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A list of tech coops and resources concerning tech coops and worker owned cooperatives in general.
30 mentions on Hacker News by 24 people: 5 stories, 25 comments · first 2018-03-02 · latest 2026-03-13
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A list of tech co-ops and resources concerning worker owned co-opsstory by iamnothere · 2026-03-13 · 1 comment
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…do want to create one yourself, there are a handful of tech cooperatives out there for inspiration: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by cootsnuck · 2026-02-06 · in Company as Code -
…(one member one vote, etc). Here's a list of tech coops if you'd like to know some others: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops I'm happy to share more - I'll send you an email.
comment by skndr · 2025-01-18 · in Ask HN: Has anyone tried alternative company models (like a co-op) for SaaS? -
…(as in almost never civically minded) to make this common. Nonetheless there still are some: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by solardev · 2024-07-25 · in Employee-owned company vs. Corporate Structure -
…no IT company I ever encountered in real life was structured as a co-op. EDIT: found this list: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by amelius · 2024-02-26 · in Working with Purpose, Forever -
…they should still be individually evaluated. On the labor side, tech co-ops are a (small) movement: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops In general tech companies are too capitalist/VC-driven to be truly concerned about labor matters. And…
comment by solardev · 2023-12-28 · in Ask HN: What are ethical companies like Patagonia and some digital counterparts? -
…more complex, and traditional company hirerachies may not be as common. There are a few tech coops: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by solardev · 2023-12-03 · in Ask HN: Can all-owner firms avoid labor law complexity FTW? -
…(data centers). You'd just end up being another AWS reseller, I think? Some existing tech co-ops: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops The only one I'm personally familiar with there was Electric Embers. A nonprofit I was volunteering for…
comment by solardev · 2023-10-13 · in Open Source, Cooperative/Non Profit Cloud Services -
Not the OP but a quick search reveals: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by obelix150 · 2023-06-09 · in Startup Incorporation for Founders: A new handbook -
…enterprise’s profits, and 2) decision-making is democratic, with each member having one vote. [0]: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by tra3 · 2023-01-03 · in Books for Software Engineers in 2023 -
…They work on open source, mostly browser engines: https://www.igalia.com/ Other examples: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31456918
comment by pabs3 · 2022-07-12 · in Talking about layoffs -
I am starting one with partners - tng.coop , in Japan. There are many others: - https://github.com/hng/tech-coops - https://patio.ica.coop/ - https://community.coops.tech/ And there are many more private and other active channels! Contact…
comment by yasuakikudo · 2022-06-13 · in Ask HN: Have you ever worked in a non-capitalist coding collective? How was it? -
Plenty of tech co-ops and employee-owned companies exist. There's a decent list here ( https://github.com/hng/tech-coops ), but it's not exhaustive.
comment by rowanajmarshall · 2022-06-12 · in Ask HN: Have you ever worked in a non-capitalist coding collective? How was it? -
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List of Worker-Owned Tech Cooperatives Worldwidestory by cheshire_cat · 2022-05-21 · 153 comments
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…of a startup? You can find a well maintained list of tech cooperatives from all over the world at https://github.com/hng/tech-coops .
comment by cheshire_cat · 2022-05-21 · in Ask HN: Any Tech Startup Cooperatives? -
…a couple of people who founded worker coops though. There's a list of coops here that I just found: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by beaconstudios · 2022-02-16 · in Ask HN: What's the best way to monetize actual programming? -
Tech co-ops https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by casi · 2020-09-16 · in Ask HN: Guild/Studio structure for Software Engineers? -
Some useful links, I hope https://agaric.coop/show-and-tell https://community.coops.tech/ https://github.com/hng/tech-coops https://patio.ica.coop/ https://facttic.org.ar/
comment by yasuakikudo · 2020-09-16 · in Ask HN: Guild/Studio structure for Software Engineers? -
…Some interesting discussion. I found a repo with a lot of information and companies here: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops It's really unclear to me how you would go about joining an existing studio like this. At least in North America,…
comment by jaredandrews · 2020-09-15 · in Ask HN: Guild/Studio structure for Software Engineers? -
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Tech Co-Operatives List and Resourcesstory by seigando · 2020-08-24 · 0 comments
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…with the EU. Relevant today in light of the many attempts being made at creating tech coops ( https://github.com/hng/tech-coops ), and decentralizing organizations with blockchain systems.
comment by j4pe · 2020-02-18 · in What do we need corporations for? Former Greek finance minister on Valve (2012) -
…bylaws, not its legal ownership structure. Lots of people have done coops in tech. One decent list: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops Yanis Varoufakis, before he was the finance minister of Greece(!), worked at Valve and wrote about the…
comment by j4pe · 2020-02-18 · in Kickstarter employees vote to unionize -
I've found this list of tech-coops useful as well: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by abathologist · 2020-02-10 · in Mondragon Corporation -
…tax advantage for shareholders (long-term capital gains) vs. income you receive as a worker. https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by rapind · 2019-08-26 · in What Companies Are For -
What you are looking for is a worker's co-op. https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by mattdeboard · 2018-10-14 · in Ask HN: 40+ Career Advice? -
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List of Worker-Owned Tech Cooperativesstory by thomasreggi · 2018-07-26 · 0 comments
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There are worker cooperatives in the tech world too: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by itamarst · 2018-04-11 · in Ask HN: Are corporate hierarchies the only way for work to get done effectively? -
…that could be the case with industries with large productivity/talent gaps, like software. And yet: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops#coops The gaps problem seems self-correcting; anyone who thinks they are underpaid will leave, and…
comment by icebraining · 2018-03-11 · in Worker-owned businesses: 'We get paid the same regardless of role' -
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Tech coops liststory by hng · 2018-03-03 · 0 comments
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Here's a good list: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
comment by nathan_f77 · 2018-03-02 · in Tech company Lanetix fired software engineers seeking to organize, union claims