Discovery in a Decentralized System

Status	Proposal
Date	2025-07-22

Finding new plugins and themes becomes more complex in a federated ecosystem. To facilitate discoverability, FAIR will maintain at least one Aggregator that functions as a directory of available Repositories and their packages.

Aggregator Participation

Any Aggregator may choose to list Repositories and packages from the federation. Aggregators may:

• Set their own listing guidelines which do not conflict with protocol standards.
• Submit their own Aggregators to other Aggregators, forming a recursive discovery chain.

This decentralized structure encourages diversity while maintaining compatibility through the FAIR Protocol.

See also:

• Service Hierarcy →
• Submissions →