About Us
We work alongside social movements to build technology for social change.
Our Approach
At Digital Commons, we build technology that strengthens social movements. Our tools are designed with, not for, the people driving change.
We work alongside movements at every stage, from understanding their needs to co-designing, developing, and refining the tools that help them organise, share knowledge, and build collective power. Reach out to work with us!
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Our principles
1. Technology as Tools for Justice: intentionally designed to further the goals of justice, solidarity, and collective liberation.
2. Community-Led Design: movements for social and ecological justice lead; technology follows.
3. Commons over Commodification: open source, shared, and collectively owned; stewarded for the public good.
4. Decentralised Power: technology that is interoperable, transparent, and free from corporate or state control.
5. Solidarity in Action: technology grounded in solidarity, not saviourism. We work with humility, listening deeply and acting in partnership.
6. Resilience and Sustainability: technology that is maintainable, accessible, and adaptive to the changing needs of movements over time.
7. Ethical Innovation: technology guided by values, not markets, and rigorous reflection on ethical implications.
8. Radical Transparency: open processes and shared knowledge, accountable to the communities we serve.
9. Acknowledging Complexity: technology that supports rather than simplifies nuance.
10. Hope and Imagination: technology that is helping to create the conditions for regeneration, liberation and joy.
Our development process is grounded in collaboration, adaptability, and accountability to social movements. Each phase - Inception, Design, Implementation, Release and Review - is designed to ensure that the technology we create is purposeful, impactful, and aligned with the needs of those we serve.
This video is a little out of date now but explores some of the reasons we do what we do: