About Cloudillo

Our Mission

Cloudillo is building a better internet—one where users truly own their data, their identity, and their digital connections. We believe collaboration tools should empower users, not lock them in.

The Vision

For over two decades, the internet has been increasingly centralized. A handful of tech giants control how we communicate, collaborate, and share information. While these platforms offer convenience, they come at a cost: loss of privacy, vendor lock-in, censorship, and algorithmic manipulation.

Cloudillo offers a different path: decentralized collaboration with the convenience of cloud platforms and the freedom of self-hosting.

What Makes Cloudillo Different

Most existing alternatives—whether federated platforms like Mastodon and Matrix, or self-hosted solutions like NextCloud—share a common limitation: your identity is tied to a specific server instance. Move to a different provider? You lose your identity, your network, and start from scratch.

Cloudillo’s key innovation is identity portability. By using DNS-based global identity, your identity is independent of where your data is stored. Migrate between providers, switch to self-hosting, or move back to cloud hosting—all without losing your connections, followers, or established trust.

Think of it as having a passport that works everywhere, rather than needing a new identity in every country you visit.

Our Approach

We’re building Cloudillo with these core principles:

  • Open Source: Transparent, auditable code that anyone can review and contribute to
  • User Ownership: Your data, your identity, your network—truly yours
  • Global Collaboration: Work seamlessly with anyone, regardless of where they host their data
  • No Vendor Lock-in: Freedom to move between providers without losing anything
  • Privacy by Design: No tracking, no ads, no algorithmic manipulation

Current Status

Cloudillo is in alpha stage—functional but experimental. We’re actively developing the Rust-based backend to make the platform faster, leaner, and more robust. The core architecture is solid, and early adopters can already deploy and use Cloudillo.

We’re not rushing to production. Building the foundation correctly is more important than moving fast. We’re taking time to get the architecture right so the platform can serve users for decades to come.

The Team

Cloudillo is developed by Symbion Products Ltd., a software development company based in Hungary, with founder Szilárd Hajba leading the project.

With over 20 years of experience in software engineering, Szilárd has watched the internet become increasingly centralized and controlled. Cloudillo represents his vision for what the internet should be: open, user-controlled, and truly collaborative.

How We’re Funded

Cloudillo is funded through company resources from Symbion Products Ltd. and community support. The core platform will always remain free and open-source.

Your support keeps development moving forward. You can contribute through:

  • Bitcoin: bc1qs9hqyd32d7lrk4sed4rg8mhvs8am5wx2ugf85g
  • Patreon: patreon.com/cloudillo for recurring support
  • Other options: Contact us for partnerships, sponsorships, or alternative payment methods

We believe in building a sustainable business model around services and support, not by locking users in or selling their data.

Our Development Journey

  • Early 2024: Initial TypeScript backend launched with core features
  • August 2024: Started Rust port for better performance and reliability
  • September 2024: Published first technical articles and opened community
  • December 2025: Launched cloudillo.net identity provider
  • In progress: Rust backend development (see our Status Page for details)
  • 2026: Beta release with stability guarantees

We maintain a detailed Status Page tracking the Rust backend development progress.

Why Rust?

We started with TypeScript for rapid prototyping, but as the platform matured, we made the decision to port to Rust. Why?

  • Performance: More lightweight and resource-efficient
  • Safety: Memory safety and better error handling
  • Reliability: More predictable behavior under load
  • Ecosystem: More trustworthy than npm for security-critical infrastructure
  • Control: Fine-grained control over memory, concurrency, and I/O

The Rust rewrite isn’t just a port—it’s an opportunity to refine the architecture based on real-world learning.

Our Philosophy

We believe:

  • Users should own their data, not corporations
  • Identity should be portable, not tied to platforms
  • Collaboration should be seamless, regardless of hosting choices
  • Privacy is a right, not a luxury
  • Open source is essential for trust and security
  • Decentralization without usability won’t change behavior

Cloudillo isn’t just about technology—it’s about changing how we think about digital collaboration and ownership.

Join Our Community

We’re building Cloudillo in the open, and we welcome everyone to participate:

Whether you’re a developer, early adopter, or just curious about decentralized technology, there’s a place for you in the Cloudillo community.

Partnership and Collaboration

We’re partnering with Socialroots to explore inter-community collaboration—an exciting area that could become Cloudillo’s third major feature, following data ownership and unified collaboration tools.

We’re open to partnerships, collaborations, and sponsorships that align with our mission. If you’re building something in the decentralized space or want to support our work, let’s talk.

Contact Information

Symbion Products Ltd. H-9086 Töltéstava, Petőfi street 116/B., Hungary Email: contact@cloudillo.org

For technical questions, bug reports, or feature requests, please use GitHub Issues.

For general discussion and community support, join us on Discord.

Together, we’re building a better internet—one where users control their digital lives.