Discover the creative possibilities of a unified operating system.
Assembly Hackathon 2023
This year’s Assembly Hackathon has the highest prize pool on Urbit ever. Are you prepared to rise to the challenge, showcase your skills, and claim victory?
Learn MoreUrbit provides foundational primitives at the operating system layer, serving as a better platform for building networked, decentralized applications.
Identity
Identity is built-in at the lowest level of the stack – say goodbye to auth systems.
Functional Network
Immutable, functional programming across the entire OS and network
Built-in Database
Every piece of state in your application is persistent, always
Peer-to-Peer Applications
Urbit makes robust peer-to-peer applications easy to build
Open Distribution
Distribute software directly to users — you are your own app store
Web Interfaces
Urbit applications can be built on any interface framework, including the web
Thanks to this architecture, you can take software into production within weeks rather than months.
Quickstart: Lightning Tutorials
Jump right in and build an app in under a half hour.
Groups Application
Build an app to create public or private groups
Encrypted Chat Application
Build your own secure comms tool
Ring Signature Voting App
Build an anonymous voting app for groups
Guides
Learn the foundations of software development on Urbit with our core curriculum of guides and workbooks.
Hoon School
Learn the fundamentals of the Hoon programming language
App School
Learn how to build Urbit userspace applications by writing your own Gall agents
Courses
Want an interactive experience to truly learn software development on Urbit?
Join the next cohort for Hoon or App School Live and learn with a group.
Community
The developer community is friendly, helpful, and organized from within Urbit itself.
Opportunities
Urbit is growing and there are many opportunities to find a job, grant, or funding for your great idea.
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