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# Tech coops list



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🎉 *To celebrate 1k stars on GitHub this list now has a website version on [tech-coops.xyz](https://tech-coops.xyz)*



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A list of tech coops and resources concerning tech coops and worker owned cooperatives in general.



*Contributions to this list are very welcome. Just clone this repo, edit this file ([README.md](https://github.com/hng/tech-coops/blob/master/README.md)) or edit it directly (open it and click on the pencil icon on the upper right) and create a pull request. Please read [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/hng/tech-coops/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) before creating a pull request.*



## What are worker-owned tech cooperatives?



A very general definition:

> Worker-owned cooperatives are business enterprises that are owned and governed by their employees. All worker cooperatives have two common characteristics: 1) member-owners invest in and own the business together, and share the enterprise’s profits, and 2) decision-making is democratic, with each member having one vote.



– [community-wealth.org](http://community-wealth.org/content/worker-cooperatives)



Tech cooperatives are worker-owned cooperatives that operate in the information technology industry. This list focuses on tech coops that are providing software development and consulting services.



Tech cooperatives could be a solution if you feel alienated by big software corporations and startup culture or you feel alone and in search of solidarity as a freelancer.



## Table of Contents



1. [Coops](#coops)

    1. [North America](#coops-namerica)

    1. [South America](#coops-samerica)

    1. [Asia](#coops-asia)

    1. [Europe](#coops-europe)

    1. [Oceania](#coops-oceania)

    1. [Worldwide](#coops-worldwide)

3. [Networks of coops](#networks)

4. [Resources](#resources)

    1. [Information on tech coops and coops in general](#info)

    1. [Talks](#talks)

    1. [Mailinglists](#mailinglists)

    1. [Chat rooms](#chat-rooms)

    1. [Tools](#tools)

10. [Products created by tech coops](#products)

11. [Jobs and contracts](#jobs)

12. [References to this list](#references)






## Coops






### North America



Coop | Business Areas | Region/Country | Notes

---- | -------------- | -------------- | -----

[Agaric](http://agaric.coop/) | Web development, tech consulting | USA / Nicaragua / Germany | Worker-owned collective building online since 2006, lately contributing to the [Drutopia](https://drutopia.org/) platform for grassroots groups.

[Baseline](https://baseline.quebec/en/) | AI consulting | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | Baseline is the outcome of a collective will to share resources, to give ourselves greater visibility and to pool common expenses and risks, while respecting our individual needs. |

[CanTrust Hosting Co-op](https://cantrusthosting.coop/) | Hosting, personal cloud, and IT consulting | Vancouver, BC, Canada | Started in 2009, provides community-focused web hosting at affordable prices to clients, many of whom are like-minded social economy organizations. |

[Caravan Web Worker Cooperative](https://caravan.coop) | Web design, Software development (Python) | Montreal and Quebec City, Canada | |

[Catalyst Cooperative](https://catalyst.coop) | Open data engineering / analysis for energy & climate policy | Distributed / Remote, North America | |

[C4 Tech & Design](https://c4tech.com) | Web Design, Business IT Services, Computer Repair | New Orleans, USA | |

[ChiCommons](https://www.chicommons.coop) | Last-mile ISP, Consulting | Chicago, USA | |

[CoLab](https://www.colab.coop) |  | Ithaca, NY, USA | *"CoLab’s mission is to contribute to a new economy of justice and cooperation while bringing clients beautiful, cutting-edge technology."*

[CommunitySoft Cooperative](https://info.gather.coop) | Gather software and services for sharing resources in Cohousing communities | Michigan, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin, USA | Started 2015 |

[comp.coop](https://comp.coop/) | Services and consulting | Brooklyn, NY, USA | comp.coop is a brand new worker-owned tech company seeking to disrupt the VC model that keeps cooperatives and worker-owned businesses from accessing the technology they need. Started 2024. |

[Cooperatus](https://cooperatus.net) | Project management, tech consulting, web development, graphic design, virtual assistance | Western US and Georgia, US | Cooperatus is a tech worker collective providing a range of freelance support and services from hybrid book launches and websites to interpersonal communication and cybersecurity consulting.

