DWeb Camp 2026

Build on Pubky: Hands-on!
2026-07-09 , Hackers Lab

This is a follow-up for the "Build on Pubky" talk about the open source Pubky protocol. Let's build our first apps on Pubky together!


Bring your laptop — this is a hands-on session where most of the time is spent building.

We'll start with a short framing of what makes a Pubky app a Pubky app (public-key identity, replaceable homeservers, the SDK surface) and a quick tour of the entry points: SDK, examples, docs. We setup the laptops to be ready to create on the Pubky stack. Then we brainstorm together: what would you actually want to build on a stack where users own their identity and data? Notes apps, social experiments, group coordination tools, payment prototypes, anything. After ~15 minutes of framing and brainstorming, the rest of the session is build time.

You don't need to be a strong coder. Pubky's JavaScript and Rust SDKs are small enough to learn in a sitting, and modern AI coding tools (Claude, Cursor, and others) lower the bar further. Pair-programming with an LLM is a fully viable path to a working app in a session. The workshop lead is available for questions, and the peers around you are part of the support network.

By the end, the goal is for everyone to leave with a working skeleton of their own app on Pubky, something to keep building after Camp, and something to demo if they want.

Software Engineer working for user-sovereignty. I care about anti-authoritarian tech, helping the people building it, and tacos.

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