Are.na is a web platform for saving images, links, files, and notes into "channels" you can arrange, connect, and share with other users.
What sets Are.na apart is its social, non-algorithmic structure: channels can connect to other people's channels, so a research library grows through deliberate links rather than a feed. There's no recommendation engine pushing content at you: what surfaces comes from who you've chosen to follow or connect with, not an algorithm guessing your taste.
Web-based, with iOS and Android apps, and it works for both solo research and open, collaborative libraries: multiple accounts can add to the same channel.
The free plan stops at 200 connections (blocks plus channels combined), which an active collector can hit within weeks. Premium removes that cap.
Online software for saving and organizing important content.
