Building digital tools for the common good.
DigitalCommons Coop is a cooperative organisation dedicated to creating open source software that serves the common good. We build tech to power movements for social and ecological justice. We believe in the power of collaboration, shared ownership, and building technology that works for everyone.
We're a community of developers, designers, storytellers and organisers working together under cooperative principles. Our projects are built in the open, for the open, with input and contributions from people around the UK.
- Open by Default - We believe in transparency and open source as the foundation for trustworthy technology
- Democratic Governance - Every contributor has a voice in our direction
- Shared Ownership - We build together, we benefit together
- Community First - Technology should serve people and communities, not the other way around
Our core projects are LandExplorer and MykoMaps.
We welcome contributors of all skill levels and backgrounds! Here's how you can participate:
- Browse Issues - Check out issues tagged
good-first-issueacross our repositories - Submit PRs - See something that could be better? We'd love your contribution
- Review Code - Help us maintain quality by reviewing pull requests
- Report Bugs - Help us improve by letting us know what's not working
- Suggest Features - Share your ideas for making our tools better
- Improve Documentation - Clear docs help everyone; contributions always appreciated
- Spread the Word - Tell others about projects you find useful
Each project has its own contributing guidelines, but here are some general principles:
- Be respectful and inclusive in all interactions
- Follow the code of conduct
- Write clear commit messages and PR descriptions
- Test your changes before submitting
- Ask questions if you're unsure - we're here to help!
- Discussions - Our conversations happen on Element: https://app.element.io/#digitalcommons.coop
- Issues - Report bugs or request features in the relevant repository
- Website - https://digitalcommons.coop
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-commons-cooperative?originalSubdomain=uk
- Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/digitalcommons.bsky.social
- Maestedon - https://social.coop/@DigitalCommons
Generally we use GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3
To everyone who contributes code, documentation, ideas, and enthusiasm - thank you for building the digital commons with us. Together, we're creating technology that truly belongs to everyone.
Ready to contribute? Start by exploring our repositories and joining the conversation. Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a difference.
DigitalCommon - Technology for the common good