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These coops have closed since being listed in the main list. 3 | 4 | ### North America 5 | 6 | Coop | Business Areas | Region/Country | Notes 7 | ---- | -------------- | -------------- | ----- 8 | [Feel Train](https://feeltrain.com/) | | Portland, OR, USA | *"Feel Train will never consist of more than 8 people."* 9 | [Gaia Host Collective](http://gaiahost.coop) | Hosting | Greenfield, MA, USA | 10 | [Quilted](http://quilted.coop) | consulting, graphic design, web development | Berkeley, California, USA | *"Quilted is a worker-owned, cooperatively-managed company stitching together technology and social change."* 11 | [RadicalDesign](http://radicaldesigns.org) | Web development | Oakland, CA, USA | Focusing on non-profit and grassroots social change organizations 12 | [Seattle Developers Cooperative](https://seattledevelopers.coop/) | Web development, React, Node.js | Seattle, Washington, USA | Founded 2018; Working on P2P projects in JavaScript 13 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Tech coops list 2 | 3 | --- 4 | 5 | 🎉 *To celebrate 1k stars on GitHub this list now has a website version on [tech-coops.xyz](https://tech-coops.xyz)* 6 | 7 | --- 8 | 9 | A list of tech coops and resources concerning tech coops and worker owned cooperatives in general. 10 | 11 | *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.* 12 | 13 | ## What are worker-owned tech cooperatives? 14 | 15 | A very general definition: 16 | > 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. 17 | 18 | – [community-wealth.org](http://community-wealth.org/content/worker-cooperatives) 19 | 20 | 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. 21 | 22 | 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. 23 | 24 | 25 | ## Table of Contents 26 | 27 | 1. [Coops](#coops) 28 | 1. [North America](#coops-namerica) 29 | 1. [South America](#coops-samerica) 30 | 1. [Asia](#coops-asia) 31 | 1. [Europe](#coops-europe) 32 | 1. [Oceania](#coops-oceania) 33 | 1. [Worldwide](#coops-worldwide) 34 | 3. [Networks of coops](#networks) 35 | 4. [Resources](#resources) 36 | 1. [Information on tech coops and coops in general](#info) 37 | 1. [Talks](#talks) 38 | 1. [Mailinglists](#mailinglists) 39 | 1. [Chat rooms](#chat-rooms) 40 | 1. [Tools](#tools) 41 | 10. [Products created by tech coops](#products) 42 | 11. [Jobs and contracts](#jobs) 43 | 12. [References to this list](#references) 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | ## Coops 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | ### North America 53 | 54 | Coop | Business Areas | Region/Country | Notes 55 | ---- | -------------- | -------------- | ----- 56 | [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. 57 | [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. | 58 | [Brierwood Coop](http://brierwood.coop) | Mobile apps | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | 59 | [Caravan Web Worker Cooperative](https://caravan.coop) | Web design, Software development (Python) | Montreal and Quebec City, Canada | | 60 | [Catalyst Cooperative](https://catalyst.coop) | Open data engineering / analysis for energy & climate policy | Distributed / Remote, North America | | 61 | [C4 Tech & Design](https://c4tech.com) | Web Design, Business IT Services, Computer Repair | New Orleans, USA | | 62 | [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."* 63 | [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. 64 | [Coop Symbiotic](https://www.symbiotic.coop) | Contact, membership, donation and case management with CiviCRM, SaaS and custom development | Montreal, QC, Canada | Founded in 2014 | 65 | [Design Action Collective](https://designaction.org) | Web design and development | Oakland, USA | | 66 | [DWG](https://digitalworkersguild.com) | Product development and implementation | East Bay, CA, USA | | 67 | [Dojo4](https://dojo4.com/) | Web applications and design | Boulder, CO | | 68 | [Electric Embers](https://electricembers.coop) | Hosting | San Francisco, CA, USA | | 69 | [FullSteam Labs](https://www.fullsteamlabs.com) | Web application development, UI & UX Design | USA | 70 | [Future Club](https://www.futureclub.dev/) | Game development | USA | | 71 | [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. | 72 | [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. | 73 | [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 74 | [Interstitial Technology](https://interstitial.coop) | Full-stack engineering - design, development, firmware, electrical engineering | USA/Canada | Focused on technology with positive social impact 75 | [KO_OP](https://www.ko-opmode.com/) | Game development | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | 76 | [Koumbit](https://www.koumbit.org/en) | Hosting, Websites, Sysadmin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | 77 | [Nexodus](https://nexod.us/) | Visual Effects (VFX) | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | | 78 | [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. | 79 | [Openflows](https://www.openflows.com) | Web development, CiviCRM | New York, USA | | 80 | [Palante Technology Cooperative](https://palantetech.coop) | Web development, CiviCRM, Tech support, Training | New York, USA and beyond | Focus on NGOs 81 | [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. 82 | [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) 83 | [Politics Rewired](https://politicsrewired.com/) | Political campaigning and organizing tools | USA 84 | [Position Development](https://positiondev.com/) | Software Development | Brooklyn, NY | Focused on independent media, cultural institutions, and socially minded organizations 85 | [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. 86 | [Sassafras Tech Collective](http://sassafras.coop/) | Research, User experience design, Development | Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | | 87 | [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. 88 | [The Glory Society](http://theglorysociety.com/) | Games | US | Founded in 2019 89 | [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 | 90 | [Tierra Común](https://tierracomun.org/) | digital security, sysadmin, web design | Mexico | | 91 | [Vermont Computing Cooperative](https://vtcc.coop/) | Hardware, Websites, E-mail, Hosting | Vermont, US | | 92 | [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/)| 93 | [Willow Bark](https://willowbark.org) | Design, Development, sysadmin, security | Remote, international | 94 | [Zinc Collective](https://www.zinc.coop/) | Development | US | | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | ### South America 99 | 100 | Coop | Business Areas | Region/Country | Notes 101 | ---- | -------------- | -------------- | ----- 102 | [Animus](https://animus.coop) | Backend / Frontend / Web / Mobile development / UX / UI / Accesibility | Bariloche, Argentina 103 | [bantics](https://bantics.com.ar) | Consulting, Cloud Infrastructure Administrator, Hosting, Full-stack Development, FLOSS Development | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Fundanda en 2012 104 | [Cambá](https://camba.coop) | Web and mobile Development, Consulting, FLOSS Development | Buenos Aires, Argentina | | 105 | [EITA](https://eita.coop.br/) | Open Source Development | Brazil | Our goal is to deliver open source technologies to social moviments 106 | [Equality](https://equality.coop) | Web development (Django/Angular) | Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | | 107 | [Eryx](https://eryx.co) | Full-stack development, Data Science, Operations Research, UX, Consulting | CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina | | 108 | [Fiqus](http://fiqus.com) | Web and mobile development | Buenos Aires, Argentina | | 109 | [gcoop](https://gcoop.coop) | Hosting, Consulting, Web Development, FLOSS Development | Buenos Aires, Argentina |*"Transformamos los sistemas."* 110 | [It10](https://it10coop.com.ar) | Software development | Córdoba, Argentina | | 111 | [Lyseon Tech](https://lt.coop.br/) | Web development, Apps and Hosting | Rio de Janeiro, BR | Cooperative of free software developers | 112 | [Matelab](http://www.matelab.com.ar/en/) | Development | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Founded 2019; 8 associates 113 | [Nayra](https://nayra.coop) | Web development, UX | Buenos Aires, Argentina | | 114 | [Tecso](http://www.tecso.coop/en/) | Development, Information services | Rosario, Argentina | Founded 2002; 150+ associates 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | ### Asia 119 | 120 | Coop | Business Areas | Region/Country | Notes 