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What is wasteland?

gastownhall/wasteland — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2026-06-20

★ 76GoAudience · developerComplexity · 3/5ActiveSetup · moderate

In one sentence

A federated tool for distributed communities to post, claim, and complete tasks while building a cryptographically verifiable reputation score, with no central server.

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Coordinate distributed work
      Build reputation scores
      No central server
    Tech stack
      Go single binary
      Dolt versioned database
      React web UI
      GPG signatures
    Use cases
      Post and claim tasks
      Review submissions
      Sync via pull requests
    Audience
      Open source teams
      Distributed communities
      Developers

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Post open tasks to a shared community board and let members claim and complete them for reputation points.

USE CASE 2

Review submitted work with GitHub-pull-request-style evidence and stamp it with a quality rating.

USE CASE 3

Run a local web UI, CLI, or terminal interface to browse and manage tasks against the same database.

USE CASE 4

Sync your own sovereign copy of the community database with others via pushes and pull requests.

What is it built with?

GoDoltReactGPG

How does it compare?

gastownhall/wastelandchojs23/lazyagentavaprotocol/eigenlayer-avs
Stars767381
LanguageGoGoGo
Last pushed2026-06-20——
MaintenanceActive——
Setup difficultymoderate—hard
Complexity3/52/55/5
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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Built on Dolt, a version-controlled SQL database, as the only external dependency.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to join a Wasteland commons and fork my own copy of the shared database using the CLI.
Prompt 2
Walk me through posting a task to the wanted board in Wasteland and reviewing a submission to award reputation points.
Prompt 3
Explain how to switch a Wasteland commons between PR mode and wild-west mode for pushing changes.
Prompt 4
How do I run `wl serve` to start both the REST API and the embedded web UI for my Wasteland commons?

Frequently asked questions

What is wasteland?

A federated tool for distributed communities to post, claim, and complete tasks while building a cryptographically verifiable reputation score, with no central server.

What language is wasteland written in?

Mainly Go. The stack also includes Go, Dolt, React.

Is wasteland actively maintained?

Active — commit in last 30 days (last push 2026-06-20).

How hard is wasteland to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is wasteland for?

Mainly developer.

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