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Archive of Our Own (AO3) is a nonprofit, noncommercial archive run by the Organization for Transformative Works that hosts fan-created works across a vast range of media, including books, TV, film, games, music, and real-person fiction. It emphasizes community governance and accessibility (the core functions work without JavaScript, though the experience improves with it) and offers account features like notifications, bookmarks, participation in challenges, and an invitation-based signup queue. The archive highlights human-moderated tagging and an open, fannish ethos; it lists more than 83,200 fandoms, about 11.94 million users, and roughly 18.74 million works, and notes that all fans and fanworks are welcome.

Recent site updates and organizational news show active community and financial support: an October 2026 membership drive raised US$314,539.76 and added 7,623 members, exceeding a 5,000-member goal, and other posts cover tag connectivity and the OTW’s 2026 budget and finance processes. The site links to policies (content, DMCA, privacy), contact routes for support and abuse reports, development details (otwarchive v1.10.0.1, GPL-2.0-or-later) and social-status channels on Bluesky and Tumblr, underscoring its volunteer-run infrastructure and ongoing maintenance.

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