Overview

Aevum News Platform is an open-architecture journalism infrastructure designed for transparency, speed, and cryptographic verification. Built for modern newsrooms, independent journalists, and API consumers, it provides a unified pipeline for ingestion, editorial workflow, fact-checking, and multi-format distribution.

📰 4.2M articles indexed

🌍 128 active feeds

⚡ <80ms avg. latency

🔒 100% verified hashes

Unlike traditional CMS architectures, Aevum treats news as immutable, timestamped data objects with full provenance tracking. Every story carries a Merkle-proof chain linking back to source material, editorial decisions, and publication events.

Architecture

Module	Function	Stack
Ingestion Engine	Parses RSS, AP/Reuters feeds, social signals, and direct submissions	Go, Kafka, Redis
Verification Layer	Cryptographic hashing, source cross-referencing, AI-assisted fact-checking	Rust, PostgreSQL, Vector DB
Editorial Workflow	Version-controlled drafts, role-based access, approval chains	Next.js, GraphQL, WebSockets
Distribution Mesh	CDN routing, RSS/JSON export, push notifications, syndication	Cloudflare, S3, WebSub

Quick Start

Install the CLI tool to fetch, verify, and publish articles locally:

npm install -g @aevum/cli

# Initialize workspace
aevum init --project my-newsroom

# Pull latest verified feeds
aevum fetch --source ap,euronews,local

# Verify and publish
aevum verify --strict && aevum publish --cdn

For Docker deployment:

docker compose up -d
# Dashboard available at http://localhost:8080

Public API

Base URL: https://api.aevum.news/v2

GET /articles?verified=true&limit=10

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "aev_8f3k29d",
      "headline": "Global Climate Accord Ratified by 142 Nations",
      "hash": "0x9c3e8...a21f",
      "published_at": "2025-04-12T09:14:00Z",
      "verification_score": 0.98,
      "tags": ["world", "climate", "policy"]
    }
  ]
}

POST /verify

Submit a draft for cryptographic verification and AI fact-checking pipeline.

WebSocket /live-feed

Real-time streaming endpoint for breaking news events. Supports filtering by region, category, and verification tier.

Roadmap & Releases

v2.5.0 (Q3 2025): Decentralized hosting via IPFS, multilingual NLP pipeline
v2.6.0 (Q4 2025): AI editorial assistant with bias-detection metrics
v3.0.0 (Q1 2026): Zero-knowledge proof verification for anonymous sourcing

Full changelog available at CHANGELOG.md

Contributing

We welcome contributions from journalists, developers, and media researchers. Please read:

CONTRIBUTING.md for PR guidelines and code standards
EDITORIAL.md for sourcing, verification, and style rules
SECURITY.md for responsible disclosure

To join the editorial board or apply for API keys, open an issue with the label access-request.

License & Content Policy

Code: MIT License
Content: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
Data: CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication)

All published articles include embedded provenance metadata. Republishing requires attribution to Aevum News and original sources. Commercial syndication requires a licensing agreement.