The Skyscape Manifesto

We believe in open infrastructure

For too long, the platforms that developers depend on have been closed, proprietary systems. Heroku, Vercel, and others build incredible tools—but keep the code behind locked doors. We're doing things differently.

The Skyscape is open source. Not just our libraries or SDKs, but the actual platform that powers your code, your repositories, and your deployments. We're licensed under AGPL-3.0, which means any fork of our platform must remain open too.

We believe developers deserve a social home

GitHub is excellent for code, but it's missing something essential: community. Where are the conversations? The connections? The ability to discover what other developers are building and thinking?

LinkedIn exists, but it's designed for recruiters and job seekers—not for developers who want to share ideas, collaborate, and build together.

The Skyscape bridges this gap. We combine the code hosting you need with the social features you deserve. Share your work, follow developers you admire, discuss ideas, and build your professional presence—all in one place.

We believe in source-available code

Every repository on The Skyscape is source-available. We encourage you to license your code however you choose—MIT, Apache, GPL, AGPL, or even proprietary—but we believe in transparency.

Code should be viewable. Ideas should be shareable. When you host on The Skyscape, others can learn from your work, fork your projects, and contribute back. That's how great software gets built.

We believe platforms should empower, not extract

The major platforms have gotten comfortable. They take your code, your data, and your network effects—and give you a service in return. But the relationship is imbalanced.

We're building something different. The Skyscape isn't just a service—it's infrastructure you can trust, inspect, and even run yourself if you want. We're AGPL because we want this platform to belong to the community, not to shareholders.

We believe in developers first

This platform is built by developers, for developers. No marketing fluff. No enterprise sales teams dictating features. No venture capitalists demanding growth at all costs.

Just a simple idea: what if the tools we use every day were built in the open, designed for our needs, and owned by the community?

We believe in building together

The Skyscape isn't finished. It's evolving. We're building better discovery tools, improving collaboration features, and making it easier to share your work with the community.

But here's the thing: you can help. Our platform is open source. You can contribute by creating repositories, sharing your projects, opening issues, and submitting pull requests. This is your platform as much as it is ours.

Open Source & Licensing

The Skyscape platform is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Our framework library, DevTools, is licensed under MIT. Your code and repositories retain their own licenses.

View our source code and contribute on GitHub: github.com/The-Skyscape