration.
https://cardstack.com/
Host it anywhere you want
“Similarly to other open-sourced software like WordPress, users can choose any hosting provider to manage and run their Cardstack-based app for them. A large number of hosting providers in the Cardstack ecosystem will ensure that users from around the world get tailored services that fit their budget and requirements.”
The new Cardstack website introduces the first hosting provider of the Cardstack ecosystem—Card.Space—and tells you how your company can join the Cardstack membership network. Service providers will benefit from a global software catalog, unified billing & payments, cross-honored memberships, and a token-curated registry.
https://cardstack.com/
“Similarly to other open-sourced software like WordPress, users can choose any hosting provider to manage and run their Cardstack-based app for them. A large number of hosting providers in the Cardstack ecosystem will ensure that users from around the world get tailored services that fit their budget and requirements.”
The new Cardstack website introduces the first hosting provider of the Cardstack ecosystem—Card.Space—and tells you how your company can join the Cardstack membership network. Service providers will benefit from a global software catalog, unified billing & payments, cross-honored memberships, and a token-curated registry.
https://cardstack.com/
The Cardstack Mission
“We are building the alternative to centralized SaaS apps that lock users into the platforms of Silicon Valley’s tech giants.”
The new Cardstack website reflects our mission to jumpstart Web 3.0—by offering connections without intermediaries between individuals and organizations through a three-part approach: Open Source, Open Marketplace, Open Protocol
https://cardstack.com/
“We are building the alternative to centralized SaaS apps that lock users into the platforms of Silicon Valley’s tech giants.”
The new Cardstack website reflects our mission to jumpstart Web 3.0—by offering connections without intermediaries between individuals and organizations through a three-part approach: Open Source, Open Marketplace, Open Protocol
https://cardstack.com/
The tech stack beneath Cardstack
The new Cardstack website gives you a detailed overview of the Cardstack technology and architecture. Learn all about our decentralized application server, user experience, SDK, schema, runtime, security model, protocol adapters, integration plugins, module registry, and deployment options.
https://cardstack.com/technology
The new Cardstack website gives you a detailed overview of the Cardstack technology and architecture. Learn all about our decentralized application server, user experience, SDK, schema, runtime, security model, protocol adapters, integration plugins, module registry, and deployment options.
https://cardstack.com/technology
Our goal: Cooperation instead of competition
We aim to steer the decentralized tech ecosystem away from the competitive mindset of the last 10 years, where all tech companies competed against each other for eyeballs, dollars, developer mindshare, and screen time. At Cardstack, we believe that the next 10 years will be about cooperation between network participants instead:
- Users drive usage → They are the source of economic value in the ecosystem.
- Developers create new tools → They broaden the capability of the ecosystem.
- Protocol community members manage the incentive & governance model → They ensure successful cooperation between participants of the ecosystem.
We aim to steer the decentralized tech ecosystem away from the competitive mindset of the last 10 years, where all tech companies competed against each other for eyeballs, dollars, developer mindshare, and screen time. At Cardstack, we believe that the next 10 years will be about cooperation between network participants instead:
- Users drive usage → They are the source of economic value in the ecosystem.
- Developers create new tools → They broaden the capability of the ecosystem.
- Protocol community members manage the incentive & governance model → They ensure successful cooperation between participants of the ecosystem.
Our plans for 2020: A shared foundation for our apps
In 2019, we focused on various use cases for our software, building open-source apps around decentralized finance, content syndication, and media registries.
In 2020, we aim to unify the features of these apps into one common runtime, based on Card Schema V2—which allows users to mix and match cards from different suites (whether the focus is finance, content, data management, or workflow) and run them on the same server, in the same framework, with the same hosting provider. All our applications will share the same foundation.
You can read more about Card Schema V2 in this blog post: https://medium.com/cardstack/card-schema-explained-8c5340a7cd9f
In 2019, we focused on various use cases for our software, building open-source apps around decentralized finance, content syndication, and media registries.
In 2020, we aim to unify the features of these apps into one common runtime, based on Card Schema V2—which allows users to mix and match cards from different suites (whether the focus is finance, content, data management, or workflow) and run them on the same server, in the same framework, with the same hosting provider. All our applications will share the same foundation.
You can read more about Card Schema V2 in this blog post: https://medium.com/cardstack/card-schema-explained-8c5340a7cd9f
Medium
Card Schema Explained
Lightly edited transcript of Chris Tse’s tech talk
The first hosting service: Card.Space
Card.Space will be the first hosting platform for dApps in the Cardstack ecosystem. It empowers users who don’t have the technical capabilities to run their own decentralized apps, by offering them a one-click hosting service that is reliable, cost-effective, and easy to use.
It works just like any other platform: Once you have an account, you can create your own space for yourself, your team, your private/public group, or a hierarchy of interrelated subteams. Then, you can run any Cardstack app written in Card Schema V2 just by opening a template in the browser—and start interacting with it immediately.
All service providers in the Cardstack membership network will benefit from a global software catalog, unified billing & payments, cross-honored membership, and a token-curated registry. To learn more about the role of service providers, take a look at our website: https://cardstack.com/
Card.Space will be the first hosting platform for dApps in the Cardstack ecosystem. It empowers users who don’t have the technical capabilities to run their own decentralized apps, by offering them a one-click hosting service that is reliable, cost-effective, and easy to use.
It works just like any other platform: Once you have an account, you can create your own space for yourself, your team, your private/public group, or a hierarchy of interrelated subteams. Then, you can run any Cardstack app written in Card Schema V2 just by opening a template in the browser—and start interacting with it immediately.
All service providers in the Cardstack membership network will benefit from a global software catalog, unified billing & payments, cross-honored membership, and a token-curated registry. To learn more about the role of service providers, take a look at our website: https://cardstack.com/
Cardstack
Cardstack · Software for an Open World
Cardstack is a composable open software ecosystem built on the foundation of shared code, shared data, and shared revenue.
Developers are card makers: The Card SDK
Last year, we launched Card SDK V1, enabling developers to build apps that tap into the full power of the Cardstack Hub—with its indexing, transactional writing, access control, API generation, and UI support, including templating and routing.
Since then, we have been upgrading the Card SDK to support the V2 model that is currently in development. Card SDK V2 improves the encapsulation of code, making it easier for developers to reuse modules they have created in other cards. For example: Once you have built a payment processing card for credit card or crypto payments, you can insert it into any other card you are building (e.g. a concert ticket card), which can use the exact same payment UI, API calls, and wallet integrations.
The future Card SDK V2 documentation will be available here: https://docs.cardstack.com/release/
Last year, we launched Card SDK V1, enabling developers to build apps that tap into the full power of the Cardstack Hub—with its indexing, transactional writing, access control, API generation, and UI support, including templating and routing.
Since then, we have been upgrading the Card SDK to support the V2 model that is currently in development. Card SDK V2 improves the encapsulation of code, making it easier for developers to reuse modules they have created in other cards. For example: Once you have built a payment processing card for credit card or crypto payments, you can insert it into any other card you are building (e.g. a concert ticket card), which can use the exact same payment UI, API calls, and wallet integrations.
The future Card SDK V2 documentation will be available here: https://docs.cardstack.com/release/
Cardstack
What is Cardstack? - Home - Cardstack Documentation
Cardstack is an open source framework that enables Web 3.0. “Cards” form the building blocks that allow for bringing in data from disparate sources, beautiful UI animations, encapsulated and flexible data schemas, and a quick ramp-up experience. Both...