The OS.TECH Collective

A collective of builders, communities, and knowledge-keepers reimagining how software is built, owned, and preserved.

Vision

The Future We're Building

We envision a world where technology serves human flourishing rather than extractive business models. Where communities control their own digital infrastructure. Where personal apps cost $100 instead of $1M. Where knowledge can outlive any single platform or company.

The AI cost collapse has made this possible. What once required venture capital and engineering teams can now be built by individuals and small communities. We're providing the operating systems—personal, community, and builder infrastructure—to make this vision real.

Mission

What We Do

OS.TECH exists to build and maintain open-source operating systems that enable:

  • Personal sovereignty through P2P infrastructure and local-first applications
  • Community autonomy through composable governance and resource-sharing tools
  • Builder independence through shared platform services and SDK ecosystems
  • Knowledge resilience through offline-first systems and technology preservation

We measure success not by users acquired, but by communities empowered, knowledge preserved, and sovereignty restored.

Our Values

The principles that guide everything we build

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Personal Sovereignty

Individuals should own their data, their applications, and their digital infrastructure. We build tools that put control back in users' hands. No surveillance. No data mining. No forced updates. Just software that works for you, not against you.

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Community Autonomy

Communities should be able to govern their own digital spaces without platform dependency. We provide the infrastructure for collective decision-making, resource sharing, and emergent organization—whether you're running a cohousing community, a DAO, or a cooperative.

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Knowledge Preservation

Human knowledge should outlive any company, platform, or infrastructure failure. We're building systems designed to work offline, preserve essential know-how, and enable communities to maintain technical capability across generations.

Open Source by Default

Core infrastructure should be open, inspectable, and forkable. AGPL licensing ensures improvements flow back to the community. Commercial licenses available for those who need them, but the code always remains free as in freedom.

A Parallel Ecosystem

We're not competing with commercial platforms. We're creating a parallel ecosystem.

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Apps cost $100 instead of $1M

AI cost collapse enables personal-scale development

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Users own their data instead of corporations

Local-first, P2P infrastructure

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Communities remix and share instead of consuming

Forkable, adaptable applications

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Knowledge outlives infrastructure collapse

Offline-first civilization seeds

Join the Community

OS.TECH is built by contributors around the world. Join us in building computing that matters.

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GitHub

Contribute code, documentation, and knowledge packs

github.com/ftrflds →
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Discord

Join discussions, ask questions, connect with builders

Coming soon

Open Source Licenses

Core infrastructure uses AGPL-3.0 licensing to ensure improvements flow back to the community. Commercial licenses available for OEMs, NGOs, and device manufacturers.