Tech coops list

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

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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.

Coops
1. North America
2. South America
3. Asia
4. Europe
5. Oceania
6. Worldwide
Networks of coops
Resources
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
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
Limeleaf Worker Collective	Software engineering, Product development, IT consulting	Saratoga Springs, New York, USA	Focused on independent businesses, social impact startups, and technologically underserved communities.
Nexodus	Visual Effects (VFX)	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
NOVA Web Development	Django sites, graphic design	USA / El Salvador / elsewhere	Worker-owned co-op developing LibreOrganize and Business Tracker primarily for unions, labor movement, social justice, etc.
Openflows	Web development, CiviCRM	New York, USA
Palante Technology Cooperative	Web development, CiviCRM, Tech support, Training	New York, USA and beyond	Focus on NGOs
Polycot Associates	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	Development, Design	New York and San Francisco, USA	Bylaws
Politics Rewired	Political campaigning and organizing tools	USA
Position Development	Software Development	Brooklyn, NY	Focused on independent media, cultural institutions, and socially minded organizations
Radish Cooperative	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	I.T. Consulting	Portland, Oregon, USA	An I.T. consulting LLC cooperative owned and operated collectively by its members.
Sassafras Tech Collective	Website & app development, UX design, grant-writing	Remote, USA	Founded 2013. Building technology for justice and joy.
TechCollective.	Managed Service Provider	Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, USA	Out-sourced IT cooperative. 100% Worker-owned and managed by its members.
The Drivers Cooperative	Driver-owned rideshare	New York City, NY, USA	Drivers own 100% of the company. Developing an entirely new platform.
The Glory Society	Games	US	Founded in 2019
the Tech Support Cooperative	POS software, open-source web development, consulting	US + CAN	Maintainers of the CORE-POS / IS4C software project
Tierra Común	digital security, sysadmin, web design	Mexico
Ultri Co-op	Business Management Software	Worldwide	A multi-stakeholder co-op, where developers and SaaS users are co-owners of the business.
Vermont Computing Cooperative	Hardware, Websites, E-mail, Hosting	Vermont, US
Vulk Coop	Design, Development	Austin, TX, USA	Worker-owned, Founded 2013, Organizers of Austin Software Co-operatives Meetup
Weaver Digital Design + Storytelling Co-op	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	Design, Development, sysadmin, security	Remote, international
Zinc Collective	Development	US

South America

Coop	Business Areas	Region/Country	Notes
Animus	Backend / Frontend / Web / Mobile development / UX / UI / Accesibility	Bariloche, Argentina
bantics	Consulting, Cloud Infrastructure Administrator, Hosting, Full-stack Development, FLOSS Development	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Fundanda en 2012
Cambá	Web and mobile Development, Consulting, FLOSS Development	Buenos Aires, Argentina
EITA	Open Source Development	Brazil	Our goal is to deliver open source technologies to social moviments
Equality	Web development (Django/Angular)	Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Eryx	Full-stack development, Data Science, Operations Research, UX, Consulting	CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fiqus	Web and mobile development	Buenos Aires, Argentina
gcoop	Hosting, Consulting, Web Development, FLOSS Development	Buenos Aires, Argentina	"Transformamos los sistemas."
It10	Software development	Córdoba, Argentina
LibreCode	Free software development, tech consulting	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Matelab	Development	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Founded 2019; 8 associates
Nayra	Web development, UX	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tecso	Development, Information services	Rosario, Argentina	Founded 2002; 150+ associates

Asia

Coop	Business Areas	Region/Country	Notes
Albatros Tech Cooperative	Design, Development	Istanbul, Turkey	Worker-Owners
Nilenso	Development (Clojure, Javascript, Ruby, Haskell, Go, Java)	Bangalore, India
Sofi Cooperative	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	IT Development	Yugawara, Japan	Worker-Owners
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Europe

Coop	Business Areas	Region/Country	Notes
24ème	Free open source software development	Paris, France	Governance based on trust and transparency
Agile Collective	Web development	UK
Alma	Software development	Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France	Founded 1979
Animorph	Augmented, Virtual & Mixed Reality Applications	London, UK	Founded 2016
Argo	Cloud Computing, Hosting, Software Development	Lower Austria, Austria	digital souveranity and privacy with Free Software and a democratic, transparent workers cooperative
Astrolabe	Business Consulting and Services	Rennes, FR
Atomised	Web development, mobile apps, UX design	Cupar, Scotland	Founded 2008
Autonomic	Free software infrastructure and bespoke web development	UK, Cypherspace
A Bunch of Hacks	Video game development, software development	Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Black Shuck	Producing moving image, audio and digital projects (websites, apps and installations).	Europe
blinkenbox	Sysadmin, Web Development, Hosting	Berlin, Germany
Camplight	web and mobile development, tech consulting	EU, Bulgaria	A digital cooperative that creates experiences for the web, mobile and beyond
Champs-Libres	GIS, Maps, Web applications	Namur, Belgium
Codeurs en Liberté	Public transports, GIS, maps, web applications, sysops	France
Common Knowledge	digital tools for grassroots activists	London, UK
Coopdevs	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	Web Development, Mobile Development, Web Hosting, legacy software support	Birmingham, UK
Coop IT Easy	ERP development	Brussels, Belgium	Worker coop, we provide Open Source ERPs to other cooperatives.
ctrl.alt.coop	Software Development, Consulting	Berlin, Germany
Dalibo	PostgreSQL support	Paris, France
datenkollektiv.net	Hosting, networking, services	Dresden, Germany
Devtopia	Consulting, project management, design and UX, web development, app development, marketing	Spain	Distributed company
Diciannove	Consulting, project management, open source development, hosting, web design	Italy
Digicoop	Product company, makers of kantree.io	France	Distributed company
dtc innovation	Web development, design and engineering, cooperation, open {data\|source}	France, UK, Québec
Empreinte Digitale	Web development, Cloud hosting, Accessibility	France	Founded in 1993, Worker-owned coop since 2020
Fairness	Web and mobile development, agile coaching, technical consulting	France	Worker-owned coop with a focus on digital eco-design and software quality
femProcomuns	IoT infrastructure, Cloud services, Co-op Incubator	Catalonia
FikaWorks	Consulting, DevOps, IT infrastructure	Netherlands	Distributed