AI Tree Library

The open library of the useful internet. Grown in the open. Shared with everyone. Websites, AI tools, iOS and Android apps, widgets and browser extensions that anyone can add to, use, fork and build on. Live at aitreelibrary.com.

How it works

• The database is git. data/library.json (live), data/queue.json (waiting for review) and data/rejected.json (declined URLs). One entry per line, so diffs and pull requests stay readable.
• No paid APIs. Submissions describe themselves from their own page metadata; lib/taxonomy.mjs sorts them into branches with a small open classifier. Nothing calls an LLM.
• Static site. scripts/build-index.mjs turns the library into public/api/index.json (compact rows for search and the field), public/api/library.json (full CC0 dataset) and public/llms.txt. Every page is pre-rendered.
• The Field. The home page draws every link as a point: branches packed outward on a golden-angle spiral, links in sunflower phyllotaxis inside them. It is pure arithmetic, so it stays balanced from 0 to tens of thousands of links.
• Review. /portal is a keyboard-first desk. Decisions are staged in the browser and land as one commit through the GitHub API, which triggers a rebuild. Queue-only commits skip the build (vercel.json).

Contribute

Use the submit form, or open a pull request adding a line to data/queue.json. Add a branch by editing BRANCHES in lib/taxonomy.mjs; colours, layout and routes follow.

Run it

npm install
npm run dev                 # http://localhost:3000, portal open locally, writes data/ on disk
npm run import-bookmarks -- ~/Downloads/bookmarks.html   # Chrome export → queue (private links filtered)

Deploy (Vercel)

Env var	Purpose
ADMIN_USER, ADMIN_PASSWORD	Portal sign-in
GITHUB_TOKEN	Fine-grained token, this repo only, Contents: read and write. Lets the portal and submit form commit.
GITHUB_BRANCH	Optional. Defaults to the deployed branch.
TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY	Optional spam guard. Honeypot and rate limits work without it.

No other env vars are used: NOTION_TOKEN, ADMIN_TOKEN, VERCEL_TOKEN/VERCEL_TEAM_ID/VERCEL_PROJECT_ID and the Blob store belong to v2 and can be removed once v3 is on main.

Data is CC0. An 11:11 project.