r8rly.org

The brains; the Standards, the Tools.

R8rly.org holds the open Standards and free Tools in trust — so they stay free, stay honest, and stay yours.

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Standards

Open rating Standards created and maintained by R8rly, each available in a PDF format for easy reference. Standards are released under CC licensing for easy adoption, helping you navigate content with ease. The newest are below.

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Free & in the public interest

Tools

Free, private Tools — hosted on GitHub, account-free, with data that stays on your own device. Latest additions below.

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Where everything lives

The Commons

A map of R8rly's works across the places they actually live — the open Standards, the Free Tools, and the Brand Marks held in trust by R8rly.org.

What we hold to

Principles

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Private Tools by design

These tools keep data on the user's own device. R8rly never receives or holds data from your Tools.

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Free & non-commercial Tools

Held in the public interest. Commercial use is licensed separately.

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Open Standards

The R8rly Standards are published openly so they can be adopted widely.

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Held in trust

R8rly.org stewards the r8rly Standrds, Tools, and Marks so they can't be quietly sold off.