At unyt.org, we are redefining how data is synchronized and shared across applications, devices, and networks. Our journey began with a simple yet powerful idea: make real-time synchronization effortless. Developers face countless challenges when handling data exchange—choosing protocols, managing serialization, and ensuring real-time updates. To solve this, we created DATEX, a universal synchronization model that allows seamless data exchange between clients, servers, and even embedded devices. What started as a tool for game development has grown into a comprehensive protocol for all forms of synchronization, from multiplayer experiences to decentralized applications.
As we built DATEX, we realized the need for a unified application framework that integrates real-time reactivity at its core. This led to UIX, our open-source framework that merges frontend, backend, and networking into a single, fluid experience. Unlike traditional frameworks, UIX makes it easy to build fully distributed applications where data, logic, and interfaces stay in sync across all users and devices. We have already used UIX to power platforms like unyt.blog, docs.unyt.org, and unyt.org itself, proving its real-world potential. But our vision goes beyond just apps—we want to create a truly open, decentralized network for communication.
That’s why we are building the Supranet, a decentralized, anonymous, and secure network where people and devices can communicate freely without relying on centralized infrastructure. The Supranet, powered by the DATEX protocol, will provide self-sovereign communication, meaning users control their own data, identities, and connections. By designing end-to-end encryption, peer-to-peer networking, and self-hosted infrastructure, we are laying the foundation for a censorship-resistant and privacy-focused digital world. Our goal is to establish DATEX as the global standard for decentralized real-time communication — enabling a future where every interaction is secure, autonomous, and free from corporate control.
As a non-profit organization, unyt.org e.V. is committed to keeping this technology free, open-source, and community-driven. We actively engage in education through university courses at TU Berlin, open-source collaboration, and our upcoming UIX hackathons. Looking forward, 2025 marks a major milestone, as we rewrite DATEX in Rust, bringing it beyond the web to embedded systems, IoT devices, and Supranet infrastructure. Our mission is clear: to provide the world with a universal, decentralized communication network that is private, secure, and built for the future.
Join us in creating the next era of truly open digital communication. 🚀
~ The unyt.org team
In February 2025, we launched the unyt.org Shop, offering merchandise to our community. All proceeds support our operational costs, including domains, servers, and tool licenses.
While DATEX initially focused on web applications, we always envisioned it working across all devices, including embedded systems. In 2022, we began designing the groundwork for a Rust-based implementation of DATEX to support ESP32, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and other platforms. By leveraging WASM (WebAssembly), we ensured smooth execution in web environments while maintaining compatibility with lightweight hardware, expanding DATEX’s potential to IoT and beyond.
In October 2024, we released UIX 0.3, introducing new features and enhancements. Detailed information can be found in our blog post.
In December 2023, we introduced the unyt Auth service, providing secure access to the Supranet. More details are available in our announcement.
In October 2023, we launched the unyt.land Webproxy, enabling seamless TypeScript module loading directly in the browser. Learn more in our blog post.
In 2023, we officially established unyt.org e.V., a non-profit organization under German law, to ensure that the project remains open-source and community-driven. The organization holds copyright ownership over the project and manages development, funding, and community engagement. Over time, we welcomed more contributors passionate about open-source synchronization technologies.
Adrian, a Berlin-based developer, joined our team and started teaching UIX and DATEX at TU Berlin in the course “Neue Webtechnologien” (New Web Technologies). Since then, the course has been conducted three times, receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback from students. This initiative has helped bring more developers into the unyt.org ecosystem, expanding its reach within academia.
In April 2023, we launched the official unyt.blog, providing updates on development status, bug fixes, milestones, releases, and other crucial information about the unyt.org ecosystem.
In 2022, we began developing UIX, our own web application framework. UIX allows reactivity by utilizing DATEX concepts as its backbone. By 2023, we had a functional version of UIX, which we used to create our documentation site (docs.unyt.org), blog (unyt.blog), and homepage (unyt.org).
Expanding on DATEX, we created DATEX Script, a high-level programming language designed for seamless data synchronization. Alongside it, we introduced DXB (DATEX Binary), a compact and efficient binary storage format that serves as both a serialization format and network protocol. Over the next year, we improved encryption, added end-to-end sync, and introduced multiple transport methods, including WebSockets, HTTP communication, and WebRTC, making DATEX highly adaptable across various network conditions.
Over the course of 2021, we recognized the potential of our synchronization model beyond gaming applications. This realization led us to rename “MENTOS” to “DATEX,” broadening its scope to general data synchronization. We built the first working version of DATEX in TypeScript, available in our legacy repository (datex-core-js-legacy).
We also introduced a routing mechanism within the protocol, assigning endpoint IDs to clients for targeted communication. This allowed direct data exchange between clients and facilitated remote method calls, making DATEX not just a data-sync solution but also a distributed execution model.
After months of development, we built a rudimentary protocol called “MENTOS”, which later evolved into DATEX. Over time, we realized that the model was not just useful for games but could enable synchronization across all types of applications, leading to a broader focus for the project.
In 2020, Benedikt Strehle and Jonas Strehle founded unyt.org with the goal of creating a seamless data synchronization model for game development.
The core idea was to sync JavaScript classes effortlessly, automatically propagating values such as player positions, tilemaps, and other stateful data between the server and clients. The goal was to eliminate the complexity of choosing a communication protocol, handling serialization, and managing real-time synchronization.
The unyt.org shop is our way of offering merchandise and other items to our community while supporting our non-profit organization. Every purchase helps cover essential costs like servers, domain registrations, and tool licenses, ensuring that we can continue developing open-source technology.
All profits from the shop go directly into running and maintaining the unyt.org project. This includes infrastructure costs, development tools, educational initiatives, and community events like hackathons. Since unyt.org e.V. is a non-profit, no money is taken as personal profit.
Yes! We want you to be happy with your purchase. If you receive a defective or incorrect item, or if you simply change your mind, you can request a refund within our stated return period. Just contact our support team for assistance.
Yes! unyt.org is operated by unyt.org e.V., a registered non-profit organization under German law. Our mission is to create and promote open-source technology for real-time synchronization and decentralized communication, without financial gain for individuals.
The Supranet is our vision for a fully decentralized, anonymous, and secure network where people and devices can communicate without relying on centralized servers. It is powered by DATEX, our synchronization protocol, ensuring self-sovereign communication for all users.
There are many ways to contribute! You can join our open-source development on GitHub, participate in discussions, attend our hackathons, or help spread the word. We also welcome donations and other forms of support to help sustain our mission.