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An open directory of the organizations already building the transition -- and a working framework for why that network matters.
Commonweave is two things:
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An open directory of cooperatives, mutual aid networks, community land trusts, transition initiatives, open-source health platforms, participatory governance tools, and community energy projects across ~180 countries. The published static export (April 2026) carried 168,650 entries; the working database, rebuilt 2026-05-04, currently sits at 149,507. Filtered from public registries and thematic global networks. Open data.
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A framework document -- an engineering-style argument for how these pieces compose into post-labor economic infrastructure. Not a manifesto. More like a design spec with honest "we don't know yet" sections. The critique doc is linked first on purpose.
The directory is the concrete deliverable. The framework is the argument for it.
- Framework Overview - The Phase 1/2/3 structure and core principles
- Data and Directory - Where the orgs come from, methodology, known issues
- Allied Projects - Open-source projects the framework builds on
- How to Contribute - Start here if you want to contribute
- Open Questions - 13 unresolved problems that need many minds
| Metric | Count |
|---|---|
| Active organizations (published export) | 168,650 |
| Countries with at least one org | 183 |
| Countries with geocoded coords | 102 |
| Geocoded entries on the map | 29,566 |
| Data sources | 25 |
Last published export: 2026-04-28. The working database was rebuilt on 2026-05-04 to 149,507 orgs / 29,422 mapped / 158 countries; the public static export under data/search/ and data/map/ is older and will be ahead/behind on different metrics until the next rebuild. See README.md for the canonical caveat.
Wave A added national registry imports (Brazil, Australia, Bulgaria) that broke the original US/UK skew. Wave B added 9,115 thematic-network rows: cooperative federations, mutual aid networks, intentional communities, transition initiatives, community land trusts, and the RIPESS solidarity-economy family. Wave D (state normalization + pipeline improvement) is in progress.
Researchers, organizers, engineers, historians, skeptics -- and AI agents. If you can read, you can contribute.
The data is open. The framework is open. The critique is written. Start anywhere.
The framework succeeds when it becomes unnecessary.
- Site: https://commonweave.earth/
- Repo: https://github.com/simonlpaige/commonweave
- Author: Simon Paige