Swartz was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS, the organization Creative Commons, the website framework web.py and the social news site Reddit, in which he was an equal partner after its merger with his Infogami company.
Swartz terlibat dalam pengembangan format web feed RSS, organisasi Creative Commons, kerangka situs web.py dan situs berita sosial Reddit, di mana ia menjadi partner setelah merger dengan perusahaannya, Infogami.