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User & Agents

User & Agents is a community focused on increasing user agency in the software we use every day.

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Top financial contributors

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Luke Hubbard

500 EUR since May 2025

2
Eva

230 EUR since May 2025

3
Dietrich Ayala

200 EUR since Apr 2025

4
Peter van Hardenberg

150 EUR since Jun 2025

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cdata

100 EUR since May 2025

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Guest

50 EUR since May 2025

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Daniel

40 EUR since Apr 2025

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Charles Cunningham

30 EUR since May 2025

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cw

30 EUR since May 2025

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Vasco Santos

30 EUR since May 2025

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Xi

25 EUR since May 2025

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Mike Moran

20 EUR since May 2025

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will

20 EUR since May 2025

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basile-at-starling

10 EUR since May 2025

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Ankesh Bharti

5 EUR since Apr 2025

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Unternet

100 EUR since May 2025

User & Agents is all of us

Our contributors 18

Thank you for supporting User & Agents.

Dietrich Ayala

Admin

€200 EUR

Ankesh Bharti

Admin

€5 EUR

Luke Hubbard

sponsor

€500 EUR

Eva

€230 EUR

Unternet

€100 EUR

cdata

€100 EUR

Guest

€50 EUR

Daniel

€40 EUR

Charles Cunni...

€30 EUR

cw

€30 EUR

Vasco Santos

€30 EUR

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+€400.00EUR
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+€150.00EUR
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Credit from Eva to User & Agents

+€200.00EUR
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Contribution #858745
Today’s balance

€1,374.02 EUR

Total raised

€1,374.02 EUR

Total disbursed

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Estimated annual budget

€3,760.00 EUR

About


We are a community space focused on shaping the future of user-agent systems. Our goal is to empower individuals with software that enables them to create their own agency.

The software economy is shifting from a model driven by attention capture to one focused on user intent and purposeful engagement. To enable such an intent-driven system, we need user agents to serve as a perimeter of devices, platforms, and services maximizing agency for individuals. Browsers, as the only open user-agent platform, face a key challenge due to their limited origin policy and integration with broader systems — a gap we aim to bridge.

To that end, we are a community of designers, builders and thinkers that are eager to address challenges at the intersection of:

  • Web platform transition
  • End-user programming
  • On-device AI & cognitive architectures

Our vision is a new web-like operating environment, grounded in our fundamental exploratory research across these domains. Check out our Github or chat with us on Discord or subscribe to our community mailing list below.

We also accept donations via Open Collective to cover ongoing expenses such as Discord and bot hosting, in-person events, and potentially future initiatives like community stewardship or research fellowships. Feel free to reach out to us with ideas.


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