121 | ---- | -------------- | -------------- | ----- 122 | [Albatros Tech Cooperative Initiative](https://albatroskoop.com/en/) | Design, Development | Istanbul, Turkey | Worker-Owners| 123 | [Nilenso](https://nilenso.com) | Development (Clojure, Javascript, Ruby, Haskell, Go, Java) | Bangalore, India | | 124 | [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"* 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | ### Europe 129 | 130 | Coop | Business Areas | Region/Country | Notes 131 | ---- | -------------- | -------------- | ----- 132 | [24ème](https://24eme.fr) | Free open source software development | Paris, France | Governance based on trust and transparency 133 | [Agile Collective](https://agilecollective.com) | Web development | UK | | 134 | [Alma](http://www.alma.fr) | Software development | Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France | Founded 1979 135 | [Animorph](https://www.animorph.coop/) | Augmented, Virtual & Mixed Reality Applications | London, UK | Founded 2016 136 | [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 137 | [Astrolabe](https://www.astrolabe.coop/) | Business Consulting and Services | Rennes, FR | 138 | [Atomised](http://www.atomised.coop) | Web development, mobile apps, UX design | Cupar, Scotland | Founded 2008 139 | [Autonomic](https://autonomic.zone/) | Free software infrastructure and bespoke web development | UK, Cypherspace | | 140 | [A Bunch of Hacks](https://abunchofhacks.coop) | Video game development, software development | Amsterdam, the Netherlands | | 141 | [Black Shuck](http://blackshuck.co) | Producing moving image, audio and digital projects (websites, apps and installations). | Europe | | 142 | [blinkenbox](https://blinkenbox.coop/) | Sysadmin, Web Development, Hosting | Berlin, Germany | | 143 | [Camplight](https://camplight.net) | web and mobile development, tech consulting | EU, Bulgaria | A digital cooperative that creates experiences for the web, mobile and beyond | 144 | [Champs-Libres](https://champs-libres.coop/) | GIS, Maps, Web applications | Namur, Belgium | | 145 | [Codeurs en Liberté](https://codeursenliberté.fr/) | Public transports, GIS, maps, web applications, sysops | France | | 146 | [Common Knowledge](https://commonknowledge.coop/) | digital tools for grassroots activists | London, UK | | 147 | [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 | 148 | [Co-operative Web](https://web.coop) | Web Development, Mobile Development, Web Hosting, legacy software support | Birmingham, UK | | 149 | [Coop IT Easy](https://coopiteasy.be/) | ERP development | Brussels, Belgium | Worker coop, we provide Open Source ERPs to other cooperatives. | 150 | [ctrl.alt.coop](https://ctrl.alt.coop/) | Software Development, Consulting | Berlin, Germany | | 151 | [Dalibo](https://dalibo.com/) | PostgreSQL support | Paris, France | 152 | [datenkollektiv.net](https://www.datenkollektiv.net) | Hosting, networking, services | Dresden, Germany | | 153 | [Devtopia](https://devtopia.coop) | Consulting, project management, design and UX, web development, app development, marketing | Spain | Distributed company 154 | [Diciannove](https://19.coop) | Consulting, project management, open source development, hosting, web design | Italy | | 155 | [Digicoop](http://digicoop.io) | Product company, makers of [kantree.io](https://kantree.io) | France | Distributed company 156 | [dtc innovation](https://dtc-innovation.org) | Web development, design and engineering, cooperation, open {data|source} | France, UK, Québec | | 157 | [Empreinte Digitale](https://empreintedigitale.coop) | Web development, Cloud hosting, Accessibility | France | Founded in 1993, Worker-owned coop since 2020 | 158 | [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 | 159 | [femProcomuns](https://femprocomuns.coop/) | IoT infrastructure, Cloud services, Co-op Incubator | Catalonia 160 | [FikaWorks](https://fika.works) | Consulting, DevOps, IT infrastructure | Netherlands | Distributed company 161 | [fnordkollektiv](https://fnordkollektiv.de) | software development, infrastructure devop, tech consulting | Siegen, NRW, Germany | Founded 2020 | 162 | [GNU Coop](https://www.gnucoop.com/) | Open source development, training, e-learning, project management | Italy | | 163 | [Go free Range](http://gofreerange.com) | Web