Integrations¶
External tools wired into BNI projects. Brief reference — follow the docs link for full detail.
Communication & Storage¶
Proton Drive — E2E-encrypted cloud storage. No public API; use the desktop sync app to expose a local folder (read/write locally, Proton handles encrypted sync). Proton Bridge covers Mail only (IMAP/SMTP), not Drive. — https://proton.me/support/proton-drive
Privacy & Anonymity¶
Reference picks for the Second Boot Ubuntu toolbox and curriculum.
Tor — Anonymity network. Roles: Tor Browser (anonymous browsing on the Ubuntu desktop), Orbot (route Android app traffic), torsocks (CLI), v3 onion services (host without IP exposure). Embeddable client via Arti (Rust crate, MIT/Apache) — the path to add IP protection to MPowerUP. Running a non-exit bridge/middle relay on a refurb/Pi-class node is an on-mission contribution and curriculum lab; do not run exit relays without ISP/legal sign-off. — https://www.torproject.org · relay requirements: https://community.torproject.org/relay/relays-requirements/
Briar — Offline-resilient secure messenger (Android). P2P with no internet (Bluetooth/Wi-Fi mesh + sneakernet + Briar Mailbox on a spare/refurb device). No phone number, no account, Cure53-audited, Tor for internet transport. GPLv3. Recommended privacy messenger for the Second Boot toolbox and an honest interim referral for MPowerUP users. — https://briarproject.org
Domains & Web¶
Squarespace (moving off this) — Domain registration and DNS for bignerdidea.com and bignerdidea.org. Managed under [email protected] (personal) and [email protected] (Foundation). — https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/categories/200294488
Hosting & Infrastructure¶
GitHub / GitHub Pages — Source control and CI/CD for all BNI projects. — https://github.com/Big-Nerd-Idea · https://docs.github.com
Cloudflare Pages — Static landing pages (bignerdidea.com / .org). Free tier, global CDN, easy GitHub integration. — https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages
Fly.io — WebSocket-persistent Node.js servers (MPowerUP relay, Colyseus game server). Free tier includes 3 shared VMs. — https://fly.io/docs
Vercel — Next.js hosting for the rlivn admin portal. Free hobby tier; GitHub integration. — https://vercel.com/docs
Railway — Fastify API hosting. $5 credit/month free tier; simple deploy from GitHub. — https://docs.railway.app
AWS (free tier) — EC2 t3.micro (12 months), S3, CloudFront, Lambda, Amplify. Reserve for workloads that outgrow the above. — https://aws.amazon.com/free
AI & ML¶
Anthropic / Claude API — Cloud inference for the rlivn companion AI. Ephemeral sessions — no conversation retention. Model: claude-sonnet-4-6. — https://docs.anthropic.com
Ollama — Local LLM inference on the rlivn tablet; offline fallback when the Claude API is unavailable. Model updates are signed and hash-pinned. — https://github.com/ollama/ollama
Data¶
FalkorDB — Redis-module graph database. Used at the MPowerUP relay layer for circle graph operations (revocation quorum, Sybil detection). In-memory by default — aligns with the no-persistence relay policy. — https://docs.falkordb.com
Kuzu — Embedded graph DB (C++ core, Cypher, MIT). Identified as the future device-side replacement for SQLite adjacency tables once React Native bindings are available. — https://kuzudb.com/docusaurus/docs
Documentation¶
MkDocs + Material theme — Static site generator for all BNI public docs. Source in docs/, builds to site/, published via Cloudflare Pages. — https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material
Finance & Operations¶
Open Collective — Interim fiscal sponsorship before 501(c)(3) is granted (~5% fee); enables tax-deductible donations immediately. Evaluate once public fundraising begins. — https://docs.opencollective.com