Doikayt Field Guide - User contributions [en]

Template:Tool

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<noinclude>
{{#cargo_declare:_table=tool
|company=String
|tagline=String
|protocol=String
|url=String
|pricing=String
|amount=String
|source_license=String
|hosting=String
|description=String
|usage_notes=String
|rejected_alternatives=String
|category=String
}}
</noinclude>
{{#cargo_store:_table=tool
|company={{{company|}}}
|tagline={{{tagline|}}}
|protocol={{{protocol|}}}
|url={{{url|}}}
|pricing={{{pricing|}}}
|amount={{{amount|}}}
|source_license={{{source_license|}}}
|hosting={{{hosting|}}}
|description={{{description|}}}
|usage_notes={{{usage_notes|}}}
|rejected_alternatives={{{rejected_alternatives|}}}
|category={{{category|}}}
}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:{{{company|}}}}}
''{{{tagline|}}}''

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Overview
|-
! Company || {{{company|}}}
|-
! URL || [{{{protocol|}}}://{{{url|}}} {{{url|}}}]
|-
! Pricing || {{{pricing|}}}{{#if:{{{amount|}}}| — {{{amount|}}}|}}
|-
! License || {{{source_license|}}}
|-
! Hosting || {{{hosting|}}}
|}

{{{description|}}}

== Usage Notes ==
{{{usage_notes|}}}

== Rejected Alternatives ==
{{{rejected_alternatives|}}}

{{#arraymap:{{{category|}}}|,|x|[[Category:x]]|}}
[[Category:Tools]]

MediaWiki:Doikayt-build-commit

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Form:Tool

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<noinclude>
This is the "Tool" form for adding a recommended tool or service.
</noinclude><includeonly>
{{{info|page name=<Tool[company]> - <Tool[tagline]>}}}
{{{for template|Tool|display=table}}}
{{{field|company|label=Company}}}
{{{field|tagline|label=Tagline|input type=regexp|regexp=/^\S+(\s+\S+){1,9}$/|message=Tagline must be 2–10 words.|tooltip=2–10 word phrase summarising what the tool does (becomes part of the page title).}}}
{{{field|protocol|label=URL|input type=dropdown|values=https,http|default=https}}}
{{{field|url|label=|placeholder=google.com|tooltip=Enter domain only, no protocol prefix (e.g. google.com).}}}
{{{field|pricing|label=Pricing|input type=dropdown|values=free,recurring/mo,recurring/yr,one time,varies|default=free}}}
{{{field|amount|label=Amount|input type=regexp|regexp=/^$|^\$?\d{1,3}(?:,\d{3})*(?:\.\d{2})?$/|message=Enter a dollar amount (e.g. 7 or $1,234.56)|placeholder=e.g. $1,234.56}}}
{{{field|source_license|label=Source license|input type=dropdown|values=open,closed|default=open|tooltip=Source code publicly viewable = open, even if licensing is restrictive or aspects are closed (e.g. non-open-weight AI models).}}}
{{{field|hosting|label=Hosting|input type=dropdown|values=self,cloud,hybrid,N/A|default=self|tooltip=Select hybrid if the hosting model can be a mix of cloud and on-premises.}}}
{{{field|description|label=Description|input type=textarea|tooltip=1–2 sentence overview of how the product/service meets the needs of the operational area.}}}
{{{field|usage_notes|label=Usage notes|input type=textarea|tooltip=Key workflows relevant to this operational (sub)area that may not be clear from the documentation.}}}
{{{field|rejected_alternatives|label=Rejected alternatives|input type=textarea|tooltip=Pros and cons of this product/service versus rejected alternatives.}}}
{{{field|category|label=Category|input type=tree|top category=Domains|list}}}
{{{end template}}}
</includeonly>

MediaWiki:Common.js

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/* Point the site logo at the Doikayt Mobilization Labs homepage, opening
in a new tab so the wiki stays open in the background. Locally, send it
to the website preview server (npx serve website/dist -p 3456) instead
of production, so clicking it doesn't navigate away from localhost. */
( function () {
'use strict';

var isLocal = /^(localhost|127\.0\.0\.1)$/.test( location.hostname );
var target = isLocal ? 'http://localhost:3456' : 'https://www.doikayt.org';

$( '#p-logo a' ).attr( {
href: target,
target: '_blank',
rel: 'noopener'
} );
}() );

/* Same local/prod split for any content-authored link to doikayt.org (e.g. the
About page's links to the website) -- rewrite so they point at the local
preview server instead of jumping out to production. */
( function () {
'use strict';

var isLocal = /^(localhost|127\.0\.0\.1)$/.test( location.hostname );
if ( !isLocal ) { return; }

$( '#content a[href^="https://www.doikayt.org/"]' ).each( function () {
this.href = this.href.replace( 'https://www.doikayt.org', 'http://localhost:3456' );
} );
}() );

/* Replace PageForms OOUI tooltip buttons with a plain ? trigger
that shows the help text in a lightweight floating div on click. */
( function () {
'use strict';

mw.hook( 'pf.formSetupAfter' ).add( function () {
$( 'th[data-tooltip]' ).each( function () {
var $th = $( this );
var safe = $( '<div>' ).text( $th.attr( 'data-tooltip' ) ).html();

var $trigger = $( '?' );
var $popup = $( '<div class="pf-tip-popup"></div>' )
.html( '' + safe + '' )
.hide();

$trigger.on( 'click', function ( e ) {
e.stopPropagation();
$( '.pf-tip-popup' ).not( $popup ).hide();
$popup.toggle();
} );

$th.css( 'position', 'relative' ).append( $trigger ).append( $popup );
} );

$( document ).on( 'click.pf-tip', function () {
$( '.pf-tip-popup' ).hide();
} );
} );
}() );

/* Probe the URL field on the Tool form for reachability on blur.
Uses no-cors so any server response (any status code) counts as reachable;
only genuine network failure (DNS, TLS, timeout) is flagged as unreachable. */
( function () {
'use strict';

