Building open-source video, commerce, certification & trust infrastructure — from Algeria, for the world.
Algerian engineers can write software the world depends on. Eleven shipped products are my evidence — and I am only at the beginning.
| Project | Stack | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| hartem-tkawen-rs ⚡ | Rust Axum Maud |
My personal site as a single 9 MB binary · sub-millisecond renders · AGPL-3.0 · downloadable & runnable |
| liqaa-meet | TypeScript Next.js |
Open-source Zoom alternative · self-host in 60s · 100+ languages AI captions · AGPL-3.0 |
| awesome-liqaa | awesome-list |
Curated ecosystem of LIQAA integrations, SDKs, templates |
| liqaa-mcp | TypeScript MCP |
Model Context Protocol server — let AI agents (Claude, Cursor) start LIQAA video calls |
| liqaa-js · liqaa-php · liqaa-python · liqaa-go | SDKs | Official LIQAA SDKs across 4 languages |
| liqaa-cli · liqaa-vscode | Devtools | CLI + VSCode extension for LIQAA |
→ 22 open-source repositories under @hartemyaakoub. AGPL-3.0 where it matters.
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Algeria Certify 🛡️ National digital certification platform. 4,193+ tamper-proof certificates issued 4,132+ verified institutions QR-verifiable · public 24/7 verification |
LIQAA 🎥 Professional video infrastructure. SDKs in JS · PHP · Python · Go 99.99% uptime · 5 lines of code to integrate End-to-end encrypted · webhook signing |
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STOQ / MyStoq 🛒 E-commerce SaaS for Algerian merchants. 1,708 communes mapped 58/58 wilayas native checkout Integrated shipping |
PharmaPro 💊 Pharmacy management software. 17 license endpoints UPROMEDIC-integrated Production B2B SaaS |
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TKAWEN Catalogue 📚 74 certified training programs 222 program pages in 3 languages 375+ indexed URLs |
TKAWEN Trust 🤝 Trust network for the digital ecosystem. Verified-domain identity Federated trust signals |
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LIQAA Meet 📹 Open-source Zoom alternative · AGPL-3.0 Self-host in 60s · one docker command 100+ languages AI captions |
TKAWEN Studio 🎬 Automated Arabic video production. Azure ar-DZ TTS · Playwright · FFmpeg The marketing engine for every platform |
- 🇰🇷 ASEP Cohort 3 — Algerian Startup Expedition Program · South Korea, October 2024 · POSTECH · Seoul AI Hub · COEX · Startup Park Incheon
- 🏆 Top 20 Innovative Projects in Algeria — March 2024 (national ranking)
- 🏅 Label Startup n° 0108242769 + Label Projet Innovant n° 13122331145 — Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Startups & Micro-enterprises
- 🎓 First national academic spin-off cohort at Université Badji Mokhtar — Annaba · matricule UBMA-STARTUP-2023-00062
- 📜 Founded under arrêté ministériel n° 1275/2023 (MESRS) + décret exécutif n° 20-254
- 📺 National TV — Channel 6 «Salam Chab» · ENTV · Echorouk
- 🔑 D-U-N-S 35-355-1313 · R/C 23/00-1880186 A 22
«We are currently in the phase of exporting Algerian startups to the world.» — on Salam Chab, Channel 6 (Algerian public TV)
- «Global Innovation and Entrepreneurial Synergies — A Transformative Experience at ASEP in South Korea» · Medium · Jan 2025
- «From HSI to Digital Infrastructure: Notes from a single founder in Annaba» · forthcoming
Speaking: ACF 2025 · ACF 2026 · Palais de la Culture · UBMA Global Entrepreneurship Week · Illizi Business Incubator · African Startup Conference (CIC Algiers, Dec 2025)
# Languages I ship with
primary: [Rust, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Go]
markup: [HTML, Maud, SCSS]
infra: [nginx, systemd, Docker, Let's Encrypt, PostgreSQL, Redis]
frontend: [Next.js, Nuxt, Livewire, Tailwind]
backend: [Axum, Laravel, FastAPI, Node]
realtime: [WebRTC, LiveKit, WebSockets, MTA-STS]
ai: [Ollama, OpenAI, Edge TTS, Whisper-WASM, MCP]
# Where it runs
hosting: [Contabo VPS40 · 12-core · 48 GB · Annaba-served]
edge: [Cloudflare R2, IndexNow, hreflang]
# Why
philosophy: [
"open source where it matters",
"boring tech for production",
"ship from Algeria, design for the world",
"AGPL for the things worth protecting"
]✉ DIRECTION@takawen.dz
☎ +213 666 507 935
🌍 hartem.tkawen.com (Rust + Axum + Maud · AGPL-3.0)
🏢 TKAWEN · Annaba · Algeria
🇩🇿 Building from Algeria — for the world.
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