Agaric

Web development, tech consulting

Baseline

AI consulting

CanTrust Hosting Co-op

Hosting, personal cloud, and IT consulting

Caravan Web Worker Cooperative

Web design, Software development (Python)

Catalyst Cooperative

Open data engineering / analysis for energy & climate policy

C4 Tech & Design

Web Design, Business IT Services, Computer Repair

ChiCommons

Last-mile ISP, Consulting

CoLab

Ithaca, NY, USA

CommunitySoft Cooperative

Gather software and services for sharing resources in Cohousing communities

comp.coop

Services and consulting

Cooperatus

Project management, tech consulting, web development, graphic design, virtual assistance

Coop Symbiotic

Contact, membership, donation and case management with CiviCRM, SaaS and custom development

Design Action Collective

Web design and development

DWG

Product development and implementation

Dojo4

Web applications and design

Electric Embers

Hosting

FullSteam Labs

Web application development, UI & UX Design

Future Club

Game development

Gemify

Software Development, UX Research and Design

Hypha Worker Co-operative

Digital coaching, (decentralized) web design, and development

Informal Systems

Distribute Systems and Formal Verification

Interstitial Technology

Full-stack engineering - design, development, firmware, electrical, mechanical engineering

KO_OP

Game development

Koumbit

Hosting, Websites, Sysadmin

Lab148 coop

Immersive space, coaching from conceptualization to production for artistic installation with digital technology, libre software development and use

Lichen Community Systems

Digital accessibility, community-led design, development, and creative technology

Ministry of Velocity

Agile transformation, security, branding, service design, research, development

Limeleaf Worker Collective

Software engineering, Product development, IT consulting

Nexodus

Visual Effects (VFX)

NOVA Web Development

Django sites, graphic design

Openflows

Web development, CiviCRM

Palante Technology Cooperative

Web development, CiviCRM, Tech support, Training

Plausible Labs

Development, Design

Position Development

Software Development

Radish Cooperative

Food Delivery & Restaurant Tech

Resolana CoLaboratory

Strategic planning, Web applications (Drupal/Wordpress/custom), Visual production, Tech guidance

Rose Coded Tech Cooperative

I.T. Consulting

Sassafras Tech Collective

Website & app development, UX design, grant-writing

TechCollective

Managed Service Provider

The Drivers Cooperative

Driver-owned rideshare

The Glory Society

Games

the Tech Support Cooperative

POS software, open-source web development, consulting

Tierra Común

digital security, sysadmin, web design

Ultri Co-op

Business Management Software

Vulk Coop

Design, Development

Weaver Digital Design + Storytelling Co-op

Full stack website design and development.

Willow Bark

Design, Development, sysadmin, security

Zinc Collective

Development

With the Ranks

Software Development, Websites, Tech Consulting

Animus

Backend / Frontend / Web / Mobile development / UX / UI / Accesibility

bantics

Consulting, Cloud Infrastructure Administrator, Hosting, Full-stack Development, FLOSS Development

Cambá

Web and mobile Development, Consulting, FLOSS Development

EITA

Open Source Development

Equality

Web development (Django/Angular)

Eryx

Full-stack development, Data Science, Operations Research, UX, Consulting

Fiqus

Web and mobile development

gcoop

Hosting, Consulting, Web Development, FLOSS Development

It10

Software development

LibreCode

Free software development, tech consulting

Matelab

Development

Nayra

Web development, UX

Pollux

Software development, Data Science, Cloud Infrastructure, Mobile Development

Tecso

Development, Information services

Albatros Tech Cooperative

Design, Development

Nilenso

Development (Clojure, Javascript, Ruby, Haskell, Go, Java)

Sofi Cooperative

Web development, Design, Vue, Node.js

TNG Worker Cooperative

IT Development

24ème

Free open source software development

Agile Collective

Web development

Alma

Software development

Animorph

Augmented, Virtual & Mixed Reality Applications

Argo

Cloud Computing, Hosting, Software Development

Astrolabe

Business Consulting and Services

Atomised

Web development, mobile apps, UX design

Autonomic

Free software infrastructure and bespoke web development

A Bunch of Hacks

Video game development, software development

Black Shuck

Producing moving image, audio and digital projects (websites, apps and installations).

blinkenbox

Sysadmin, Web Development, Hosting

Boscop

Web development, Cloud hosting, Accessibility

Calinou

Software and web development, domain modeling

Camplight

web and mobile development, tech consulting

Champs-Libres

GIS, Maps, Web applications

Codeurs en Liberté

Public transports, GIS, maps, web applications, sysops

Common Knowledge

digital tools for grassroots activists

Coopdevs

Development

Co-operative Web

Web Development, Mobile Development, Web Hosting, legacy software support

Coop IT Easy

ERP development

control.alt.coop

Software Development, Consulting

CoQuest - IT Coop Stuttgart

Software Development, FOSS Service Hosting, Webdesign, Consulting, Training

CTRLback

UX/UI design, mobile, Front-end, Back-end, open source software

Dalibo

PostgreSQL support

datenkollektiv.net

Hosting, networking, services

Developer Society

Web development, design, consultation, and hosting for charities and non-profits.

