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Problem
Something that should work better becomes a public page
Tell usA problem-solving network
Don't bring us an app idea. Bring us a problem.
We'll help manifest the solution.
ManifestOS is a free problem-solving network where anyone can describe something that should work better, discover or create a solution, and make that solution useful to somebody else, without knowing anything about software.
A problem-solving network that can build software. The shared operating system for turning problems into solutions.
How a problem travelsDemo commons
ProblemSomething that should work better becomes a public page
UnderstandA shared picture of who it hurts and what would help
Existing solutionsSearch the commons before making another tool
Smallest usefulUse one, adapt one, create something different, or skip software
PlanHidden rigor. You can look, or just continue
How it works
Problem, shared understanding, existing solutions, then maybe software.
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Understand
A shared picture of who it hurts and what would help
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Existing solutions
Search the commons before making another tool
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Smallest useful
Use one, adapt one, create something different, or skip software
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Plan
Hidden rigor. You can look, or just continue
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Software
Only if software is actually useful
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Adapt
Make this solve someone else's version
The Problem Commons
Problems are first-class. Not app ideas.
A ManifestOS page begins as a lived problem. Other people can say they have it too. These are seeded examples so you can walk the path. They are not a fake crowd.
My elderly dad can't reliably remember whether the dog has already been fed.
4 in the seeded commons
My mom lives alone and we never know if she remembered her evening pills.
3 in the seeded commons
We keep losing track of which customer approved what.
2 in the seeded commons
My students need a simpler way to remember what goes back to which teacher.
2 in the seeded commons
I want to know whether conditions are good for crabbing before I load the car.
1 in the seeded commons
The clinic keeps re-checking the same follow-up tasks.
1 in the seeded commons
When we travel, nobody is sure which plants were already watered.
1 in the seeded commons
The night crew and morning crew keep missing the same notes during handover.
1 in the seeded commons
Our street shares tools but nobody knows who has the ladder.
1 in the seeded commons
Three students in my class keep losing track of which folder goes home on which day.
1 in the seeded commons
Free to solve
Describe a problem, create an ordinary solution, use it, share it, adapt it. Free.
We do not ask for a credit card to begin. We also do not promise unlimited compute forever. If a solution needs help traveling, that is Manifest Boost, later, and optional.
How Manifest Boost might work