// null = not yet checked, true = reachable, false = unreachable
var probeResult = null;
var probedUrl = '';

function getFullUrl() {
var $protocol = $( 'select[name="Tool[protocol]"]' );
var protocol = $protocol.length ? $protocol.val().trim() : 'https';
var domain = $( 'input[name="Tool[url]"]' ).val().trim();
return domain ? protocol + '://' + domain : '';
}

function showStatus( msg, color ) {
$( '#pf-url-status' ).text( msg ).css( 'color', color );
}

function probe( url ) {
if ( !url || url === probedUrl ) { return; }
probedUrl = url;
probeResult = null;
showStatus( 'Checking…', 'gray' );

var timeout = new Promise( function ( _, reject ) {
setTimeout( function () { reject( new Error( 'timeout' ) ); }, 8000 );
} );

Promise.race( [
fetch( url, { method: 'HEAD', mode: 'no-cors', cache: 'no-cache' } ),
timeout
] ).then( function () {
if ( url !== probedUrl ) { return; }
probeResult = true;
showStatus( '✓ Reachable', 'green' );
} ).catch( function () {
if ( url !== probedUrl ) { return; }
probeResult = false;
showStatus( '✗ Not reachable', 'red' );
} );
}

$( function () {
var $url = $( 'input[name="Tool[url]"]' );
if ( !$url.length ) { return; }

$url.closest( 'td' ).append(
$( '' ).attr( 'id', 'pf-url-status' ).css( { marginLeft: '8px', fontSize: '0.9em' } )
);

$url.on( 'blur', function () {
probe( getFullUrl() );
} );
} );

// Clear previous error rows before each validation run
mw.hook( 'pf.formValidation' ).add( function () {
$( '.pf-error-row' ).remove();
} );

mw.hook( 'pf.formValidation' ).add( function ( args ) {
var $url = $( 'input[name="Tool[url]"]' );
if ( !$url.length ) { return; }

var domain = $url.val().trim();
var msg = null;

if ( !domain ) {
msg = 'URL is required.';
} else {
var url = getFullUrl();
if ( probeResult === false ) {
msg = 'URL is not reachable. Please verify the address.';
} else if ( probeResult === null ) {
showStatus( 'Checking…', 'gray' );
probe( url );
msg = 'Verifying URL reachability — please try saving again in a moment.';
}
}

if ( msg ) {
args.numErrors++;
$( '<tr class="pf-error-row"><td colspan="2"></td></tr>' )
.find( 'td' ).text( msg ).end()
.insertAfter( $url.closest( 'tr' ) );
setTimeout( function () {
var $e = $( '.pf-error-row' ).first();
if ( $e.length ) { $e[ 0 ].scrollIntoView( { behavior: 'smooth', block: 'nearest' } ); }
}, 0 );
}
// probeResult === true: allow through
} );
}() );

/* Require at least one category before the Tool form can be submitted. */
( function () {
'use strict';

mw.hook( 'pf.formValidation' ).add( function ( args ) {
var $category = $( '[name="Tool[category]"]' );
if ( !$category.length ) { return; }
if ( !( $category.val() || '' ).trim() ) {
args.numErrors++;
$( '<tr class="pf-error-row"><td colspan="2">Please select a category.</td></tr>' )
.insertAfter( $category.closest( 'tr' ) );
setTimeout( function () {
var $e = $( '.pf-error-row' ).first();
if ( $e.length ) { $e[ 0 ].scrollIntoView( { behavior: 'smooth', block: 'nearest' } ); }
}, 0 );
}
} );
}() );

/* Amount / pricing cross-validation. Two rules:
1. pricing=free + non-zero amount → error (amount must be blank for free tools)
2. pricing!=free + blank or zero amount → error (amount is required) */
( function () {
'use strict';

mw.hook( 'pf.formValidation' ).add( function ( args ) {
var $pricing = $( '[name="Tool[pricing]"]' );
var $amount = $( '[name="Tool[amount]"]' );
if ( !$pricing.length || !$amount.length ) { return; }

var pricing = $pricing.val().trim();
var amount = ( $amount.val() || '' ).trim();
var numericAmount = parseFloat( amount );

if ( pricing === 'free' && amount && numericAmount > 0 ) {
args.numErrors++;
$( '<tr class="pf-error-row"><td colspan="2">Free tools must have a blank amount.</td></tr>' )
.insertAfter( $amount.closest( 'tr' ) );
setTimeout( function () {
var $e = $( '.pf-error-row' ).first();
if ( $e.length ) { $e[ 0 ].scrollIntoView( { behavior: 'smooth', block: 'nearest' } ); }
}, 0 );
}

if ( pricing !== 'free' && ( !amount || numericAmount === 0 ) ) {
args.numErrors++;
$( '<tr class="pf-error-row"><td colspan="2">Amount is required when pricing is not free.</td></tr>' )
.insertAfter( $amount.closest( 'tr' ) );
setTimeout( function () {
var $e = $( '.pf-error-row' ).first();
if ( $e.length ) { $e[ 0 ].scrollIntoView( { behavior: 'smooth', block: 'nearest' } ); }
}, 0 );
}
} );
}() );