Devtopia

Consulting, project management, design and UX, web development, app development, marketing

Diciannove

Consulting, project management, open source development, hosting, web design

Digicoop

Product company, makers of kantree.io

Digidem Lab

We study, test and offer internationally proven digital tools and methods for civic participation and create citizen-centred processes to reach underrepresented groups.

The Digital Commons Cooperative

The Digital Commons Cooperative works alongside social movements to develop mapping tools for radical change.

dtc innovation

Web development, design and engineering, cooperation, open {data|source}

Fairness

Web and mobile development, agile coaching, technical consulting

femProcomuns

IoT infrastructure, Cloud services, Co-op Incubator

FikaWorks

Consulting, DevOps, IT infrastructure

fnordkollektiv

software development, infrastructure devop, tech consulting

gassagosso

Web development

Gnucoop

Open source development, Dino - Data collection tool based on AJF, training, e-learning, project management

Go free Range

Software development specializing in Ruby on Rails

Good Praxis

Web development

Happy Dev

Anything digital

Happyculture

Web development, Drupal experts

Hostsharing

Hosting

Hypernova

Web Development, Web Design, Digital

Igalia

Free Software consultancy

Indici Opponibili

Web Design & Development, Motion Graphics, Game Design & Development, Edutainment

INF

Software Product Company

infra.run

Development, Support, Training, Video Conference Hosting

Insite

Drupal web development

IT Kollektiv

Cross-platform apps, web development, backend development, consulting

IT Kollektivet

Copenhagen, Denmark

Itopie

Repairs, workshops, IT services (individuals and companies)

Jamgo

Front-end dev, design services, e-commerce, Drupal/WordPress

Kaleidos

Front-end, mobile, UX/UI design, open source software

Kedu

Software, infrastructure

Les-Tilleuls.coop

Web development, Tech consulting, Open Source Development

Librecoop

Software, infrastructure

media co-op

Filmmaking, Design, Development

Motion Twin

Video game development

MuchDifferent

Game technology, Engineering

multi

Web development, data science, innovation, open source, open data

Nethik

Software development

Open Data Services

We help people publish and use open data, by offering software, support and consultancy

Outlandish

Web development

Ouvaton

Web Hosting, Domain Name Registrar

Pathtech

Web development, Project Management

Probesys

Web development, System Administration, Hosting

Rapid Assessment Delivery Cooperative (RAD COP)

Penetration and Social Engineering Testing, Compliance and Methodology, other kinds of security analysis and engineering

Reinblau

Web development

Robur

Software Development

roko.li

Software Development, Hosting

Sange

Hosting

Simbiótica

Software development, technology consultancy, and applied data science.

Sociality

Digital Technologies

SkuraMobile

App development

Slobodna domena

Web & app development, design, IT infrastructure, consulting and education

Spotlab

Web apps development & consulting

Startin'blox

Web development

Syndicats

Software development

TableFlip

Web development. Javascript, Node.js, Meteor.

Talaios Koop.

Web development. Vue, Sage, Node.js. Docker, kubernetes. Odoo, Wordpress, Nextcloud, Moodle. Coop consultancy

TechGenossen

Development, Product Management, Product Growth

Tegonal

Development, Product Management, Product Growth

Tetrabit

Development, Web design, illustration

Troopers

Web Agency, Software Craftmanship, Symfony, React, Maintenance, A11y, S12y (Numérique Responsable, éco-conception), Holacracy

UNI:CODE IT Solutions

Web development, IT services

Village One

Digital strategy, design, software development

We Are Rebel Coop

Digital strategy, design, software development

Web|Alternatif

Software development

Webarchitects Co-operative

Hosting, Sysadmin

wechange eG

Development Agency & Platform for the NGO & Public sectors

WTF Kooperative eG

Software Development, Hosting, Consulting, less bureaucracy for freelancers in germany

Yaal Coop

Web development, open source development, technical investment

Enspiral

Network-type

Ion Technologies

Contracting / Consulting

Loomio

Online decision-making app

Protozoa

Web development

Root Systems

Consulting

bits.coop

webgl, maps, p2p, offline data replication

Bread Cooperative

Worker collective building tools on the blockchain which help to forge solidarity between individuals and collectives

meet.coop

A co-operative meeting and conferencing platform, powered by BigBlueButton.

spinel.coop

A cooperative of Ruby open source maintainers, developing rv (Ruby version manager and project tool) and offering retainers for core team experts.