[Coop Symbiotic](https://www.symbiotic.coop) | Contact, membership, donation and case management with CiviCRM, SaaS and custom development | Montreal, QC, Canada | Founded in 2014 |

[Design Action Collective](https://designaction.org) | Web design and development | Oakland, USA | |

[DWG](https://digitalworkersguild.com) | Product development and implementation | East Bay, CA, USA | |

[Dojo4](https://dojo4.com/) | Web applications and design | Boulder, CO | |

[Electric Embers](https://electricembers.coop) | Hosting | San Francisco, CA, USA | |

[FullSteam Labs](https://www.fullsteamlabs.com) | Web application development, UI & UX Design | USA |

[Future Club](https://www.futureclub.dev/) | Game development | USA | |

[Gemify](https://gemify.tech) | Software Development, UX Research and Design | San Jose, California, USA | Worker-owned tech co-operative developing affordable solutions for small businesses since 2019. |

[Hypha Worker Co-operative](https://hypha.coop/) | Digital coaching, (decentralized) web design, and development | Tkaronto (Toronto), Ontario, Canada | Founded in 2019 with the mission to help organizations and communities redesign their relationships with digital technology. |

[Informal Systems](https://informal.systems) | Distribute Systems and Formal Verification |  Tkaronto (Toronto), Ontario, Canada | Working towards an open-source ecosystem of cooperatively owned and governed distributed organizations running on reliable distributed systems

[Interstitial Technology](https://interstitial.coop) | Full-stack engineering - design, development, firmware, electrical, mechanical engineering  | USA/Canada | Focused on technology with positive social impact

[KO_OP](https://www.ko-opmode.com/) | Game development | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |

[Koumbit](https://www.koumbit.org/en) | Hosting, Websites, Sysadmin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |

[Ministry of Velocity](https://www.minifast.co) | Agile transformation, security, branding, service design, research, development | SF Bay Area and Southern Oregon | |

[Limeleaf Worker Collective](https://limeleaf.io) | Software engineering, Product development, IT consulting | Saratoga Springs, New York, USA | Focused on independent businesses, social impact startups, and technologically underserved communities.

[Nexodus](https://nexod.us/) | Visual Effects (VFX) | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | |

[NOVA Web Development](https://novawebdevelopment.org/) | Django sites, graphic design  | USA / El Salvador / elsewhere | Worker-owned co-op developing [LibreOrganize](https://libreorganize.org/) and [Business Tracker](https://businesstracker.org/) primarily for unions, labor movement, social justice, etc. |

[Openflows](https://www.openflows.com) | Web development, CiviCRM | New York, USA | |

[Palante Technology Cooperative](https://palantetech.coop) | Web development, CiviCRM, Tech support, Training | New York, USA and beyond | Focus on NGOs

[Polycot Associates](https://www.polycotassociates.com/) | Strategic planning, Web applications and website development, Drupal, Wordpress | Distributed / Remote, North America | Our highly experienced team provides comprehensive custom web development and design services for mission-driven businesses and non-profit organizations.

[Plausible Labs](https://www.plausible.coop/about) | Development, Design | New York and San Francisco, USA | [Bylaws](https://www.plausible.coop/static/docs/Plausible_Labs_Bylaws.pdf)

[Politics Rewired](https://politicsrewired.com/) | Political campaigning and organizing tools | USA

[Position Development](https://positiondev.com/) | Software Development | Brooklyn, NY | Focused on independent media, cultural institutions, and socially minded organizations

[Radish Cooperative](https://radish.coop/) | Food Delivery & Restaurant Tech | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | A multistakeholder restaurant delivery and technology cooperative owned and operated collectively by its restaurant, driver, and consumer members.

[Rose Coded Tech Cooperative](https://rosecoded.com/) | I.T. Consulting | Portland, Oregon, USA | An I.T. consulting LLC cooperative owned and operated collectively by its members.

[Sassafras Tech Collective](https://sassafras.coop/) | Website & app development, UX design, grant-writing | Remote, USA | Founded 2013. Building technology for justice and joy. |

[TechCollective](https://techcollective.com). | Managed Service Provider | Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, USA | Out-sourced IT cooperative. 100% Worker-owned and managed by its members. 

[The Drivers Cooperative](https://drivers.coop) | Driver-owned rideshare | New York City, NY, USA | Drivers own 100% of the company. Developing an entirely new platform.