/* Sidebar CategoryTree:
- Leaf (page) labels: strip " - tagline" suffix so only the product name
shows, and move the full "Name - tagline" text onto the title attribute
so it's still available as a hover tooltip. Category listing pages are
unaffected -- only the sidebar tree text is touched.
- Category labels: replace the native (redundant, page-name-only) title
tooltip with the category's one-line description, pulled from the first
paragraph of the category page's wikitext via a batched API call.
MutationObserver covers nodes loaded via AJAX on expansion. */
( function () {
'use strict';

var categoryDescCache = {};
var categoryDescPending = {};

function firstParagraph( wikitext ) {
var lines = ( wikitext || '' ).split( '\n' );
for ( var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++ ) {
// Strip raw HTML first -- pandoc's markdown->mediawiki writer emits a
// anchor immediately before every heading, which
// would otherwise be picked up as the "first line" of body text.
var line = lines[ i ].trim().replace( /<[^>]+>/g, '' ).trim();
if ( !line || /^=+/.test( line ) ) { continue; }
return line.replace( /\[\[(?:[^\]|]+\|)?([^\]]+)\]\]/g, '$1' );
}
return '';
}

function applyCategoryDescriptions( titleToDesc ) {
$( '#mw-panel .CategoryTreeItem a' ).each( function () {
var $a = $( this );
var cur = $a.attr( 'title' );
if ( cur && titleToDesc[ cur ] ) { $a.attr( 'title', titleToDesc[ cur ] ); }
} );
}

function fetchCategoryDescriptions( titles ) {
var batches = [];
for ( var i = 0; i < titles.length; i += 50 ) { batches.push( titles.slice( i, i + 50 ) ); }

batches.forEach( function ( batch ) {
new mw.Api().get( {
action: 'query',
titles: batch.join( '|' ),
prop: 'revisions',
rvprop: 'content',
rvslots: 'main',
formatversion: 2
} ).then( function ( data ) {
var titleToDesc = {};
( ( data.query && data.query.pages ) || [] ).forEach( function ( page ) {
batch.forEach( function ( t ) { delete categoryDescPending[ t ]; } );
if ( !page.revisions ) { return; }
var desc = firstParagraph( page.revisions[ 0 ].slots.main.content );
if ( !desc ) { return; }
categoryDescCache[ page.title ] = desc;
titleToDesc[ page.title ] = desc;
} );
applyCategoryDescriptions( titleToDesc );
} );
} );
}

function normalizeTree( root ) {
var toFetch = [];

$( root ).find( '#mw-panel .CategoryTreeItem a' ).each( function () {
var $a = $( this );
var href = $a.attr( 'href' ) || '';
var label = $a.attr( 'title' ) || '';
var isCategory = /\/Category:/.test( href ) || /^Category:/.test( label );

if ( isCategory ) {
if ( !label ) { return; }
if ( categoryDescCache[ label ] ) {
$a.attr( 'title', categoryDescCache[ label ] );
} else if ( !categoryDescPending[ label ] ) {
categoryDescPending[ label ] = true;
toFetch.push( label );
}
return;
}

var t = $a.text(), i = t.indexOf( ' - ' );
if ( i !== -1 ) {
$a.attr( 'title', t );
$a.text( t.slice( 0, i ) );
}
} );

if ( toFetch.length ) { fetchCategoryDescriptions( toFetch ); }
}

$( function () {
var panel = document.getElementById( 'mw-panel' );
if ( !panel ) { return; }
normalizeTree( document );
new MutationObserver( function ( mutations ) {
mutations.forEach( function ( m ) {
m.addedNodes.forEach( function ( n ) {
if ( n.nodeType === 1 ) { normalizeTree( n ); }
} );
} );
} ).observe( panel, { childList: true, subtree: true } );
} );
}() );

/* Inject a "built at <commit>" link into the wiki footer. The commit hash is
stored in MediaWiki:Doikayt-build-commit and written on every qwiki deploy. */
( function () {
'use strict';

var GITHUB_REPO = 'https://github.com/doikayt/qwiki';

new mw.Api().get( {
action: 'query',
titles: 'MediaWiki:Doikayt-build-commit',
prop: 'revisions',
rvprop: 'content',
rvslots: 'main'
} ).then( function ( data ) {
var pages = data.query.pages;
var page = pages[ Object.keys( pages )[ 0 ] ];
if ( !page.revisions ) { return; }
var commit = page.revisions[ 0 ].slots.main[ '*' ].trim();
if ( !commit ) { return; }
var short = commit.slice( 0, 7 );
var $link = $( '<a>' ).attr( {
href: GITHUB_REPO + '/commit/' + commit,
target: '_blank',
rel: 'noopener'
} ).text( 'built at ' + short );
$( '#footer-info' ).append(
$( '<li>' ).attr( 'id', 'footer-info-buildcommit' ).append( $link )
);
} );
}() );

MediaWiki:Sidebar

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* navigation
** mainpage|mainpage-description
** Evaluation Criteria|Evaluation criteria used across this wiki
** Project:New Submission|New Submission
* SEARCH
* TOOLBOX
* LANGUAGES

MediaWiki:Common.css

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/* Classic Vector sidebar width */
#mw-panel {
width: 16em !important;
}
#content,
#footer {
margin-left: 17em !important;
}
#left-navigation,
#mw-head-base {
margin-left: 16em !important;
}

/* Field help tooltip: ? superscript trigger + floating popup */
.pf-tip {
font-size: 0.6em;
cursor: pointer;
color: #37723a;
vertical-align: super;
margin-left: 3px;
user-select: none;
}
.pf-tip-popup {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 100%;
background: #fff;
border: 1px solid #aaa;
border-radius: 3px;
padding: 8px 12px;
min-width: 220px;
max-width: 320px;
z-index: 999;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
font-weight: normal;
white-space: normal;
line-height: 1.4;
}
.pf-tip-popup p { margin: 0; }

/* Hide the default OOUI tooltip button; replaced by the custom .pf-tip trigger */
.oo-ui-popupButtonWidget { display: none !important; }

/* Double the default 100px height of the category tree picker */
.pfTreeInput { height: 200px !important; }

/* Validation error row inserted below failing field */
.pf-error-row td {
background: #fff0f0;
color: #c5171a;
padding: 4px 8px;
font-size: 0.9em;
border-top: 1px solid #e8a0a0;
}

/* CategoryTree sidebar: wrap long titles so they can never spill past the
column (was nowrap + h-scroll, which overflowed into content on stale cache). */
.CategoryTreeItem bdi a {
font-size: 12px !important;
white-space: normal !important;
overflow-wrap: anywhere;
}
#mw-panel .portal .body {
overflow-x: hidden;
max-width: 16em;
}

/* Hide "no subcategories" clutter in the sidebar tree only (category pages unaffected) */
#mw-panel i.CategoryTreeNotice {
display: none;
}

/* ── Doikayt watermelon theme: white bg, black text, badge green + red ── */
/* Colors sampled from the badge: green #37723a, red #c5171a. */
/* Green = navigation/actions; red = emphasis/alerts. */
/* Remove this block to revert to default MediaWiki styling. */
body { background: #fff; color: #111; }

#content { background: #fff; color: #111; border-color: #37723a; }
#content h1, #content h2, #content h3, #content h4, #content h5 {
color: #111; border-color: #37723a !important;
}

a, a:visited { color: #37723a; }
a:hover { color: #c5171a; }

/* wikitable */
.wikitable th { background: #37723a; color: #fff; border-color: #2b5a2e; }
.wikitable td { background: #fff; color: #111; border-color: #ccc; }

/* Sidebar */
#mw-panel { background: #fff; }
#mw-panel a { color: #37723a; }
#mw-panel .portal h3 { color: #c5171a; }

/* Logo area */
#p-logo, #mw-page-base { background: #fff !important; }
#p-logo a, #p-logo a:hover { background-color: #fff !important; }

/* Header / tab bar */
#mw-head, #mw-head-base { background: #fff !important; }
#p-namespaces, #p-namespaces li, #p-views, #p-views li,
.vector-menu-tabs, .vector-menu-tabs li { background: #fff !important; }
#p-namespaces li a, #p-views li a,
.vector-menu-tabs li a { color: #37723a !important; border-color: #ddd !important; }
li.selected a, .selected a {
background: #fff !important;
color: #111 !important;
box-shadow: inset 0 -3px 0 #c5171a;
}

/* TOC */
.toc, #toc { background: #f6f8f6 !important; border-color: #37723a !important; }
.toctitle h2 { color: #111 !important; }

/* Footer */
#footer { background: #fff !important; color: #111 !important; border-color: #ddd !important; }
#footer a, #footer-places a { color: #37723a !important; }
#footer-info li, #footer-places li { color: #111 !important; }
#footer-poweredbyico { display: none !important; }

/* Continue / forminput submit button: green = primary action, red on hover */
.pfCreateOrEditButton .oo-ui-buttonElement-button {
background: #37723a !important;
color: #fff !important;
border-color: #2b5a2e !important;
}
.pfCreateOrEditButton .oo-ui-buttonElement-button:hover {
background: #2b5a2e !important;
border-color: #c5171a !important;
}

/* Text selection */
::selection { background: #37723a; color: #fff; }

/* Form inputs */
input[type="text"], input[type="search"], input[type="url"],
input[type="email"], textarea, select {
background: #fff !important; color: #111 !important;
border: 1px solid #999 !important;
}
input[type="text"]:focus, input[type="search"]:focus, input[type="url"]:focus,
input[type="email"]:focus, textarea:focus, select:focus {
border-color: #37723a !important;
outline: 1px solid #37723a !important;
}

/* Search and generic input placeholders */
#searchInput::placeholder, input[type="search"]::placeholder,
input[type="text"]::placeholder {
color: #999 !important;
}

Template:EvaluationCriteria

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{| class="wikitable"
! Criterion !! Notes
|-
| Cost || {{{cost_notes|Ongoing cost to maintain}}}
|-
| Risk || {{{risk_notes|Failure modes and their consequences}}}
|-
| Accessibility || {{{accessibility_notes|Ease of adoption by non-experts}}}
|}

Main Page

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= Digital Mobilization Field Guide =

A technical field guide to digital products, and services that support the operations of organizations aligned with the pro-labor, pro-human rights, pro-free speech and anti-imperialist agenda of [https://www.doikayt.org/ Doikayt Mobilization Labs].


== Target Audience ==


=== Profile ===

You are in the right place if you are a ''technologist'' working as IT staff or as a volunteer at a movement-aligned organizations, where you are tasked with:

* identification,
* evaluation,
* configuration,
* customization and
* ongoing maintenance and support of software and hardware that supports your group’s mission.


=== Proficiency Assumptions ===

You should be at least at ‘power user’ level, comfortable with:

* config files
* command line directives
* IT operations basics
** Web, Internet, and cloud concepts
** basic security


=== Unique Challenges ===

You likely need to deal with constraints that technologists in corporate, government and military settings don’t worry much about:

* shoe-string budgets,
* deplatforming risks, and
* ethical considerations

See [[New Submissions]] for further discussion of how these criteria factor into our structured protocol for recommending new products and services.


== Site Organization ==

Content is organized as a shallow hierarchy, moving from broad generalized domains of organizational concern to operational areas within a domain (and potentially, an intervening sub-area) – all the way down to the level of individual tools (one per page).

* ''Domain →''
** ''Operational Area →''
*** ''Operational Sub-area →''
**** ''Task →''
***** ''Candidate Tool''

See [[Site Organization]] for more details.


== How To Contribute ==

* Request an account from admin@doikayt.org
* [[Project:New Submission|Click here]] to submit a new tool, or click ‘New Submission’ in the sidebar from anywhere on the site


== The Software ==

See [https://github.com/doikayt/qwiki this repo] to view the code behind this Wiki, and [https://www.doikayt.org/projects.html#doikayt-wiki here] for more information about new features we plan to roll out soon.

Deployed from commit [https://github.com/doikayt/qwiki/commit/9351ab9945cd88ab85198c9c08611a5410f9c6c3 9351ab9].

[[Category:Meta]]

DoikaytFieldGuide:New Submission

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== New Submission Wizard ==

Enter the name of the product or service you are suggesting. If a page for this
entry already exists, you will be sent to the form for editing that page.
Otherwise, you will be sent to the form that allows you to select the appropriate
category and other details for your new entry.