Talespinners

Game Writing, Design, Editing, Direction and Consultancy

ZO

Design, Development, Translation, Copy-editing

CoTech

Network of tech coops in the UK.

CoTech Wiki

CoTech Forum

active tech cooperatives forum from CoTech

FACT[TIC]

Federation of tech worker-cooperatives in Argentina.

Libre Entreprise

Network of free software tech coops in France.

Patio ICA

Worldwide Tech Co-op Network in Internation Cooperative Alliance.

Tech Co-op Network

North American Technology Worker Cooperatives.

tech-coops.de

Network of tech coops in Germany.

Austin Software Co-operatives

Public WTF JourFixe for everyone (English or German language depending on participants) interested in tech cooperative…

A Technology Freelancer's Guide to Starting a Worker Cooperative

, 2009

A Document To Help You Start A Tech Cooperative

By Feel Train.

Discussion on Hacker News

Crisp DNA

Handbook for Crisp, a Swedish network of consultants.

The Loomio Co-op Handbook

extensive guide on how to create your democratic worker-owned cooperative to develop a software product

Discussion

on Hacker News.

Enspiral Handbook

More information about the Enspiral network.

Root Systems

Consulting

Hypha Organizational Handbook

Hypha Worker Co-operative, in Canada. (Active, 2024)

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

By Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider

Can Coops Revolutionize the Tech Industry?

Co-op of digital co-ops – arise, er, Megazord?

The Argument For Worker-Owned Tech Collectives

(Fastcompany)

The Case for Technology Worker Coops from a Former Freelancer

Post-Capitalist Solutions: How Worker-Owned Tech Co-ops Are Boosting the Solidarity Economy

(occupy.com)

Incorporating Notes: On Cooperatives, Nonprofits, and Better Accountability

by the Collective for Liberation, Ecology, and Technology

Tales from a digital cooperative and friends that are evolving human collaboration

(by Camplight)

Tech co-operatives are leaving the startup rat race behind

A new financial model for consulting

How we’re making our salaries fair and transparent

Financial Agreement of Root Systems

Coopensation

Worker-Owned Incentive System.

How a Worker-Owned Tech Startup Found Investors—and Kept Its Values

"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"

Overview of how reviews happen and how salaries are decided at nilenso, a worker-owned IT co-operative.

How to incorporate a corporate cooperative in India

By nilenso.

Come Hell or High Water. A Handbook on Collective Process Gone Awry

Ask HN: Examples of tech worker cooperatives?

Interesting discussion with lots of links.

/r/cooperatives

Subreddit about cooperatives.

Applying the Advice Process to a Software Service Co-op

Cooperative Codes

Ela Kagel on Platform Co-ops in Berlin

Grow Your Own Economy in a Company

, 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

tech-coop listserv

Main mailinglist about tech coops. Check out the archive for interesting threads in the past.

CoTech Forum

active tech cooperatives forum from CoTech

#cooptech:autonomic.zone

(Matrix chat for CoTech)

Cobudget

Crowdsource and fund projects within an organization. Developed and used by Enspiral.

Loomio

Online decision-making app

API Platform

REST and GraphQL framework on top of Symfony and React.

Assista

Effortless time tracking for Trello (by Camplight).

Canaille

Simple account manager and an OpenID Connect provider based upon a LDAP database.

Cobuy

Group wholesale purchases as a consumer co-op (by Root Systems).

CoopCycle

A federation of bike delivery co-ops with an open-source logistics platform.

CoopHub

Git repos from cooperatives around the world!

Moodlight

Emotional intelligence for teams (by Camplight).

Publicodes

A programming language dedicated to modeling complex business domains using basic rules that can be understood by non-developers (by Calinou).

Up & Go

Cooperative Home Cleaning Services (by CoLab).

Tech coops growing

Tech coops forming or looking for new members.

CoTech Jobs

Jobs category on the CoTech Network (UK) community forums.

Apply.coop

Jobs platform for cooperatives

Discussion on Hacker News

, posted on 2022-05-21

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