development | UK | | 164 | [Happy Dev](https://happy-dev.fr/) | Anything digital | France | Freelancers network federating tech collectives around France | 165 | [Happyculture](https://happyculture.coop/) | Web development, Drupal experts | France | Webagency working to increase projects sucess rates for customers | 166 | [Hostsharing](https://www.hostsharing.net/) | Hosting | Germany | | 167 | [Hypernova](https://www.hypernovacoop.it/) | Web Development, Web Design, Digital | Italy | Freelancers network, part of the Doc Servizi coop network | 168 | [Igalia](https://www.igalia.com) | Free Software consultancy | A Coruña, Spain; Global | 115+ workers; distributed company 169 | [infra.run](https://infra.run/) | Development, Support, Training, Video Conference Hosting | 170 | [Insite](https://www.insite.coop/) | Drupal web development | Lille, France | Founded 1996 171 | [IT Kollektiv](https://it-kollektiv.com) | Cross-platform apps, web development, backend development, consulting | GER | Network-type 172 | [IT Kollektivet](http://www.it-kollektivet.dk) | | Copenhagen, Denmark | | 173 | [Itopie](https://www.itopie.ch/) | Repairs, workshops, IT services (individuals and companies) | Geneva, Switzerland | | 174 | [Jamgo](http://jamgo.coop/en/) | Front-end dev, design services, e-commerce, Drupal/WordPress | Barcelona, Spain | | 175 | [Kaleidos](https://kaleidos.net/) | Front-end, mobile, UX/UI design, open source software | Madrid, Spain | | 176 | [Kedu](https://kedu.coop/en/home) | Software, infrastructure | Barcelona, Spain | | 177 | [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. | 178 | [media co-op](https://mediaco-op.net/) | Filmmaking, Design, Development | Glasgow, Scotland | | 179 | [Motion Twin](https://motion-twin.com) | Video game development | Bordeaux, France | | 180 | [MuchDifferent](http://www.muchdifferent.com) | Game technology, Engineering | Uppsala, Sweden | | 181 | [multi](http://www.multi.coop) | Web development, data science, innovation, open source, open data | France | Tech workers owned. Created in 2022 | 182 | [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. 183 | [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/). | 184 | [Probesys](https://www.probesys.com) | Web development, System Administration, Hosting | Grenoble, France | We provide Open Source development and infrastructure expertise | 185 | [Rabotnik](https://www.rabotnik.coop/) | graphic design, web-development, video production and animation, campaign and concept development | Denmark | | 186 | [Reinblau](https://reinblau.coop/) | Web development | Berlin, Germany | | 187 | [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. 188 | [Robur](https://robur.coop) | Software Development | Berlin, Germany | | 189 | [Sange](http://www.sange.fi/) | Hosting | Helsinki, Finland | | 190 | [Sociality](https://sociality.coop/) | Digital Technologies | Athens, Greece | | 191 | [SkuraMobile](https://skuramobile.com/) | App development | Errenteria, Basque Country | | 192 | [Slobodna domena](https://slobodnadomena.hr/) | Web & app development, design, IT infrastructure, consulting and education | Zagreb, Croatia | Worker's non-profit coop founded in 2017. | 193 | [Startin'blox](https://startinblox.com/) | Web development | Hosting | specilized in federated application | France | | 194 | [TableFlip](https://tableflip.io/) | Web development. Javascript, Node.js, Meteor. | London, UK | Founded 2013; "We're your technical co-founder." | 195 | [Talaios Koop.](https://talaios.coop/) | Web development. Vue, Sage, Node.js. Docker, kubernetes. Odoo, Wordpress, Nextcloud, Moodle. Coop consultancy| Errenteria, Basque Country | Founded 2012| 196 | [UNI:CODE IT Solutions](https://unicode-it.de) | Web development, IT services | Germany, Remote | | 197 | [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) | 198 | [Web\|Alternatif](https://www.webalternatif.com) | Software development | Grenoble, France | Self-managed worker cooperative | 199 | [Webarchitects Co-operative](https://www.webarchitects.coop) | Hosting, Sysadmin | Sheffield, UK | Multi-stakeholder, including workers, organisations and investors | 200 | [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 | 201 | [Yaal Coop](https://yaal.coop)| Web development, open source development, technical