{{#forminput:form=Tool|button text=Continue}}

Site Organization

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= Site Organization =

Content is organized as a shallow hierarchy, moving from broad generalized domains of organizational concern to operational areas within a domain (and potentially, an intervening sub-area) – all the way down to the level of individual tools (one per page).

* ''Domain →''
** ''Operational Area →''
*** ''Operational Sub-area →''
**** ''Task →''
***** ''Candidate Tool''


=== Relations to Wiki Categories ===

In Wiki-speak each of these levels is simply a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Categories ''page'' ''category'']. The left-hand navigation panel mirrors this category hierarchy. Top-level entries — such as ''Operations'' or ''Communications'' — link to domain-level Wiki category pages and are maintained by our site administrators.

Below the ''domain'' level (i.e., below the ''top level''), categories can be added by any site user as needed (but note site admins might roll your proposed category into an existing one or rename it.)

To assign a page to a category, place the following tag near the bottom of the page’s wikitext, replacing <code>CategoryName</code> with the exact category name (spaces allowed; case-sensitive):

<nowiki>[[Category:CategoryName]]</nowiki>

A page can belong to more than one category — add one tag per line. The New Submission form handles this automatically via the ''Category'' tree selector.


=== Guidelines for New Category Additions ===


==== Short Names ====

Keep the name under three words (ideally two, as the side panel nav tree might start word wrapping or exhibiting other rendering issues.)


==== Check for Dups ====

Verify there is no similar category before you add a new one.


==== Task Level Category Rules ====

Each ''Task'' should be a short phrase indicating a concrete action undertaken by technologists in service of either special projects, or ongoing operations.

Tasks can be associated with more than one recommended tool. On any tool page we might have optional discussion of why that tool was selected over rejected alternatives, together with a discussion of those alternatives. But as soon as we start accumulating more than one viable candidate for a task, each one should not only get its own page. But we should create a page ‘Rejected Alternatives’ at the level of the immediate parent Task of the page that is now joined by its new sibling pages.


==== Tool Page Naming Convention ====

Tool page titles are composed of two parts:

<pre>{Company Name} - {Tagline}</pre>
The '''tagline''' is a 2–10 word phrase describing what the tool does in the context of this Wiki’s operational area (validated by the New Submission form). Example: <code>Words of Justice - AI co-pilot for Palestine advocacy</code>.

A redirect from the bare company name (e.g. <code>WordsOfJustice</code>) is created automatically so that short-form links and searches still resolve to the full page.

[[Category:Meta]]

Zeffy - zero-fee fundraising and event platform

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{{Tool
|company=Zeffy
|tagline=zero-fee fundraising and event platform
|protocol=https
|url=zeffy.com
|pricing=free
|amount=$0 platform fee -- Zeffy covers card-processing costs itself, funded by an optional
donor tip at checkout (roughly two in three donors tip, per Zeffy)
|source_license=closed
|hosting=cloud
|description=Zero-fee fundraising, ticketing, and membership platform for nonprofits. Scale
(per Zeffy's own reporting): 100,000+ nonprofits, $2B+ raised to date.
|usage_notes=Registration: does NOT require a full 501(c)(3) IRS determination letter to
sign up -- but does require an EIN and a bank account in the org's own name, plus being
"registered in some form" (e.g. state nonprofit incorporation, or an IRS determination
request already filed). A personal bank account can't be substituted even for a bona fide
nonprofit-in-formation. Full 501(c)(3) status is only needed later, to unlock automatic
tax-deductible receipt generation. Also only available in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia.
Net effect: gated on us filing state nonprofit paperwork and getting an EIN first, not on
federal tax-exempt approval -- closer to ready than Zeffy's marketing implies, but not
usable today.
|rejected_alternatives=
|category=Fund Raising
}}

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WireGuard

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WireGuard - run your own self-hosted VPN, no operator to trust

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{{Tool
|company=WireGuard (Jason A. Donenfeld) / community tooling
|tagline=run your own VPN, no operator to trust
|protocol=https
|url=wireguard.com
|pricing=varies
|amount=Software is free and open source (GPLv2); your only cost is a VPS -- roughly
USD 4-6 / month on a provider like [[Digital Ocean]], or a spare box you already run.
|source_license=open
|hosting=self
|description=A modern, lean VPN protocol (~4,000 lines of code vs OpenVPN's ~70,000, using the
ChaCha20 cipher) that you run on your own server. Deploy-and-forget tooling makes setup painless:
Algo VPN (by Trail of Bits) provisions a locked-down WireGuard server on a cloud VPS in minutes;
WG-Easy adds a web dashboard with QR codes for phones; Headscale / NetBird give you a
self-hosted mesh if you need many devices to reach each other.
|usage_notes=Why it's the top of our preference order: when you run the server, there is no
third-party operator who can log your traffic, be subpoenaed, be acquired by a Kape-style
holding company, or deplatform you. The trust question in [[:Category:VPN]] disappears -- you are
the operator. WireGuard's small codebase is easy to audit and very fast (~900 Mbps on a cheap
VPS is typical).

'''Not for anonymity.''' A self-hosted VPN hides your traffic from your local network/ISP, but
it de-anonymizes you *to the wider internet*: the VPS has a single dedicated exit IP that is
uniquely yours, rented in your name, so every site you visit -- and anyone who can observe that
IP -- can attribute all of it to one person. There is no crowd to hide in (the opposite of a
shared-IP provider like [[Mullvad]]), and the hosting company knows who you are and can be
compelled to log or disclose. Use it for control and hiding from your ISP -- not to be
anonymous. For that, a shared-IP no-logs provider or Tor.

Other tradeoffs: you own the ops burden (patching, key management, uptime), and a single
home/VPS exit gives you one location, not a menu of countries. Requires a technically capable
person -- see [[:Category:Self Hosting]].