[The Glory Society](http://theglorysociety.com/) | Games | US | Founded in 2019

[the Tech Support Cooperative](https://site.techsupport.coop/) | POS software, open-source web development, consulting | US + CAN | Maintainers of the [CORE-POS / IS4C](https://github.com/CORE-POS/IS4C) software project |

[Tierra ComĂşn](https://tierracomun.org/) | digital security, sysadmin, web design | Mexico | |

[Ultri Co-op](https://ultri.com/) | Business Management Software | Worldwide | A multi-stakeholder co-op, where developers and SaaS users are co-owners of the business.|

[Vermont Computing Cooperative](https://vtcc.coop/) | Hardware, Websites, E-mail, Hosting | Vermont, US | |

[Vulk Coop](http://vulk.coop) | Design, Development | Austin, TX, USA | Worker-owned, Founded 2013, Organizers of [Austin Software Co-operatives Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Austin-Software-Co-operatives/)|

[Weaver Digital Design + Storytelling Co-op](https://weaver.coop/) | Full stack website design and development. | Unceded territories of the Lekwungen speaking peoples in so-called BC, Canada | We create outstanding, user-friendly digital experiences that help businesses and organizations connect with their audiences, innovate and grow. |

[Willow Bark](https://willowbark.org) | Design, Development, sysadmin, security | Remote, international |

[Zinc Collective](https://www.zinc.coop/) | Development | US | |






### South America



Coop | Business Areas | Region/Country | Notes

---- | -------------- | -------------- | -----

[Animus](https://animus.coop) | Backend / Frontend / Web / Mobile development / UX / UI / Accesibility | Bariloche, Argentina

[bantics](https://bantics.com.ar) | Consulting, Cloud Infrastructure Administrator, Hosting, Full-stack Development, FLOSS Development | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Fundanda en 2012

[Cambá](https://camba.coop) | Web and mobile Development, Consulting, FLOSS Development | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |

[EITA](https://eita.coop.br/) | Open Source Development | Brazil | Our goal is to deliver open source technologies to social moviments

[Equality](https://equality.coop) | Web development (Django/Angular) | Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | |

[Eryx](https://eryx.co) | Full-stack development, Data Science, Operations Research, UX, Consulting | CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |

[Fiqus](http://fiqus.com) | Web and mobile development | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |

[gcoop](https://gcoop.coop) | Hosting, Consulting, Web Development, FLOSS Development | Buenos Aires, Argentina |*"Transformamos los sistemas."*

[It10](https://it10coop.com.ar) | Software development | CĂłrdoba, Argentina | |

[LibreCode](https://librecode.coop/) | Free software development, tech consulting | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |

[Matelab](http://www.matelab.com.ar/en/) | Development | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Founded 2019; 8 associates

[Nayra](https://nayra.coop) | Web development, UX | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |

[Tecso](http://www.tecso.coop/en/) | Development, Information services | Rosario, Argentina | Founded 2002; 150+ associates






### Asia



Coop | Business Areas | Region/Country | Notes

---- | -------------- | -------------- | -----

[Albatros Tech Cooperative](https://albatros.coop/en/) | Design, Development | Istanbul, Turkey | Worker-Owners|

[Nilenso](https://nilenso.com) | Development (Clojure, Javascript, Ruby, Haskell, Go, Java) | Bangalore, India | |

[Sofi Cooperative](https://soficoop.com/) | Web development, Design, Vue, Node.js | Jerusalem, Israel| Founded 2018; *"Sofi is a workers cooperative of designers and developers, we focus on websites and applications that bring positive value for society and the planet"*

[TNG Worker Cooperative](https://tng.coop/) | IT Development | Yugawara, Japan | Worker-Owners|




### Europe



Coop | Business Areas | Region/Country | Notes

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[24ème](https://24eme.fr) | Free open source software development | Paris, France | Governance based on trust and transparency

[Agile Collective](https://agilecollective.com) | Web development | UK | |

[Alma](http://www.alma.fr) | Software development | Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France | Founded 1979

[Animorph](https://www.animorph.coop/) | Augmented, Virtual & Mixed Reality Applications | London, UK | Founded 2016