investment | Bordeaux (France) | Worker-owned cooperative focused on social impact startups. | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | ### Oceania 206 | 207 | Coop | Business Areas | Region/Country | Notes 208 | ---- | -------------- | -------------- | ----- 209 | [Enspiral](https://enspiral.com) | | NZ | Network-type 210 | [Loomio](https://www.loomio.org) | Online decision-making app | Wellington, New Zealand | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loomio) 211 | [Protozoa](http://protozoa.nz) | Web development | NZ | | 212 | [Root Systems](https://www.rootsystems.nz) | Consulting | NZ | "Pod" within Enspiral; [Inactive.](https://twitter.com/ahdinosaur/status/1150589688509419520) 213 | 214 | 215 | 216 | 217 | ### Decentralised / Worldwide 218 | 219 | Coop | Business Areas | Notes 220 | ---- | -------------- | ----- 221 | [bits.coop](https://bits.coop) | webgl, maps, p2p, offline data replication | | 222 | [meet.coop](https://meet.coop) | A co-operative meeting and conferencing platform, powered by BigBlueButton. | | 223 | [Talespinners](https://talespinners.co.uk/) | Game Writing, Design, Editing, Direction and Consultancy | | 224 | [ZO](https://zo.team/) | Design, Development, Translation, Copy-editing | | 225 | 226 | 227 | ### [Historical / defunct coops](./DEFUNCT.md) 228 | 229 | ### Other lists 230 | 231 | * [Awesome Tech Cooperatives](https://github.com/mwmeyer/awesome-tech-cooperatives) - A collection of awesome cooperative tech companies and projects 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | ## Networks of coops 236 | 237 | * [CoTech](https://www.coops.tech) - Network of tech coops in the UK. 238 | * [CoTech Wiki](https://wiki.coops.tech/wiki/Main_Page) 239 | * [CoTech Forum](https://community.coops.tech/) - active tech cooperatives forum from CoTech 240 | * [FACT\[TIC\]](http://facttic.org.ar) - Federation of tech worker-cooperatives in Argentina. 241 | * [Tech Co-op Network](https://techworker.coop) - North American Technology Worker Cooperatives. 242 | 243 | ## Meetups 244 | 245 | * [Austin Software Co-operatives](https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Austin-Software-Co-operatives/) 246 | 247 | 248 | 249 | ## Resources 250 | 251 | 252 | 253 | ### Information on tech coops and coops in general 254 | 255 | #### Handbooks / Guides 256 | 257 | * [A Technology Freelancer's Guide to Starting a Worker Cooperative](https://techworker.coop/sites/default/files/TechCoopHOWTO.pdf), 2009 258 | * [A Document To Help You Start A Tech Cooperative](https://feeltrain.com/blog/operating-agreement/) - By Feel Train. 259 | * [Discussion on Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14135068) 260 | * [Crisp DNA](https://dna.crisp.se/docs/index.html) - Handbook for Crisp, a Swedish network of consultants. 261 | * [The Loomio Co-op Handbook](https://loomio.coop) 262 | * [Discussion](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12348909) on Hacker News. 263 | * [Enspiral Handbook](https://handbook.enspiral.com) - More information about the Enspiral network. 264 | * [Root Systems Handbook](https://www.rootsystems.nz/) - Defunct livelihood pod within Enspiral Network. 265 | 266 | #### Books 267 | 268 | * [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. 269 | * [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 270 | 271 | #### Articles 272 | 273 | * [Can Coops Revolutionize the Tech Industry?](https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/can-coops-revolutionize-the-tech-industry) 274 | * [Co-op of digital co-ops – arise, er, Megazord?](https://outlandish.com/blog/co-op-of-software-co-ops-arise-er-megazord/) 275 | * [The Argument For Worker-Owned Tech Collectives](https://www.fastcompany.com/3021964/the-argument-for-worker-owned-tech-collectives) (Fastcompany) 276 | * [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/) 277 | * [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) 278 | * [Incorporating Notes: On Cooperatives, Nonprofits, and Better Accountability](https://colet.space/blog/incorporating-notes/) by the Collective for Liberation, Ecology, and Technology 279 | * [Tales from a digital cooperative and friends that are evolving human collaboration](https://medium.com/camplight) (by Camplight) 280 | * [Tech co-operatives are leaving the startup rat race behind](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cotech-tech-cooperatives-blake-house-outlandish) 281 | 282 | #### Financing / Salaries 283 | 284 | * [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 285 | * [Financial Agreement of Root Systems](https://github.com/enspiral-root-systems/agreement-financial) 286 | * [Coopensation](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/vulk-blog/Coopensation1.0.pdf) - Worker-Owned Incentive System. 