Best fit: teams with technical capacity who want maximum infrastructure control and
deplatform-resistance. For anonymity in a crowd or many exit locations, pair with (or choose)
[[Mullvad]].
|rejected_alternatives=Commercial Israeli-owned VPNs (Kape's ExpressVPN / CyberGhost / PIA /
ZenMate, Hola, Hotspot Shield) reintroduce exactly the operator you're trying to remove -- see
[[:Category:VPN]].
|category=VPN
}}

The Onion Router

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WireGuard (self-hosted)

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Algo VPN

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Tor

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Slack

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Tor - volunteer-run anonymity network (onion routing)

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{{Tool
|company=The Tor Project (US 501(c)(3) nonprofit)
|tagline=volunteer-run anonymity network (onion routing)
|protocol=https
|url=torproject.org
|pricing=free
|amount=Free and open source. Run by the non-profit Tor Project, funded by grants (historically
including US-government sources such as the State Department and NRL) plus individual donations.
Funding is not control here: the code is public, reproducible, and independently audited.
|source_license=open
|hosting=hybrid
|description=An anonymity network, not a VPN. Your traffic is wrapped in layers of encryption and
bounced through three volunteer-run relays (entry/guard, middle, exit), so no single relay knows
both who you are and where you're going. Tor Browser is the hardened reference client; bridges
and pluggable transports help in censored networks.
|usage_notes=How it differs from a VPN: there is no single operator to trust or subpoena -- trust
is spread across independent relays, and anonymity (not just tunnelling) is the whole product.
That makes it the strongest widely available option for anonymity and for censorship
circumvention.

The honest threat model -- read this before relying on it: Tor is a *low-latency* network, and by
its own published design it does NOT defend against a "global passive adversary" who can watch
traffic entering AND leaving the network. Someone who observes both ends can correlate timing and
volume to link sender to destination. This is a documented, structural limit of fast anonymity
systems -- not a hidden backdoor.

What this means in practice: Tor is not known to be cryptographically broken, and the real-world
deanonymizations on record did not come from breaking the network. They came from:

* '''Browser or device exploits''' -- e.g. the FBI's malware in the 2015 Playpen cases attacked
Tor Browser bugs, not the Tor protocol.
* '''Relay-level traffic correlation''' -- an adversary running or watching many relays (the
2014 CMU/SEI incident).
* '''Operator opsec mistakes''' -- logging into a real account, reusing a handle, leaking
metadata.

So the practical defenses are keeping Tor Browser updated, not de-anonymizing yourself by what
you log into, and -- against a determined state adversary -- assuming nothing is bulletproof (see
the adversary table in [[:Category:Privacy & Anonymity]]).

Best fit: maximum anonymity when you accept the speed cost, and getting online under censorship.
For everyday "hide from my ISP with usable speed," a shared-IP no-logs provider like [[Mullvad]]
is the better default; the two are complementary, not ranked.
|rejected_alternatives=A VPN is not a substitute: a self-hosted tunnel ([[WireGuard]]) gives you
control but a single dedicated exit IP tied to you (no anonymity), and a commercial VPN
concentrates trust in one operator. Tor removes that single point of trust at the cost of speed.
For anonymity, do not rely on "free VPN" services -- their business model is usually your data.
|category=Privacy & Anonymity
}}

Slack - team messaging with channels and threads, not recommended

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{{Tool
|company=Salesforce
|tagline=team messaging with channels and threads, not recommended
|protocol=https
|url=slack.com
|pricing=recurring/mo
|amount=$8.75/user/month (free tier available)
|source_license=closed
|hosting=cloud
|description='''Not recommended.''' Cloud-based team messaging platform with channels,
threads, and integrations. Free tier limits message history to 90 days and caps
integrations at 10. Included here for comparison against [[Mattermost]] and
[[Rocket.Chat]], the two self-hosted alternatives we do recommend.
|usage_notes='''Government enforcement ties''': Slack's parent company, Salesforce, has
held a contract with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) since March 2018, used to
help "manage border activities" during the "zero tolerance" family-separation policy.
Over 650 Salesforce employees signed a letter demanding the company end the contract;
CEO Marc Benioff refused, and Salesforce has maintained the relationship for years
despite sustained pressure (see
[https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/25/protestors-call-on-salesforce-to-end-contract-with-border-patrol-agency/ TechCrunch]).

Guest access available on paid plans for external collaborators. Slack Connect allows
cross-organization channels with other Slack workspaces.
|rejected_alternatives=
|category=Team Collaboration
}}

Tor Browser

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Signal - end-to-end encrypted messaging from a nonprofit

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{{Tool
|company=Signal Foundation
|tagline=end-to-end encrypted messaging from a nonprofit
|protocol=https
|url=signal.org
|pricing=free
|amount=Free, no ads, no paid tiers. Run by the Signal Foundation, a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit
funded by grants and donations; by charter it cannot be acquired.
|source_license=open
|hosting=cloud
|description=End-to-end encrypted 1:1 and group messaging, plus voice/video calls, built on
the audited Signal Protocol (Double Ratchet + X3DH). ~40M monthly users. Registration
requires a phone number; usernames (added 2024) let you start chats without sharing it.
|usage_notes=Why it's strong for us: the most-scrutinized E2E encryption in production, from a
mission-aligned privacy nonprofit that collects minimal metadata (sealed sender). Its
published responses to legal demands show it can only produce registration and last-connection
dates -- not messages, contacts, groups, or call logs. Free.

Deplatform caveat: Signal is deliberately centralized and does NOT federate or support
self-hosting -- the Foundation runs every server, so an outage, protocol change, or government
compulsion hits all users at once and you have no fallback infrastructure. Practical risk is
low (privacy nonprofit, strong track record), but it does not clear our self-host bar. The
self-hostable counterpart is [[Element]].

