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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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  1. …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
  2. …(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?
  3. …(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
  4. …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
  5. …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?
  6. …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?
  7. …(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
  8. 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
  9. …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
  10. …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
  11. 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?
  12. 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?
  13. …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?
  14. …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?
  15. Tech co-ops https://github.com/hng/tech-coops
    comment by casi · 2020-09-16 · in Ask HN: Guild/Studio structure for Software Engineers?
  16. 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?
  17. …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?
  18. …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)
  19. …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
  20. 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
  21. …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
  22. 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?
  23. 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?
  24. …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'
  25. 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