[Argo](https://argo.coop/)|Cloud Computing, Hosting, Software Development| Lower Austria, Austria | digital souveranity and privacy with Free Software and a democratic, transparent workers cooperative

[Astrolabe](https://www.astrolabe.coop/) | Business Consulting and Services | Rennes, FR |

[Atomised](http://www.atomised.coop) | Web development, mobile apps, UX design | Cupar, Scotland | Founded 2008

[Autonomic](https://autonomic.zone/) | Free software infrastructure and bespoke web development | UK, Cypherspace | |

[A Bunch of Hacks](https://abunchofhacks.coop) | Video game development, software development | Amsterdam, the Netherlands | |

[Black Shuck](http://blackshuck.co) | Producing moving image, audio and digital projects (websites, apps and installations). | Europe | |

[blinkenbox](https://blinkenbox.coop/) | Sysadmin, Web Development, Hosting | Berlin, Germany | |

[Camplight](https://camplight.net) | web and mobile development, tech consulting | EU, Bulgaria | A digital cooperative that creates experiences for the web, mobile and beyond |

[Champs-Libres](https://champs-libres.coop/) | GIS, Maps, Web applications | Namur, Belgium | |

[Codeurs en Liberté](https://codeursenliberté.fr/) | Public transports, GIS, maps, web applications, sysops | France |  |

[Common Knowledge](https://commonknowledge.coop/) | digital tools for grassroots activists | London, UK | |

[Coopdevs](http://coopdevs.org/) | Development | Barcelona, Catalonia | Non profit association and workers cooperative focusing on non-profit & grassroots social change projects e.g. Open Food Network amongst others |

[Co-operative Web](https://web.coop) | Web Development, Mobile Development, Web Hosting, legacy software support | Birmingham, UK | |

[Coop IT Easy](https://coopiteasy.be/) | ERP development | Brussels, Belgium | Worker coop, we provide Open Source ERPs to other cooperatives. |

[ctrl.alt.coop](https://ctrl.alt.coop/) | Software Development, Consulting | Berlin, Germany | |

[Dalibo](https://dalibo.com/) | PostgreSQL support | Paris, France |

[datenkollektiv.net](https://www.datenkollektiv.net) | Hosting, networking, services | Dresden, Germany | |

[Devtopia](https://devtopia.coop) | Consulting, project management, design and UX, web development, app development, marketing | Spain | Distributed company

[Diciannove](https://19.coop) | Consulting, project management, open source development, hosting, web design | Italy | |

[Digicoop](http://digicoop.io) | Product company, makers of [kantree.io](https://kantree.io) | France | Distributed company

[dtc innovation](https://dtc-innovation.org) | Web development, design and engineering, cooperation, open {data|source} | France, UK, Québec | |

[Empreinte Digitale](https://empreintedigitale.coop) | Web development, Cloud hosting, Accessibility | France | Founded in 1993, Worker-owned coop since 2020 |

[Fairness](https://fairness.coop) | Web and mobile development, agile coaching, technical consulting | France | Worker-owned coop with a focus on digital eco-design and software quality |

[femProcomuns](https://femprocomuns.coop/) | IoT infrastructure, Cloud services, Co-op Incubator | Catalonia

[FikaWorks](https://fika.works) | Consulting, DevOps, IT infrastructure | Netherlands | Distributed company

[fnordkollektiv](https://fnordkollektiv.de) | software development, infrastructure devop, tech consulting | Siegen, NRW, Germany | Founded 2020 |

[gassagosso](https://gassagosso.coop) | Web development | France (full remote) | Mainly working with [elixir lang](https://elixir-lang.org/) |

[Gnucoop](https://www.gnucoop.com/) | Open source development, [Dino - Data collection tool](https://gnucoop.com/dino/) based on [AJF](https://github.com/gnucoop/ajf), training, e-learning, project management | Italy | Distributed coop, working with NGOs and non profit companies|

[Go free Range](http://gofreerange.com) | Software development specializing in Ruby on Rails | London, UK | A worker-owned software consultancy founded in 2009 |

[Good Praxis](https://goodpraxis.coop) | Web development | London, UK | A worker-owned digital agency founded in 2019 |

[Happy Dev](https://happy-dev.fr/) | Anything digital | France | Freelancers network federating tech collectives around France |

