Curated list of manifestos, declarations, charters, principles, and manifesto-like texts related to cyberculture, hacker ethics, cyberfeminism, digital life, AI, data, open knowledge, and internet governance.
| # | Title | Year | Author / Collective | Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computer Lib / Dream Machines | 1974 | Ted Nelson | personal computing / hypertext | Open |
| 2 | The GNU Manifesto | 1985 | Richard Stallman | free software | Open |
| 3 | The Hacker Manifesto / The Conscience of a Hacker | 1986 | The Mentor / Loyd Blankenship | hacker culture | Open |
| 4 | Manifesto for the Unstable Media | 1987 | V2_Organisation | media art / cyberculture | Open |
| 5 | A Cyborg Manifesto | 1985 | Donna Haraway | cybernetics / posthuman feminism | Open |
| 6 | A Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the 21st Century | 1991 | VNS Matrix | cyberfeminism | Open |
| 7 | A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace | 1996 | John Perry Barlow | cyberspace / internet freedom | Open |
| 8 | The ABC of Tactical Media | 1997 | David Garcia and Geert Lovink | tactical media | Open |
| 9 | Piran Nettime Manifesto | 1997 | Nettime community | net culture / mailing lists | Open |
| 10 | Manifeste du Web indépendant | 1997 | Minirézo | independent web | Open |
| 11 | 100 Anti-Theses of Cyberfeminism | 1997 | Old Boys Network | cyberfeminism | Open |
| 12 | Die Hackerethik / Hacker Ethics | 1999 | Chaos Computer Club | hacker ethics | Open |
| 13 | LowTech Manifesto | 1999 | Lowtech.org | low-tech internet culture | Open |
| 14 | Hactivismo Declaration | 2001 | Cult of the Dead Cow / Hacktivismo | hacktivism / digital rights | Open |
| 15 | Manifesto for Agile Software Development | 2001 | Agile Alliance founders | software development | Open |
| 16 | Wireless Commons Manifesto | 2002 | Wireless Commons | wireless networks / commons | Open |
| 17 | The Zero Dollar Laptop Manifesto | 2007 | James Wallbank | reuse / access / computing | Open |
| 18 | Avant-Pop Manifesto | 2007 | Mark Amerika | digital literature / avant-pop | Open |
| 19 | Ubuntu Manifesto | 2007 | Ubuntu community | open source / Linux culture | Open |
| 20 | Anonymous Manifesto | 2008 | Anonymous | networked activism | Open |
| 21 | Lo-Fi Manifesto | 2008 | Karl Stolley | web craft / digital minimalism | Open |
| 22 | The Uppsala Declaration | 2008 | Swedish Pirate Party | pirate politics / internet rights | Open |
| 23 | Guerilla Open Access Manifesto | 2008 | Aaron Swartz | open access / knowledge commons | Open |
| 24 | POwr, Broccoli and Kopimi | 2009 | The Pirate Bay / Kopimi culture | copying / piracy culture | Open |
| 25 | The Cult of Done Manifesto | 2009 | Bre Pettis and Kio Stark | making / internet creativity | Open |
| 26 | The WeRebuild Manifesto | 2009 | WeRebuild | internet activism / anti-censorship | Open |
| 27 | Glitch Studies Manifesto | 2009 | Rosa Menkman | glitch art / digital aesthetics | Open |
| 28 | Piracy Manifesto | 2009 | Pirate culture authors | piracy / sharing culture | Open |
| 29 | Slow Media Manifesto | 2010 | Benedikt Köhler, Sabria David, Jörg Blumtritt | media ecology | Open |
| 30 | Open Design Manifesto | 2010 | Open design community | open design / fabrication | Open |
| 31 | Dead Drops Manifesto | 2010 | Aram Bartholl | offline file-sharing / net art | Open |
| 32 | Hardware Hacker Manifesto | 2010 | Catarina Mota | open hardware | Open |
| 33 | A DIY Data Manifesto | 2011 | Data activists | personal data / DIY data | Open |
| 34 | Bitcoin Manifesto | 2011 | Bitcoin community text | cryptocurrency / peer-to-peer money | Open |
| 35 | The Critical Engineering Manifesto | 2011 | Julian Oliver, Gordan Savičić, Danja Vasiliev | critical engineering | Open |
| 36 | We, the Web Kids | 2012 | Piotr Czerski | born-digital culture | Open |
| 37 | Iterative Book Development Manifesto | 2012 | Adam Hyde | networked publishing | Open |
| 38 | A CryptoParty Manifesto | 2012 | CryptoParty | privacy / cryptography | Open |
| 39 | Declaration of Internet Freedom | 2012 | Internet freedom coalition | internet rights | Open |
| 40 | User Data Manifesto | 2013 | Frank Karlitschek and contributors | user data rights | Open |
| 41 | EPP Manifesto | 2013 | European Pirate Party | digital politics | Open |
| 42 | Bill of Computer Users Rights | 2013 | Olia Lialina | computer-user rights | Open |
| 43 | Manifesto for the Truth | 2013 | Hacktivist / transparency text | truth / leaks / transparency | Open |
| 44 | Balconism | 2014 | Constant Dullaart | networked art / platform culture | Open |
| 45 | A Feminist Server Manifesto | 2014 | Feminist server community | feminist infrastructure | Open |
| 46 | The Cybertwee Manifesto | 2014 | Hileman, Forest, Waver | cybertwee / digital affect | Open |
| 47 | Critical Interface Manifesto | 2015 | Joana Chicau and Jonathan Reus | interfaces / critical design | Open |
| 48 | New Clues | 2015 | Doc Searls and David Weinberger | networked markets / web culture | Open |
| 49 | The 3D Additivist Manifesto | 2015 | Morehshin Allahyari and Daniel Rourke | 3D printing / posthuman art | Open |
| 50 | Xenofeminism: A Politics for Alienation | 2015 | Laboria Cuboniks | xenofeminism / technomaterialism | Open |
| 51 | User Data Manifesto 2.0 | 2015 | Frank Karlitschek and contributors | data rights | Open |
