Standard apps
These are the off-the-shelf open source applications the co-op deploys, backs up, keeps patched, and keeps running for members. You own your data; we keep the lights on. New apps are added based on member needs — if you need something not listed here, tell us.
CryptPad
CryptPad is a real-time collaboration suite — documents, spreadsheets, presentations, kanban boards, forms, and more — that is encrypted end-to-end. The server (and therefore the co-op) cannot read your content; only the people you share a document with can. It is a privacy-first alternative to Google Docs or Microsoft 365 for members who want to work together without handing their data to a surveillance-advertising company.
Discourse
Discourse is modern forum software for civil, long-form community discussion. It powers member forums, working groups, and Q&A — a durable, searchable home for conversation that does not disappear into a chat scroll or live on a platform that can change the rules overnight.
Drupal
Drupal is a powerful open source content management system for building websites and web applications — the same platform that runs this site. Members get a professional CMS they fully control, with no per-seat licensing and no vendor able to hold their content hostage.
Email lists
Managed mailing lists give groups, projects, and the co-op itself a reliable way to send announcements and hold group conversations over email — owned by the membership rather than rented from a marketing-email vendor.
Mastodon
Mastodon is federated, open source social networking — like the early, ad-free internet. Members can participate in the wider "fediverse" from an account hosted by their own co-op, with no algorithmic feed manipulation and no advertising surveillance.
Nextcloud
Nextcloud is a complete self-hosted cloud platform: file sync and sharing, calendars, contacts, notes, and collaborative editing. It is the open source alternative to Google Drive / Dropbox / iCloud — your files live on infrastructure the membership owns, not a tech giant's servers.
Need something else?
Others are coming soon based on member needs. If there is an open source tool you want the co-op to run, tell us via the contact form or apply to join and help shape what we deploy next.