[Happyculture](https://happyculture.coop/) | Web development, Drupal experts | France | Webagency working to increase projects sucess rates for customers |

[Hostsharing](https://www.hostsharing.net/) | Hosting | Germany |  |

[Hypernova](https://www.hypernovacoop.it/) | Web Development, Web Design, Digital | Italy | Freelancers network, part of the Doc Servizi coop network |

[Igalia](https://www.igalia.com) | Free Software consultancy | A Coruña, Spain; Global | 115+ workers; distributed company

[Indici Opponibili](https://indiciopponibili.com) | Web Design & Development, Motion Graphics, Game Design & Development, Edutainment | Bologna, Italy | Full Remote Coop, part of the Legacoop Emilia Romagna and Culturmedia coop networks

[INF](https://inf.coop/) | Software Product Company | Mannheim, Germany | Founded in 2023 |

[infra.run](https://infra.run/) | Development, Support, Training, Video Conference Hosting |

[Insite](https://www.insite.coop/) | Drupal web development | Lille, France | Founded 1996

[IT Kollektiv](https://it-kollektiv.com) | Cross-platform apps, web development, backend development, consulting | GER | Network-type

[IT Kollektivet](http://www.it-kollektivet.dk) |  | Copenhagen, Denmark | |

[Itopie](https://www.itopie.ch/) | Repairs, workshops, IT services (individuals and companies) | Geneva, Switzerland | |

[Jamgo](http://jamgo.coop/en/) | Front-end dev, design services, e-commerce, Drupal/WordPress | Barcelona, Spain | |

[Kaleidos](https://kaleidos.net/) | Front-end, mobile, UX/UI design, open source software | Madrid, Spain | |

[Kedu](https://kedu.coop/en/home) | Software, infrastructure | Barcelona, Spain | |

[Les-Tilleuls.coop](https://les-tilleuls.coop/en)| Web development, Tech consulting, Open Source Development | Lille, Paris, Nantes, Lyon (France) | Tech worker-owned cooperative founded in 2011. Creators of the API Platform framework and major contributors to Symfony. |

[media co-op](https://mediaco-op.net/) | Filmmaking, Design, Development | Glasgow, Scotland | |

[Motion Twin](https://motion-twin.com) | Video game development | Bordeaux, France | |

[MuchDifferent](http://www.muchdifferent.com) | Game technology, Engineering | Uppsala, Sweden | |

[multi](http://www.multi.coop) | Web development, data science, innovation, open source, open data | France | Tech workers owned. Created in 2022 |

[Nethik](https://www.nethik.fr) | Software development | Argelès-sur-mer, France | Founded in 2009

[Open Data Services](https://opendataservices.coop/) | We help people publish and use open data, by offering software, support and consultancy | UK (Remote) | Worker co-op, 23 employees, founded 2015.

[Outlandish](https://outlandish.com/) | Web development | London, UK | Outlandish is a worker owned co-operative that is committed to making the world better through technology, co-operativism and communication. Based in Finsbury Park, North London, they also work with the Islington Council to run the co-working space, [Space4](https://space4.tech/). |

[Ouvaton](https://ouvaton.coop) | Web Hosting, Domain Name Registrar | France |

[Pathtech](https://pathtech.coop/) | Web development, Project Management | France |  Founded 2020 |  

[Probesys](https://www.probesys.com) | Web development, System Administration, Hosting | Grenoble, France | We provide Open Source development and infrastructure expertise |

[Rapid Assessment Delivery Cooperative (RAD COP)](https://radcop.online/) | Penetration and Social Engineering Testing, Compliance and Methodology, other kinds of security analysis and engineering | Krasnogorsk, Russia | We deal with almost all popular cybersecurity domains: from implementing DevSecOps processes to compliance audits according to information security standards, from setting up technical information protection tools to writing regulatory documents. |

[Reinblau](https://reinblau.coop/) | Web development | Berlin, Germany | |

[Resonate](http://resonate.is) | Music Streaming  | Berlin, Germany / Dublin, Ireland| A multistakeholder platform co-operative - with contributors (workers, contractors, volunteers) represented with a 20% ownership stake.

