profiles

What is profiles and what is it for?

profiles is a small, reusable module for Holochain apps that handles people's profiles — at least a nickname — so each app does not have to build that feature itself. An app includes it as one part, and the people using that app can create a profile and be recognised by name.

profiles is a small, reusable module for Holochain apps, kept in the coasys organisation as a fork of the earlier holochain-open-dev profiles module. Its job is narrow: give an app a place where people can create a profile and be recognised by a nickname, instead of every app building that feature from scratch. hAppRadar's activity reading for the repository is stalled, and this page treats the project as historical.

The module is meant to be included in other apps rather than run by itself. It ships in two halves: a backend zome that stores profiles inside whichever app includes it, and a frontend package of web components for the browser side. The upstream README describes it as assuming as little as possible about the app that hosts it, so the same piece can be dropped into quite different projects.

A chat or community app that includes the module can show a member's nickname alongside their contributions instead of an unrecognisable address, and let members present a profile to others. Because profiles live in the host app's own data store, each app keeps its own set. The upstream module's repository and its documentation site are where to read further.

From 4 public sources, checked 23 September 2026.