287 | * [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) 288 | * ["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. 289 | * ["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. 290 | 291 | #### Legal 292 | 293 | * [How to incorporate a corporate cooperative in India](https://github.com/nilenso/cooperative-agreement) - By [nilenso](https://nilenso.com). 294 | 295 | #### Conflict 296 | 297 | * [Come Hell or High Water. A Handbook on Collective Process Gone Awry](https://www.akpress.org/comehellorhighwater.html) 298 | 299 | #### Other links 300 | 301 | * [Ask HN: Examples of tech worker cooperatives?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7634152) - Interesting discussion with lots of links. 302 | * [/r/cooperatives](https://www.reddit.com/r/cooperatives/) - Subreddit about cooperatives. 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | ### Videos / Talks 307 | 308 | * [Applying the Advice Process to a Software Service Co-op](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo9TOSxnY2I) 309 | * [Cooperative Codes](https://www.gcoop.coop/codigos-cooperativos) 310 | * [Ela Kagel on Platform Co-ops in Berlin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqMdICVqtiQ) 311 | * [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. 312 | * [Two Years Wiser, The Nilenso Experiment - Steven Deobald](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYTFCSZb3Kc) 313 | 314 | 315 | 316 | ### Mailinglists / Forums 317 | 318 | * [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. 319 | * [Cooperative Technologists Community](https://community.coops.tech) - CoTech (UK) community forum. 320 | 321 | 322 | 323 | ### Chat rooms 324 | 325 | * [#cooptech:autonomic.zone](https://matrix.to/#/!eTkOeRURalzRzbBfBK:autonomic.zone?via=autonomic.zone&via=1312.media) (Matrix chat for CoTech) 326 | 327 | 328 | 329 | ### Tools 330 | 331 | * [Cobudget](https://cobudget.com) - Crowdsource and fund projects within an organization. Developed and used by Enspiral. 332 | * [Loomio](https://www.loomio.org) - Online decision-making 333 | 334 | 335 | 336 | ## Software/Products created by tech coops 337 | 338 | * [API Platform](https://api-platform.com/) - REST and GraphQL framework on top of Symfony and React. 339 | * [Canaille](https://pypi.org/project/Canaille/) - Simple account manager and an OpenID Connect provider based upon a LDAP database. 340 | * [Cobuy](https://github.com/enspiral-root-systems/cobuy) - Group wholesale purchases as a consumer co-op (by Root Systems). 341 | * [CoopHub](https://coophub.io) - Git repos from cooperatives around the world! 342 | * [Up & Go](https://www.upandgo.coop) - Cooperative Home Cleaning Services (by CoLab). 343 | * [Moodlight](https://moodlight.team/) - Emotional intelligence for teams (by Camplight) 344 | * [Assista](https://assista.io) - Effortless time tracking for Trello (by Camplight). 345 | * [CoopCycle](https://coopcycle.org/en/) - A federation of bike delivery co-ops with an open-source logistics platform. 346 | 347 | 348 | 349 | 350 | ## Jobs and contracts 351 | 352 | * [Tech coops growing](https://github.com/CodeSolid/tech_coops_growing) - Tech coops forming or looking for new members. 353 | * [CoTech Jobs](https://community.coops.tech/c/jobs) - Jobs category on the CoTech Network (UK) community forums. 354 | 355 | 356 | 357 | ## References to this list 358 | 359 | * [Discussion on Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31456918), posted on 2022-05-21 360 | * D’Ignazio, C., & Klein, L. (2020). Conclusion: Now Let’s Multiply. In Data Feminism. 361 | 362 | ## License 363 | 364 | This work and all contributions to it are released into the public domain under the terms of the [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). 365 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------