Modal Collective

Our second Reflection Developer Labs session is next Tuesday, March 17, at 15:00 UTC!

If you're interested in adding local-first sync to your GTK app, this is for you :)

Sign up here: https://pad.gnome.org/4uGYejbVSxO8LUPQRQZW-w

#ReflectionDeveloperLabs #gnome #gtk #p2panda #localfirst

Spring is approaching, and so is the next #BoilingTheOcean 🌿

When? Saturday, March 28
Where? Cultivation Space (Berlin)

It will be a single-day hacking event, focused on all the usual topics: mobile, local-first, platform, UX, and more. There will also be lightning talk slots in the evening.

More details and link to signup pad to follow!

#berlin #gnome #linuxmobile #postmarketOS #localfirst #gtk

If you missed yesterday's Reflection Developer Labs session but are curious how it went, you're in luck!

The recording is available here now: https://bbb3.gnome.org/playback/presentation/2.3/cd84e4cf96be207333ac00baae24fd0630fa28ac-1772549208221

RE: @modal@mastodon.design

It's today 🥳

See you in a few hours (3PM UTC) here: https://meet.gnome.org/rooms/evd-kyl-x5a-m9i/join

We're putting together some grant applications, and are wondering what skills and availability exist in our wider community 🧑‍🏭✨

We're particularly looking for people who can do feature work and technical management around things like GNOME, Flatpak, systemd, Freedesktop, Pipewire, ModemManager, etc.

Contact us if you think you'd be a good fit, either DM or email hi@modal.cx

#gnome #gtk #freedesktop #mobile #postmarketOS

The first Reflection Developer Labs session is *tomorrow* 🌈

If you have a GTK app idea (or existing app) that would benefit from local-first sync, this is for you!

Join us at 15:00 UTC here: https://meet.gnome.org/rooms/evd-kyl-x5a-m9i/join

Sign up here: https://pad.gnome.org/4uGYejbVSxO8LUPQRQZW-w?both

#ReflectionDeveloperLabs #gnome #gtk #p2panda #localfirst

New blog post: Why "digital sovereignty" requires a free software alternative to Android and iOS, and how we're building towards that 🏗️

https://modal.cx/blog/sovereign-mobile-stack

In case you didn't make it to FOSDEM (or didn't manage to get in the packed room), the recording of our talk is now available!

@adz@post.lurk.org and @tbernard@mastodon.social are talking about our broader goals and the ongoing work on p2panda and Reflection.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/MCVBNK-p2panda-modal-reflection

#p2panda #localfirst #gnome #gtk #reflection

The #ReflectionDeveloperLabs sessions are starting soon! It's a series of online events for GTK app developers to learn more about local-first, and give us feedback on what they need to add local-first sync to their apps 🪴🔃

First session: March 3, 15:00 CET, online

We'll give an introduction to the stack and present the WIP new p2panda node/client APIs and GObject bindings to get early feedback.

You can sign up here: https://pad.gnome.org/4uGYejbVSxO8LUPQRQZW-w

#localfirst #p2panda #gnome #gtk

#BoilingTheOcean 9 starts tomorrow!

On Friday we‘ll meet at @offline@autonomous.zone at 19:00 to plan the weekend discussions and hacking, starting with a talk about digital identity in P2P systems by @shibacomputer@post.lurk.org.

Saturday we're at Cultivation Space, for hacking and Reflection user testing with @bumbleblue@chaos.social.

Sunday we'll continue hacking at Cultivation Space.

If you want to take part in topic planning for the weekend, make sure to be there on Friday!

https://pad.gnome.org/G2dIYp3-Tl2bVC7Ii1HaCA

#gnome #localfirst #berlin

#BoilingTheOcean 9 is next weekend (Feb 13-15)! This time our main topic is identity in peer-to-peer systems. How can we prevent impersonation? What about large groups? What are defenses against physical attacks?

On Friday night we'll have a talk and discussion on these questions at @offline@autonomous.zone. Over the weekend we're at Cultivation Space to work through some of these questions (and hack on our other usual topics like mobile, GNOME UX, and more!)

Sign up here: https://pad.gnome.org/G2dIYp3-Tl2bVC7Ii1HaCA

@adz@post.lurk.org is talking about the Walkaway stack!

#fosdem #p2panda #localfirst

Hello FOSDEM! The Modal team is in Brussels in full force this week.

Many of us are attending the GNOME OS hackfest, and @adz@post.lurk.org and @tbernard@mastodon.social have a talk in the Local First room on Sunday: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/MCVBNK-p2panda-modal-reflection

Let us know if you want to meet up :)

#gnome #localfirst #fosdem #reflection

Calling all GTK app developers!

As part of the Reflection project we want to lay the groundwork for an ecosystem of native GTK apps with local-first sync/collaboration features. To do this in the most effective way possible we're asking for your input!

#gtk #gnome #localfirst #p2panda #berlin

Hello world! We are Modal, a new collective born out of the local Berlin community around Linux infrastructure. We're involved in projects like GNOME, postmarketOS, p2panda, and systemd.

We organize the #BoilingTheOcean events, and work upstream on a number of difficult problems in emancipatory computing, including local-first networking, mainline Linux on phones, and platform security.

Our long-term goal: A free software platform that's competitive with the iPhone 🌈

https://modal.cx/blog/what-is-modal