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.

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A new way to build and manage interoperable directories
and maps via decentralised profiles.

Collaborative Groups Protocol

A practical formula for creating and sustaining small, effective groups — designed to work together at scale.

we build Commons infrastructure

To provide collectively-owned, surveillance-free, open source tools for collaboration.

Open Web Systems

Open source email, messaging and collaborative tools powered by renewable energy.

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Open source meeting and conferencing tools,
powered by renewable energy

we promote Economic change

By highlighting the solutions, and developing the tools, to power alternative economies.

Economic Rebellion

Awareness raising project highlighting the work of Fuller and Riegel to promote our most powerful tool for change, money.

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A UK network and open source directory, matching and notification system for mutual credit payments.

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

Collaborative Groups Protocol
Introducing The Collaborative Groups Protocol
Humans were not designed to work alone. Cooperation is a natural aspect of our humanity. Research comparing children with chimpanzees reveals that children strongly prefer to work together to obtain food, whereas chimpanzees show no such preference. At...
Decentralised Trust Networks
2026: The Year of Decentralised Trust Networks
The Dawn of Decentralised Trust Networks At The Open Co-op we’re starting 2026 with a sense of profound optimism. After years of foundational work on PLANET and related projects, the pieces are finally coming together to create decentralised trust networks....
Decentralized Identifiers
PLANET Research - Decentralized Auth Solutions
TL;DR From Centralized SSO to Decentralized Auth: Traditional Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions are complex and create single points of failure. Decentralized authentication and authorization offers self-sovereign identity, reducing reliance on central...

Everyone is welcome at The Open Co-op.