| 52 | We Lost | 2015 | Internet culture critique | loss / web culture | Open |
| 53 | Art After Failure | 2015 | Digital art authors | failure / digital art | Open |
| 54 | Open Web Index Manifesto | 2015 | Open Web Index | search / web indexing | Open |
| 55 | Perfect Medium User Manifesto | 2016 | Medium users / web publishing critique | platform publishing | Open |
| 56 | Mozilla Manifesto | 2007 / 2018 | Mozilla | open internet / privacy | Open |
| 57 | The Open Source Definition | 1998 onward | Open Source Initiative | open source software | Open |
| 58 | The Free Software Definition | 1986 onward | Free Software Foundation | free software | Open |
| 59 | Debian Social Contract | 1997 onward | Debian Project | free software community | Open |
| 60 | The Open Definition | 2005 onward | Open Knowledge Foundation | open knowledge / open data | Open |
| 61 | The Definition of Free Cultural Works | 2006 onward | Freedom Defined community | free culture | Open |
| 62 | The Public Domain Manifesto | 2010 | Communia / public domain advocates | public domain / knowledge commons | Open |
| 63 | Budapest Open Access Initiative | 2002 | BOAI participants | open access | Open |
| 64 | Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing | 2003 | Open access working group | open access | Open |
| 65 | Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge | 2003 | Max Planck Society and signatories | open access | Open |
| 66 | Cape Town Open Education Declaration | 2007 | Open education community | open education | Open |
| 67 | Open Data Charter Principles | 2015 | Open Data Charter | open data / governance | Open |
| 68 | MyData Declaration | 2017 | MyData Global | personal data sovereignty | Open |
| 69 | FAIR Data Principles | 2016 | FORCE11 / GO FAIR community | research data | Open |
| 70 | CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance | 2019 | Global Indigenous Data Alliance | data sovereignty | Open |
| 71 | Feminist Principles of the Internet | 2014 / 2016 | APC Women’s Rights Programme | feminist internet | Open |
| 72 | Digital Feminist Manifesto | 2020s | Digital Feminist Manifesto project | digital feminism | Open |
| 73 | African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms | 2014 | African Declaration Coalition | internet rights | Open |
| 74 | Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability | 2015 | Civil society coalition | platform governance / liability | Open |
| 75 | International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance | 2013 | Necessary and Proportionate coalition | surveillance / privacy | Open |
| 76 | Contract for the Web | 2019 | World Wide Web Foundation | web rights / responsibilities | Open |
| 77 | European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles | 2022 | European Union | digital rights | Open |
| 78 | IFLA Internet Manifesto | 2002 / 2024 | International Federation of Library Associations | internet access / libraries | Open |
| 79 | Youth Manifesto for Digital Rights | 2020s | Youth Voices for Digital Rights / CADE / Forus | youth digital rights | Open |
| 80 | A New Digital Manifesto | 2020s | Daniel Shumway | user rights / digital autonomy | Open |
| 81 | Declaration for the Future of the Internet | 2022 | United States and partner governments | open internet / governance | Open |
| 82 | Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace | 2018 | French government and partners | cybersecurity norms | Open |
| 83 | Cybersecurity Tech Accord Principles | 2018 | Cybersecurity Tech Accord signatories | cybersecurity / trust | Open |
| 84 | Charter of Trust | 2018 | Charter of Trust partners | cybersecurity principles | Open |
| 85 | Global Encryption Coalition Mission and Principles | 2020 | Global Encryption Coalition | encryption / privacy | Open |
| 86 | Asilomar AI Principles | 2017 | Future of Life Institute | AI ethics / AI safety | Open |
| 87 | Montreal Declaration for Responsible AI | 2018 | Université de Montréal and contributors | responsible AI | Open |
| 88 | The Toronto Declaration | 2018 | Access Now and Amnesty International | AI / human rights | Open |
| 89 | Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights | 2022 | White House OSTP | AI rights / automated systems | Open |
| 90 | UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | 2021 | UNESCO | AI ethics | Open |
| 91 | Rome Call for AI Ethics | 2020 | Pontifical Academy for Life and partners | AI ethics | Open |
| 92 | Partnership on AI Tenets | 2016 onward | Partnership on AI | AI principles | Open |
| 93 | OpenAI Charter | 2018 | OpenAI | AI governance / AGI | Open |
| 94 | Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism | 2019 | Digital Humanism initiative | digital humanism | Open |
| 95 | The Digital Humanities Manifesto 2.0 | 2009 | UCLA Digital Humanities community | digital humanities | Open |
| 96 | The Archivist Manifesto | 2011 | Yuk Hui | digital objects / archives | Open |
| 97 | The Slow Tech Manifesto | 2015 | Slow Tech movement | humane technology | Open |
| 98 | Calm Technology Principles | 2015 onward | Amber Case / Calm Tech Institute | humane computing | Open |
| 99 | IndieWeb Principles | 2010s | IndieWeb community | independent web / identity | Open |
| 100 | The Small Web | 2020 | Aral Balkan | small tech / personal web | Open |
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