tech-coops

Tech coops list 🎉 To celebrate 1k stars on GitHub this list now has a website version on tech-coops.xyz 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) 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 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 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 Coops North America South America Asia Europe Oceania Worldwide Networks of coops Resources Information on tech coops and coops in general Talks Mailinglists Chat rooms Tools Products created by tech coops Jobs and contracts References to this list Coops North America Coop Business Areas Region/Country Notes Agaric Web development, tech consulting USA / Nicaragua / Germany Worker-owned collective building online since 2006, lately contributing to the Drutopia platform for grassroots groups. Baseline 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 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 Web design, Software development (Python) Montreal and Quebec City, Canada Catalyst Cooperative Open data engineering / analysis for energy & climate policy Distributed / Remote, North America C4 Tech & Design Web Design, Business IT Services, Computer Repair New Orleans, USA ChiCommons Last-mile ISP, Consulting Chicago, USA CoLab 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 Gather software and services for sharing resources in Cohousing communities Michigan, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin, USA Started 2015 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 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 Contact, membership, donation and case management with CiviCRM, SaaS and custom development Montreal, QC, Canada Founded in 2014 Design Action Collective Web design and development Oakland, USA DWG Product development and implementation East Bay, CA, USA Dojo4 Web applications and design Boulder, CO Electric Embers Hosting San Francisco, CA, USA FullSteam Labs Web application development, UI & UX Design USA Future Club Game development USA Gemify 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 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 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 Full-stack engineering - design, development, firmware, electrical, mechanical engineering USA/Canada Focused on technology with positive social impact KO_OP Game development Montreal, Quebec, Canada Koumbit Hosting, Websites, Sysadmin Montreal, Quebec, Canada Lab148 coop Immersive space, coaching from conceptualization to production for artistic installation with digital technology, libre software development and use Montreal, Quebec, Canada Lab148 is a working cooperative founded in 2023, whose mission is to foster collective participation in multimedia installations. Lichen Community Systems Digital accessibility, community-led design, development, and creative technology Toronto and Vancouver, Canada Lichen is a non-profit studio dedicated to growing the practice of community-led design. We do this by researching transformative technologies and methods, developing accessible tools, sharing our work through art and education, and supporting cultural change within organizations. Ministry of Velocity Agile transformation, security, branding, service design, research, development SF Bay Area and Southern Oregon Limeleaf Worker Collective Software engineering, Product development, IT consulting Saratoga Springs, New York, USA Focused on independent businesses, social impact startu