A purpose-built sovereign communications device running Commons OS on a peer-to-peer mesh — a 24-feature architecture across communication, identity, finance, safety, and civic participation. Your data stays yours.
Why it exists
AURA — Autonomous Unified Rights Architecture — is a purpose-built sovereign hardware device. It runs Commons OS on a peer-to-peer mesh network backbone. It is not a smartphone. It does not answer to any platform, corporation, or state. Your data stays yours.
How it is governed
AURA is a dedicated hardware device running a sovereign Commons OS. It connects via a peer-to-peer mesh network — no central server dependency, no telecoms infrastructure requirement. Commons ID replaces telephone numbers within the AURA environment. eSIM was explicitly considered and rejected: dependency on telecoms infrastructure contradicts the sovereignty principle at AURA’s core.
What it takes to build
Hardware: purpose-built device, Commons OS, mesh network radio