Hey people, so open-source software for community/ neighborhood resource sharing / mutual aid. Eg tools and machines. What is there? @liaizon #CommunityOrganizing #CommunitySoftware #ResourceSharing #MutualAid
@abekonge can you elaborate on what you mean by this? what sort of actions do you need specific tools for?
@liaizon yeah sure. I’m specifically thinking about software for sharing resources in a local community. So if I need a really big pot, or a hedge trimmer or a spot welding machine, I can look up who has that, contact them and arrange to borrow it. Or if I have tools or machines that I want to share I can use such a platform to share it. So like a distributed tool-library kind of thing, a Craigslist for gift economy or a buy-nothing kind of resource-database.
I know different sort of proprietary and data-surveillance kind of software that does this - but I very specifically do not want to lock these resources and networks in walled gardens. Also many of these apps wants people to make money of each other, like “renting” from each other - and I want to build relations and community, not make markets in even more places. So more like couch surfing - not airbnb, in quality of relations.
I know of swinga.coop - a Swedish platform coop. I don’t think it’s open-source, and I’m not sure it’s usable outside specific areas of Sweden. There is an English app in the Google play store. If anyone knows more about this / I’m all ears.