[Robur](https://robur.coop) | Software Development | Berlin, Germany | |

[roko.li](https://roko.li) | Software Development, Hosting | Potsdam/ Rostock, Germany | |

[Sange](http://www.sange.fi/) | Hosting | Helsinki, Finland | |

[Sociality](https://sociality.coop/) | Digital Technologies | Athens, Greece | |

[SkuraMobile](https://skuramobile.com/) |  App development | Errenteria, Basque Country | |

[Slobodna domena](https://slobodnadomena.hr/) | Web & app development, design, IT infrastructure, consulting and education | Zagreb, Croatia | Worker's non-profit coop founded in 2017. |

[Spotlab](https://www.spotlab.net) | Web apps development & consulting | Paris, France | Webagency owned by people simplifying people work

[Startin'blox](https://startinblox.com/) | Web development | Hosting | specilized in federated application | France | |

[Syndicats](https://www.syndicats.co/) | Software development | Hamburg, Germany | |

[TableFlip](https://tableflip.io/) | Web development. Javascript, Node.js, Meteor. | London, UK | Founded 2013; "We're your technical co-founder." |

[Talaios Koop.](https://talaios.coop/) | Web development. Vue, Sage, Node.js. Docker, kubernetes. Odoo, Wordpress, Nextcloud, Moodle. Coop consultancy| Errenteria, Basque Country | Founded 2012|

[TechGenossen](https://techgenossen.de/) | Development, Product Management, Product Growth | Munich, Germany | Founded 2015|

[Tetrabit](https://tetrabit.coop/)) | Development, Web design, illustration | Copenhagen, Denmark| | 

[Troopers](https://troopers.coop/) | Web Agency, Software Craftmanship, Symfony, React, Maintenance, A11y, S12y (Numérique Responsable, éco-conception), Holacracy | Nantes, France | Agency founded in 2012, SCOP sinse 2022 |

[UNI:CODE IT Solutions](https://unicode-it.de) | Web development, IT services | Germany, Remote | |

[Village One](https://village.one) | Digital strategy, design, software development | Germany, Remote | Purposeful digital products and infrastructure, created with joy and integrity. Founded in 2022. |

[WAO Co-op](https://weareopen.coop) | Digital transformation, elearning, project management | UK / Germany | Making sense of complex problems while spreading the benefits of open. Part of [CoTech](https://coops.tech) |

[Web\|Alternatif](https://www.webalternatif.com) | Software development | Grenoble, France | Self-managed worker cooperative |

[Webarchitects Co-operative](https://www.webarchitects.coop) | Hosting, Sysadmin | Sheffield, UK | Multi-stakeholder, including workers, organisations and investors |

[wechange eG](https://wechange.de) | Development Agency & Platform for the NGO & Public sectors | Berlin, Germany | |

[WTF Kooperative eG](https://wtf-eg.de/) | Software Development, Hosting, Consulting, less bureaucracy for freelancers in germany  | Germany, Remote | eG legal German Coop, founded 2020 |

[Yaal Coop](https://yaal.coop)| Web development, open source development, technical investment | Bordeaux (France) | Worker-owned cooperative focused on social impact startups. |






### Oceania



Coop | Business Areas | Region/Country | Notes

---- | -------------- | -------------- | -----

[Enspiral](https://enspiral.com) |  | NZ | Network-type

[Ion Technologies](https://iontech.nz) | Contracting / Consulting | Kerikeri, New Zealand | Worker's cooperative founded in 2017 |

[Loomio](https://www.loomio.org) | Online decision-making app |  Wellington, New Zealand | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loomio)

[Protozoa](http://protozoa.nz) | Web development | NZ | |

[Root Systems](https://www.rootsystems.nz) | Consulting | NZ | "Pod" within Enspiral; [Inactive.](https://twitter.com/ahdinosaur/status/1150589688509419520)






### Decentralised / Worldwide



Coop | Business Areas | Notes

---- | -------------- | -----

[bits.coop](https://bits.coop) | webgl, maps, p2p, offline data replication |  |

[meet.coop](https://meet.coop) | A co-operative meeting and conferencing platform, powered by BigBlueButton. |  |

[Talespinners](https://talespinners.co.uk/) | Game Writing, Design, Editing, Direction and Consultancy | |

[ZO](https://zo.team/) | Design, Development, Translation, Copy-editing  |  |



### [Historical / defunct coops](./DEFUNCT.md)



### Other lists



 * [Awesome Tech Cooperatives](https://github.com/mwmeyer/awesome-tech-cooperatives) - A collection of awesome cooperative tech companies and projects



 



## Networks of coops



* [CoTech](https://www.coops.tech) - Network of tech coops in the UK.

