Vines is tooling for conversation in group spaces on Holochain, built as a conversation capacity for groups in The Weave.

Is vines still being worked on?

Yes. The last commit was pushed to the repository on 10 September 2026, and the census lists the project as active.

What was the latest release?

The most recent release is v1.28.1, published 14 May 2026, which added a deletable channel by a single moderator and a better validation status UI.

What does vines run on?

Vines runs as a tool within The Weave, through an applet for We integration.

How do I build or package vines?

Install the required tools, run npm install, then run npm run package:webapp; the built web-happ files land in the artifacts folder.

How is vines licensed?

Vines is licensed under the Cryptographic Autonomy License, version 1.0 (CAL-1.0).

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vines

Name: vines
Author: lightningrodlabs

tooling for conversation in group spaces

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How you run it: In Moss
Holochain version: 0.2.6
Activity: active
Checked: 14 September 2026

What is vines and does it work?

Vines is tooling for conversation in group spaces on Holochain, developed by Lightningrod Labs as a conversation capacity for groups in The Weave. As of 13 September 2026, the GitHub repository shows the last commit pushed on 10 September 2026 and the most recent release, v1.28.1, published on 14 May 2026.

Vines is tooling for conversation in group spaces on Holochain, developed by Lightningrod Labs as a conversation capacity for groups in The Weave. Its README frames it as an alternative to channel-based chat such as Discord or Slack, aiming to add structure beyond the single message form those tools use. The code is copyright 2021, Harris-Braun Enterprises, LLC.

The Holochain DNA, webapp, web components and a We applet live in the repository, and the census records the project as active. The Rust HDK version reported in the manifests is 0.2.6. The most recent release, v1.28.1, was published 14 May 2026, and the last commit was pushed to the repository on 10 September 2026.

Vines ships as an applet for We integration, and the census classifies it as a We tool. Developers can install the required toolchain, run npm install, and package the web-happ with npm run package:webapp, which places the built files in the artifacts folder. The README also documents a script to bootstrap a network of N agents for testing.

How to get it

moss-tool

Clone the repository
Install the required tools and runnpm install, following the dev testing setup in the README
Run npm run package:webapp to build the web-happ; the *.webhapp, *.dna and *.happ output lands in the artifacts folder

Source: https://github.com/lightningrodlabs/vines

Questions people ask

What is vines?: Vines is tooling for conversation in group spaces on Holochain, built as a conversation capacity for groups in The Weave. source
Who develops vines?: Vines is developed by Lightningrod Labs and its code is copyright 2021, Harris-Braun Enterprises, LLC. source
Is vines still being worked on?: Yes. The last commit was pushed to the repository on 10 September 2026, and the census lists the project as active. source
What was the latest release?: The most recent release is v1.28.1, published 14 May 2026, which added a deletable channel by a single moderator and a better validation status UI. source
What does vines run on?: Vines runs as a tool within The Weave, through an applet for We integration. source
How do I build or package vines?: Install the required tools, run npm install, then run npm run package:webapp; the built web-happ files land in the artifacts folder. source
How is vines licensed?: Vines is licensed under the Cryptographic Autonomy License, version 1.0 (CAL-1.0). source

From 3 public sources, checked 2026-09-13.

Try vines

Code on GitHubOpen on GitHub ↗Last change 10 September 2026.
Releasev1.28.1Published 14 May 2026.
In MossInstalled inside Moss as a tool.

Project details & sources

Checked 14 September 2026

lightningrodlabs/vines

Compatibility

hdk: 0.2.6
hdi: 0.3.6
holochain-client: 0.16.7
happ.yaml: absent
web-happ.yaml: absent

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