Phone number: registration still needs one; usernames hide it from other users, but a subpoena
can still map a username to the number. For high-anonymity threat models see [[SimpleX Chat]]
(no identifier) or [[Briar]] (offline/mesh, censorship-resistant).
|rejected_alternatives=WhatsApp (uses the Signal protocol but is Meta-owned and harvests
metadata) and Telegram (chats are not end-to-end encrypted by default, weaker crypto).
|category=Secure Messaging
}}

Rocket.Chat

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Rocket.Chat - open-source Slack alternative with omnichannel support

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{{Tool
|company=Rocket.Chat
|tagline=open-source Slack alternative with omnichannel support
|protocol=https
|url=rocket.chat
|pricing=free
|amount=Commercial/Government/Defense tiers are custom-priced (free self-hosted Community
edition available)
|source_license=open
|hosting=hybrid
|description=MIT-licensed, self-hostable team chat with channels, voice/video, and broad
integration support. Its omnichannel inbox unifies live chat, email, WhatsApp, and
Telegram into one agent queue -- useful if you also want to replace a separate
customer-support tool, not just internal chat.
|usage_notes=Has the most GitHub momentum of the self-hosted Slack alternatives
(~45k stars). The free Community edition covers most day-to-day needs; exceeding
Starter-plan limits blocks adding new users but does not lock you out of existing
data.
|rejected_alternatives=
|category=Team Collaboration
}}

RocketChat

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Signal

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Qwiki - locally edit wiki files in markdown then deploy

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{{Tool
|company=Doikayt Mobilization Labs
|tagline=locally edit wiki files in markdown then deploy
|protocol=https
|url=github.com/doikayt/qwiki
|pricing=free
|amount=
|source_license=open
|hosting=self
|description=Doikayt's own self-hosted MediaWiki stack: Docker Compose
infrastructure plus a markdown-to-wikitext content pipeline for authoring
and deploying wiki pages (this wiki is built with it).
|usage_notes=See the repo README for local setup and deployment
instructions.
|rejected_alternatives=
|category=Run A Wiki
}}

Proton VPN

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Proton VPN - open-source VPN from a Swiss non-profit, with a free tier

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{{Tool
|company=Proton AG
|tagline=open-source VPN from a Swiss non-profit, with a free tier
|protocol=https
|url=protonvpn.com
|pricing=varies
|amount=Genuinely free tier (unlimited data, no ads, one device, 5 countries). Paid plans add
more countries, up to 10 devices, and streaming/P2P; often bundled with Proton Mail/Drive/Pass.
|source_license=open
|hosting=cloud
|description=WireGuard/OpenVPN provider from Geneva, operated by Proton AG and majority-owned by
the non-profit Proton Foundation. Founded by scientists who met at CERN; same organisation as
Proton Mail. Every client app (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS) is open source.
|usage_notes=Why it's our usability fallback: Switzerland sits outside the EU and the 5/9/14
Eyes blocs with strong data-protection law, and the non-profit foundation structure means the
company answers to a mission rather than an acquirer. No-logs infrastructure has been audited
annually by Securitum since 2022, plus a 2025 SOC 2 Type II audit. The free tier is a rare
honest one -- unlimited data, no ads -- which makes it a safe thing to recommend to
non-technical members. Bundling with Proton Mail keeps the whole stack under one Swiss
non-profit.

Tradeoffs: the free tier is limited to one device and five countries; the full app suite is
heavier than Mullvad's; and it's a larger, more mainstream service than the anonymity-first
options. Account creation typically uses an email address (less anonymous than Mullvad/IVPN
account numbers).

Best fit: the "just works for everyone" recommendation, and anyone already in the Proton
ecosystem. For maximum anonymity prefer [[Mullvad]] or [[IVPN]]; to eliminate the operator
entirely, [[WireGuard]] on your own server.
|rejected_alternatives=Kape's ExpressVPN / CyberGhost / PIA / ZenMate, Hola VPN, and Hotspot
Shield / Betternet are rejected on ownership grounds -- see [[:Category:VPN]].
|category=VPN
}}

ProtonVPN

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Proton Meet - end-to-end encrypted video conferencing from a Swiss non-profit

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{{Tool
|company=Proton AG
|tagline=end-to-end encrypted video conferencing (Swiss, open-source client)
|protocol=https
|url=proton.me/meet
|pricing=varies
|amount=Free tier hosts up to 50 participants for 1 hour per call; guests join by link with no
account. Paid Meet Professional raises this to 100 participants and 24-hour calls with recording;
higher Workspace tiers reach 250. Often bundled with the rest of the Proton suite.
|source_license=open
|hosting=cloud
|description=End-to-end encrypted group video/audio conferencing from Proton AG (Geneva,
majority-owned by the non-profit Proton Foundation -- same organisation as [[Proton VPN]] and
Proton Mail). Publicly launched in 2026. Built on WebRTC/LiveKit with the open, independently
audited MLS (Messaging Layer Security) protocol for E2EE; media and chat are encrypted on the
client, participant names are encrypted, and email/IP addresses are not shared between attendees.
|usage_notes=Why it's strong for us: genuine end-to-end encryption on an open, peer-reviewed
standard (MLS), under Swiss jurisdiction (outside the US CLOUD Act) and a non-profit that answers
to a mission rather than an acquirer. Proton says it keeps no record of who attended, and the web
client is open source so researchers can audit what runs in your browser. The free tier is
genuinely usable (50 people, 1 hour), attendees need no account, and you can even start an
instant call for yourself plus up to 3 others with no account at all.

Free-tier limits explained (the common confusion): the "50 participants" cap and "1 hour" limit
are per-meeting; hosting requires a free Proton account (guests don't). This is unrelated to
[[Proton VPN]]'s free-tier "one device" limit, which counts simultaneous VPN connections, not
meeting attendees -- two different products.

