Welcome to
The Open Co-op.
We are a collaborative collective of
coders, commoners,
architects, artists,
engineers, ecologists
and systems changers.
Together, we are building
the tools, technologies and protocols of a collaborative, regenerative economy.
we are open
to collaborations that deliver positive systems change
we design Network coordination systems
To help people discover, connect with and co-create the collaborative, regenerative economy.
we build Commons infrastructure
To provide collectively-owned, surveillance-free, open source tools for collaboration.
we promote Economic change
By highlighting the solutions, and developing the tools, to power alternative economies.
In order to collaborate effectively at scale humanity requires a decentralised coordination system to manage our collective endeavours.
We are working towards this goal via a concept we call...
LATEST NEWS
26 June, 2026
The short version, if you’re skimming:
We said we’d have 500 members by September. We have 51. We’ve been building, not marketing — that needs to change, and this post is a start.
What we have built is genuinely exciting: six working...
26 March, 2026
You pick up your phone to do something.Twenty minutes later, you’re still scrolling – and you’ve forgotten what it was you meant to do.
You’ve seen hundreds of posts.You can’t remember any of them.
You almost shared something — but didn’t.Because...
20 March, 2026
For over twenty years, at The Open Co-op, we’ve been working towards a vision of a cooperative, regenerative economy — one that is owned and governed by its participants, and designed to serve people and planet over profit.
That vision has always depended...
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