Fork Commons

Free, open-source replacements for software being squeezed by private-equity roll-ups.

When a useful product gets bought, its staff cut, its prices raised and its features removed, the people who depend on it deserve a way out. Fork Commons builds and hosts that way out.

• Free software, under licenses that keep it free.
• Easy to leave to: importers that bring your data with you.
• Hosted for you, or run it yourself, supported by donations and an at-cost cloud.
• Built so it can't be bought: the code, name and mission are being set up under nonprofit stewardship, never for sale.

We work with existing open-source projects first and build only where nothing exists.