  * [CoTech Wiki](https://wiki.coops.tech/wiki/Main_Page)

  * [CoTech Forum](https://community.coops.tech/) - active tech cooperatives forum from CoTech

* [FACT\[TIC\]](http://facttic.org.ar) - Federation of tech worker-cooperatives in Argentina.

* [Libre Entreprise](https://www.libre-entreprise.org/) - Network of free software tech coops in France.

* [Patio ICA](https://patio.ica.coop/) - Worldwide Tech Co-op Network in Internation Cooperative Alliance.

* [Tech Co-op Network](https://techworker.coop) - North American Technology Worker Cooperatives.



## Meetups



* [Austin Software Co-operatives](https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Austin-Software-Co-operatives/)

* [Public WTF JourFixe for everyone (English or German language depending on participants) interested in tech cooperative community life every Wednesday at 9 pm](https://chaos.social/@HackerGeno)






## Resources






### Information on tech coops and coops in general



#### Handbooks / Guides



* [A Technology Freelancer's Guide to Starting a Worker Cooperative](https://web.archive.org/web/20220324081516/https://techworker.coop/sites/default/files/TechCoopHOWTO.pdf), 2009

* [A Document To Help You Start A Tech Cooperative](https://feeltrain.com/blog/operating-agreement/) - By Feel Train.

  * [Discussion on Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14135068)

* [Crisp DNA](https://dna.crisp.se/docs/index.html) - Handbook for Crisp, a Swedish network of consultants.

* [The Loomio Co-op Handbook](https://loomio.coop)

  * [Discussion](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12348909) on Hacker News.

* [Enspiral Handbook](https://handbook.enspiral.com) - More information about the Enspiral network.

* [Root Systems Handbook](https://www.rootsystems.nz/) - Defunct livelihood pod within Enspiral Network.

* [Hypha Organizational Handbook](https://handbook.hypha.coop/) - Hypha Worker Co-operative, in Canada. (Active, 2024)



#### Books



* [Patterns for Decentralised Organising](https://leanpub.com/patterns-for-decentralised-organising) by Richard D. Bartlett - Practical guidance for teams, organisations and networks to manage without hierarchy.

* [Ours to Hack and to Own: The Rise of Platform Cooperativism, a New Vision for the Future of Work and a Fairer Internet](https://nathanschneider.info/books/ours-to-hack/) By Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider



#### Articles



* [Can Coops Revolutionize the Tech Industry?](https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/can-coops-revolutionize-the-tech-industry)

* [Co-op of digital co-ops – arise, er, Megazord?](https://outlandish.com/blog/co-op-of-software-co-ops-arise-er-megazord/)

* [The Argument For Worker-Owned Tech Collectives](https://www.fastcompany.com/3021964/the-argument-for-worker-owned-tech-collectives) (Fastcompany)

* [The Case for Technology Worker Coops from a Former Freelancer](https://www.colab.coop/blog/the-case-for-technology-worker-coops-from-a-former-freelancer/)

* [Post-Capitalist Solutions: How Worker-Owned Tech Co-ops Are Boosting the Solidarity Economy](http://www.occupy.com/article/post-capitalist-solutions-how-worker-owned-tech-co-ops-are-boosting-solidarity-economy#sthash.9q8hqH7v.1klLVNEi.dpbs) (occupy.com)

* [Incorporating Notes: On Cooperatives, Nonprofits, and Better Accountability](https://colet.space/blog/incorporating-notes/) by the Collective for Liberation, Ecology, and Technology

* [Tales from a digital cooperative and friends that are evolving human collaboration](https://medium.com/camplight) (by Camplight)

* [Tech co-operatives are leaving the startup rat race behind](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cotech-tech-cooperatives-blake-house-outlandish)



#### Financing / Salaries



* [A new financial model for consulting](https://medium.com/enspiral-tales/a-new-financial-model-for-consulting-c7781661a1ec) - How we’re making our salaries fair and transparent

  * [Financial Agreement of Root Systems](https://github.com/enspiral-root-systems/agreement-financial)

* [Coopensation](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/vulk-blog/Coopensation1.0.pdf) - Worker-Owned Incentive System.

