archiveofourown.org
The Archive of Our Own (often known as AO3) is a non-profit open-source repository for user-submitted fanfiction and other fanworks. The Organization for Transformative Works built the site in 2008, and it launched into open beta in 2009. Archive of Our Own now has 10,220,000 works in over 54,020 fandoms as of November 28, 2022. The site has received positive feedback for its curation, organization, and design, which was primarily done by fanfiction readers and writers.
Archive of Our Own permits writers to publish any content as long as it is legal. This allowance was created in response to the policies of other popular fanfiction hosts, such as LiveJournal, which at one point began deleting the accounts of fic writers who wrote what the site considered pornography, and FanFiction.Net, which prohibits a variety of stories, including those that repurpose characters created by authors who oppose fanfiction. Readers can leave comments, make public or private bookmarks and subscribe to series and writers. Registered users can also build moderated or unmoderated 'collections,' which are intended to keep a collection of works in one place. Works on Archive of Our Own can be categorized and tagged depending on elements of the story, such as characters and ships involved, as well as other specific tags.
AO3 now reaches more than ten million fanworks (including stories, art pieces, and podcast fic recordings, referred to as podfics). The AO3 is based on open-source archiving software designed by and for fans. The open-source software for AO3 is now hosted on GitHub. The servers are held by the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) and are totally supported by donations. Users do not pay, and there are no adverts on the site.
Website: https://archiveofourown.org/
