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

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Extensibility Research

Research project into web user agent extensibility

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Dietrich Ayala

€1,300 EUR since Apr 2025

Luke Hubbard

€1,300 EUR since May 2025

Eva

€230 EUR since May 2025

Peter van Hardenberg

€150 EUR since Jun 2025

cdata

€100 EUR since May 2025

Boris Mann

€60 EUR since May 2025

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€50 EUR since May 2025

Jan

€50 EUR since Jun 2025

Daniel

€40 EUR since Apr 2025

Charles Cunningham

€30 EUR since May 2025

Steven Vandevelde

€30 EUR since May 2025

Vasco Santos

€30 EUR since May 2025

€25 EUR since May 2025

Mike Moran

€20 EUR since May 2025

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Unternet

€100 EUR since May 2025

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Dietrich Ayala

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€1,300 EUR

Ankesh Bharti

Admin

€5 EUR

Luke Hubbard

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Luke Hubbard

sponsor

€1,300 EUR

Eva

€230 EUR

Peter van Har...

€150 EUR

Unternet

€100 EUR

cdata

€100 EUR

Boris Mann

backer

€60 EUR

Guest

€50 EUR

Jan

€50 EUR

Daniel

€40 EUR

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Monthly financial contribution to User & Agents (backer)

Credit from Boris Mann to User & Agents • May 2, 2026

+€5.00EUR

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Monthly financial contribution to User & Agents (sponsor)

Credit from Dietrich Ayala to User & Agents • May 2, 2026

+€100.00EUR

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Contribution #848170

Extensibility research

from Steven Vandevelde to Extensibility Research • March 30, 2026

-€1,936.00 EUR

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€3,166.30 EUR

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€3,166.30 EUR

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Estimated annual budget

€3,185.00 EUR

About

We are a community focused on shaping the future of user-agent systems. Our goal is to empower people by designing and building software that provides agency, control, and choice in our digital lives.

We are exploring three areas we believe to be foundational to the future of user-agent systems:

Web Platform Change — Rethinking browsers, capabilities, and protocols
End-User Programming — Meta-applications for adaptive, emergent, and ephemeral software
User-Centered AI — Private and local cognitive augmentation and architectures

Check out our GitHub, chat with us on Discord, or follow us on Bluesky.

We are a non-profit community and accept donations via Open Collective. All funds go towards community Discord hosting, in-person events, and research fellowships.

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Dietrich Ayala

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Ankesh Bharti

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Luke Hubbard

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