Digital · Software, Tools and Production › Free Software and Infrastructure
LibreOffice
A free and open-source office suite developed, documented and translated by an international community.
Location-independent digital presence
Commonworld
Commonworld catalog
All entries are distributed alphabetically by stable CommonProject ID. Each page contains at most 24 entries.
Digital · Knowledge, Learning and Culture › Media, Archives and Culture
LibriVox
A worldwide volunteer community that records public-domain texts as freely accessible audiobooks and publishes the recordings without commercial access barriers.
Location-independent digital presence
On site
MASIPAG
A farmer-led Philippine network connecting farmer-conserved seeds, agroecological practice, food sovereignty and community development of knowledge.
1 public location
Digital · Communication and Networks › Federation and Protocols
Mastodon
Free, open-source and federated social-networking software whose independent servers can communicate with one another.
Location-independent digital presence
Digital · Communication and Networks › Community Networks
Meshtastic
An open-source ecosystem for decentralized communication without cellular service or an internet connection, using affordable low-power LoRa devices and providing firmware, protocols and documentation.
Location-independent digital presence
Commons
Mietshäuser Syndikat
A network of self-organized housing projects that uses a shared corporate structure to remove properties permanently from speculative resale and a solidarity transfer to support new community housing projects.
2 hidden locations
On site
Mikoko Pamoja
A community-owned mangrove initiative in Gazi Bay combining conservation, restoration and local monitoring with carbon-credit revenue for jointly chosen community-benefit projects.
1 public location
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Water and Food Systems
mundraub.org
A platform operated by Terra Concordia gGmbH with a publicly readable map where contributors record, share, use and care for locations of publicly accessible edible plants under published Mundräuber rules.
Location-independent digital presence
Digital · Knowledge, Learning and Culture › Open Knowledge and Data
MusicBrainz
An open music encyclopedia maintained by a worldwide community, with metadata collaboratively added, reviewed and made available largely under open licenses.
Location-independent digital presence
On site · Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Land, Urban Green and Ecology
Namena Marine Reserve
A marine reserve stewarded by the customary resource owners of Kubulau District in Fiji, where community rules, enforcement and financing protect fisheries and local livelihoods.
1 public location
On site · Digital · Cooperation and Self-Organization › Community Governance and Cooperatives
National Communal Conservancies and Community Forest Alliance
A Namibian umbrella alliance of communal conservancies, community forests and other local resource groups that represents shared interests and supports community-based natural-resource governance.
1 public location
Digital · Communication and Networks › Community Networks
Nepal Wireless Networking Project
Local communities and E-Networking Research and Development operate a rural communications network in Nepal, linking wireless infrastructure, education and local services.
2 hidden locations
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Water and Food Systems
New Mexico Acequia Association
An association in New Mexico that supports collectively managed irrigation canals, democratic water governance, traditional agriculture and the agency of local acequia communities.
2 hidden locations
Commons
Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
A regional self-administration structure developed since 2018 that organizes local councils, communes, civil institutions and services around stated principles of participatory democracy, social justice and equality.
1 hidden location
On site · Digital · Communication and Networks › Community Networks
NYC Mesh
A volunteer-run community network in New York City that connects affordable internet access, digital self-determination and jointly built local infrastructure.
1 public location · 1 hidden location
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Food Platforms
Open Food Facts
An open food database whose volunteers collect and review product data and images and publish them under the ODbL for free reuse.
Location-independent digital presence
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Food Platforms
Open Food Network Australia
An Australian non-profit community and open-source platform that enables producers and food initiatives to organize short, transparent and community-controlled supply chains.
Location-independent digital presence
Digital · Knowledge, Learning and Culture › Open Knowledge and Data
Open Library
An open, collaboratively editable book catalog and digital public library of the Internet Archive whose software, data and documentation are open and expanded and maintained by volunteers.
Location-independent digital presence
On site · Digital · Software, Tools and Production › Open Hardware and Production
Open Source Ecology
A global open-hardware project that develops freely usable designs for industrial tools and tests, documents and teaches them in practice at Factor e Farm in Missouri.
1 public location
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Seeds, Food and Agriculture
Open Source Seed Initiative
A community-supported seed initiative whose pledge protects the freedom to use, grow, share, improve and pass on designated seed under the same openness commitment.
1 hidden location
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Open Health Care
OpenMRS
An adaptable open-source medical information system for local health care, with public documentation and worldwide contribution paths.
Location-independent digital presence
Digital · Software, Tools and Production › Data and Software Bridge
OpenStreetMap
A worldwide open map database whose roads, paths and other geodata are surveyed, corrected and freely reusable by contributors.
Location-independent digital presence
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Water and Irrigation
Orangi Low-Cost Sanitation
A community-organized sanitation practice from Orangi in Karachi in which neighbourhoods jointly finance, build, manage and maintain household connections, lane sewers and secondary sewers, while OPP-RTI provides technical guidance and public authorities remain responsible for trunk infrastructure.
1 hidden location
Current operating status has not been verified recently. Sources reviewed on 2026-08-13; priority re-review 2026-09-15.
Digital · Knowledge, Learning and Culture › Learning and Education
Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU)
A non-profit, community-supported learning network that connects free learning circles and open learning resources with libraries, facilitators and local communities worldwide.
Location-independent digital presence