IndieWeb Club, BLR 30 May 2026
“
What could IndieWeb-native
music playlists look like?
lepisma.xyz
How we share songs today?
A link into someone
else’s database.
lepisma.xyz
What’s wrong?
lepisma.xyz
It’s not your list
anymore.
Can’t extend or
customize.
Can’t play
anywhere else.
mbzlists
A self-hosted, login-free, annotated
playlist manager
mbzlists.com · docs.mbzlists.com
lepisma.xyz
Platforms
platforms
platform
platforms
lepisma.xyz
xkcd#927
What does
IndieWeb* ask for?
*me lepisma.xyz
What does IndieWeb ask for?
Your data should
stay with you
lepisma.xyz
What does IndieWeb ask for?
Plain, open, and
portable formats
in
lepisma.xyz
What does IndieWeb ask for?
Extendable at
the core
that are
lepisma.xyz
What does IndieWeb ask for?
Interoperable
tools
have
lepisma.xyz
What does IndieWeb ask for?
Publish (on your) Own Site,
Syndicate Elsewhere
lets you
lepisma.xyz
lepisma.xyz
mbzlists’s approach
format Extended XSPF “spiff”
metadata
interoperability Content Resolvers
lepisma.xyz
No lock-in
A list on mbzlists.com Static HTML on your domain
Not the app, the format &ecosystem
#1
Standard XSPF
extension
#2
Hosting lists on
your domain
#3
Tools that
interoperate
lepisma.xyz
Thank
you!
Coming up next ...
*Better canonical references
*Media, graphs, … more extensions
*More resolvers
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