* [How a Worker-Owned Tech Startup Found Investors—and Kept Its Values](http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/how-a-worker-owned-tech-startup-found-investors-and-kept-its-values-20160426)

* ["Loomio Points"](https://www.loomio.coop/employment_and_membership/loomio_points) - A system to acknowledge the work people did for free to get the project off the ground.

* ["How to Co-op: Salaries & Reviews"](https://blog.nilenso.com/blog/2015/06/30/how-to-co-op-salaries-reviews/) - Overview of how reviews happen and how salaries are decided at nilenso, a worker-owned IT co-operative.



#### Legal



* [How to incorporate a corporate cooperative in India](https://github.com/nilenso/cooperative-agreement) - By [nilenso](https://nilenso.com).



#### Conflict



* [Come Hell or High Water. A Handbook on Collective Process Gone Awry](https://www.akpress.org/comehellorhighwater.html)



#### Other links



* [Ask HN: Examples of tech worker cooperatives?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7634152) - Interesting discussion with lots of links.

* [/r/cooperatives](https://www.reddit.com/r/cooperatives/) - Subreddit about cooperatives.






### Videos / Talks



* [Applying the Advice Process to a Software Service Co-op](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo9TOSxnY2I)

* [Cooperative Codes](https://www.gcoop.coop/codigos-cooperativos)

* [Ela Kagel on Platform Co-ops in Berlin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqMdICVqtiQ)

* [Grow Your Own Economy in a Company](https://medium.com/enspiral-tales/grow-your-own-economy-in-a-company-a88efc4ba0d), Don’t wait for the system out there to change — make your own rules and live in the economy you want, right now.

* [Two Years Wiser, The Nilenso Experiment - Steven Deobald](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYTFCSZb3Kc)






### Mailinglists / Forums



* [tech-coop listserv](https://npogroups.org/lists/info/tech-coop) - Main mailinglist about tech coops. Check out the [archive](https://npogroups.org/lists/arc/tech-coop) for interesting threads in the past.

* [Cooperative Technologists Community](https://community.coops.tech) - CoTech (UK) community forum.






### Chat rooms



* [#cooptech:autonomic.zone](https://matrix.to/#/!eTkOeRURalzRzbBfBK:autonomic.zone?via=autonomic.zone&via=1312.media) (Matrix chat for CoTech)






### Tools



* [Cobudget](https://cobudget.com) - Crowdsource and fund projects within an organization. Developed and used by Enspiral.

* [Loomio](https://www.loomio.org) - Online decision-making






## Software/Products created by tech coops



* [API Platform](https://api-platform.com/) - REST and GraphQL framework on top of Symfony and React.

* [Canaille](https://pypi.org/project/Canaille/) - Simple account manager and an OpenID Connect provider based upon a LDAP database.

* [Cobuy](https://github.com/enspiral-root-systems/cobuy) - Group wholesale purchases as a consumer co-op (by Root Systems).

* [CoopHub](https://coophub.io) - Git repos from cooperatives around the world!

* [Up & Go](https://www.upandgo.coop) - Cooperative Home Cleaning Services (by CoLab).

* [Moodlight](https://moodlight.team/) - Emotional intelligence for teams (by Camplight)

* [Assista](https://assista.io) - Effortless time tracking for Trello (by Camplight).

* [CoopCycle](https://coopcycle.org/en/) - A federation of bike delivery co-ops with an open-source logistics platform.






## Jobs and contracts



* [Tech coops growing](https://github.com/CodeSolid/tech_coops_growing) - Tech coops forming or looking for new members.

* [CoTech Jobs](https://community.coops.tech/c/jobs) - Jobs category on the CoTech Network (UK) community forums.






## References to this list



* [Discussion on Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31456918), posted on 2022-05-21

* D’Ignazio, C., & Klein, L. (2020). Conclusion: Now Let’s Multiply. In Data Feminism. 



## License



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