JavaScript Solid Server

A minimal, fast, JSON-LD native Solid server.

Documentation | GitHub

Architecture

Features

• LDP CRUD — GET, PUT, POST, DELETE, HEAD, PATCH (N3 + SPARQL Update)
• JSON-LD Native — Stores and serves JSON-LD by default, Turtle via --conneg
• Web Access Control — .acl file-based authorization
• Solid-OIDC — Built-in Identity Provider with DPoP, passkeys, Schnorr SSO
• WebSocket Notifications — Real-time updates (solid-0.1 protocol)
• Content Negotiation — Turtle ↔ JSON-LD conversion (optional)
• Multi-user Pods — Path-based (/alice/) or subdomain-based (alice.example.com)
• Single-User Mode — Personal pod server with --single-user
• Git HTTP Backend — Clone and push to pod containers
• Nostr Relay — Integrated NIP-01 relay (wss://your.pod/relay)
• Nostr Auth — NIP-98 signatures, did:nostr → WebID resolution
• End-to-End Encryption — Encrypt pod content client-side via NIP-44 / NIP-04 using did:nostr keys (docs, zero server-side changes)
• LWS / CID v1 profile shape — New pod profiles are structurally W3C Controlled Identifier documents, ready for LWS 1.0 auth (docs)
• ActivityPub — Fediverse federation with Mastodon-compatible API
• remoteStorage — draft-dejong-remotestorage-22 file sync
• MongoDB Storage — Optional /db/ route for JSON-LD at scale
• WebRTC Signaling — Peer-to-peer connections via WebID-authenticated signaling
• Tunnel Proxy — Decentralized ngrok through your pod
• Terminal — WebSocket shell access via --terminal
• Password CLI — jss passwd for user password management
• MCP Server — Expose the pod as a tool surface for agents (Claude Desktop, Cursor, custom bots) via --mcp (docs)
• HTTP 402 Payments — Monetize endpoints with per-request sat payments
• Mashlib / SolidOS UI — Optional data browser (CDN, local, or ES module)
• Storage Quotas — Per-user limits with CLI management
• Invite-Only Mode — Controlled registration via invite codes
• SSL/TLS, CORS, Range Requests, Conditional Requests

Quick Start

# Install
npm install -g javascript-solid-server

# Start
jss start

# With common options
jss start --port 8443 --idp --mashlib --conneg --git --nostr

Creating a Pod

curl -X POST http://localhost:4443/.pods \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "alice"}'

Using the Pod

# Read
curl http://localhost:4443/alice/public/

# Write
curl -X PUT http://localhost:4443/alice/public/data.json \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/ld+json" \
  -d '{"@id": "#data", "http://example.org/value": 42}'

Android/Termux

pkg install nodejs git
npm install -g javascript-solid-server
jss start --port 8080 --nostr --git

CLI Reference

jss start [options]    # Start the server
jss init [options]     # Initialize configuration
jss invite <cmd>       # Manage invite codes
jss quota <cmd>        # Manage storage quotas
jss passwd <username>  # Manage user passwords

Key options: --port, --idp, --conneg, --mashlib, --git, --nostr, --mcp, --activitypub, --webrtc, --tunnel, --terminal, --mongo, --pay, --public, --single-user

Full options: docs/configuration.md

Documentation

Comparison

Performance

Running Tests

npm test

Maintainers

JSS is maintained by @melvincarvalho and @jjohare. See MAINTAINERS.md.

License

Licensed under AGPL-3.0. Commercial licensing also available — see LICENSING.md.