Honest limitation: only the client is open source. The server-side infrastructure is not fully
open, so while call content is E2EE and unreadable to Proton, you cannot independently verify how
signaling and metadata (timing, who connects) are handled on their servers. Strong for
confidentiality of content; not an anonymity tool.
|rejected_alternatives=Zoom and Google Meet are closed-source and not end-to-end encrypted by
default, with the provider able to access call data. For a fully self-hosted option, Jitsi Meet
on your own server keeps infrastructure in your hands (see [[:Category:Self Hosting]]).
|category=Video Conferencing
}}

Patreon - recurring membership funding for creators

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{{Tool
|company=Patreon
|tagline=recurring membership funding for creators
|protocol=https
|url=patreon.com
|pricing=varies
|amount=Platform fee 8-12% of earnings by tier (Lite/Pro/Premium), plus roughly 2.9-5%
payment processing; fee structure was revised in a September 2024 policy overhaul
|source_license=closed
|hosting=cloud
|description=Subscription-based membership platform for ongoing monthly support -- better
suited to sustained operational funding than one-off campaigns. No nonprofit registration or
business entity is required to sign up; the org registers and operates like an individual
creator account.
|usage_notes=Registration: no nonprofit status or business registration required to sign up.

Deplatforming risk (medium): a 2018-2019 wave of bans targeted right-leaning commentators,
and a September 2024 policy overhaul (fee increase plus new restrictions on political
commentary and some educational content) triggered a broader creator exodus over opaque,
inconsistently-enforced content rules and a slow appeals process. No Palestine-specific
incidents surfaced in this research pass, but the structural pattern -- broad, vaguely-worded
bans with weak appeal rights -- carries similar risk to GoFundMe's for a politically-aligned
org and is worth monitoring.
|rejected_alternatives=
|category=Fund Raising
}}

Proton Meet

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Open Collective

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Patreon

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Mullvad - anonymous, open-source, audited no-logs VPN (Sweden)

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{{Tool
|company=Mullvad VPN AB
|tagline=anonymous, open-source, audited no-logs VPN (Sweden)
|protocol=https
|url=mullvad.net
|pricing=recurring/mo
|amount=Flat EUR 5 / month, no tiers and no discounts for longer commitments. Pay with a card,
PayPal, bank transfer, cash mailed in an envelope, or cryptocurrency (incl. Monero).
|source_license=open
|hosting=cloud
|description=Privacy-first WireGuard/OpenVPN provider run from Sweden. No email or personal
details at signup -- you get a random account number instead of a username/password. Owned by
Mullvad VPN AB (also behind the Mullvad Browser, built with the Tor Project).
|usage_notes=Why it's our top hosted pick: fully open-source apps with reproducible builds
(Android 2025.2+), so you can verify the binary matches the published source. Repeated
independent audits (Cure53 in 2018/2020/2022/2024, Assured AB in 2025-2026) found no
significant issues. Most importantly, the no-logs claim was tested for real: when Swedish
police executed a search warrant in 2023, there was nothing on the servers to seize. Anonymous
account numbers plus cash-by-mail payment mean you never have to identify yourself.

Tradeoffs: no free tier; a smaller server network and weaker streaming-unblocking than the big
marketing-driven brands; Sweden is outside Five Eyes but inside the 14 Eyes bloc -- largely
moot here because there is no data to share. Audits are a snapshot in time, not a permanent
guarantee.

Best fit: anyone who wants strong, verifiable privacy without running their own server. If you
can run infrastructure, prefer [[WireGuard]].
|rejected_alternatives=ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, PIA, and ZenMate are all owned by the
British-Israeli Kape Technologies (now a delisted black box); Hola VPN is Israeli and resold
user bandwidth. See [[:Category:VPN]] for the full ownership picture.
|category=VPN
}}

Nextcloud Calendar - shared scheduling via self-hosted Nextcloud

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{{Tool
|company=Nextcloud
|tagline=shared scheduling via self-hosted Nextcloud
|protocol=https
|url=nextcloud.com/calendar
|pricing=free
|amount=Free -- zero extra cost if you already run Nextcloud (e.g. for Office Suite).
If not, standing up Nextcloud itself is also a free self-hosted install (see that
entry for full pricing/hosting details).
|source_license=open
|hosting=self
|description=CalDAV-based shared calendaring app bundled with Nextcloud: team calendars,
event invites, resource booking. If your org already runs [[Nextcloud]] (e.g. for
Office Suite), enabling this is zero extra infrastructure -- just turning on the
calendar app on the same instance. If not, it means deploying Nextcloud itself first,
which is still a free self-hosted install on its own.
|usage_notes=Syncs with any CalDAV-compatible client (Thunderbird, most phone calendar
apps) so people aren't locked into a web UI.
|rejected_alternatives=
|category=Calendars
}}

Open Collective - transparent fiscal hosting for unincorporated groups

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{{Tool
|company=Open Collective
|tagline=transparent fiscal hosting for unincorporated groups
|protocol=https
|url=opencollective.com
|pricing=varies
|amount=Fee is set by whichever Fiscal Host a collective joins (commonly cited range
roughly 4-10%, some hosts free); Open Collective's own platform software is open source and
does not charge separately from the host's fee
|source_license=open
|hosting=cloud
|description=Transparent money-management platform built specifically for unincorporated
groups: a "Fiscal Host" (typically an existing nonprofit) legally holds funds and handles
compliance and tax filings on the group's behalf, so the group itself never needs to
incorporate or open its own bank account. Every transaction is publicly visible on the
collective's page by default.
|usage_notes=What it does for us: no incorporation needed -- a Fiscal Host (a separate org
that already has legal/tax-exempt status) holds the money and handles compliance on our
behalf, so we can raise, publicly track, and spend funds now, pre-501(c)(3). A host still has
to agree to take us on; each sets its own fee and eligibility policy.

Caveat: as of 2026 there's no easy general-cause US host left on the Open Collective platform
itself -- Open Collective Foundation, formerly the obvious pick, dissolved its fiscal-sponsor
program in 2024. The only host still on-platform, Open Source Collective, is OSS-only (fits
our tooling projects, not the broader mission) -- a general-cause host means looking outside
the Open Collective platform.

If we later incorporate: funds can generally only transfer to another 501(c)(3), not to a
for-profit or an individual. Whether a host will let us use raised funds toward our own
incorporation costs (e.g. attorney fees) is untested -- ask directly, don't assume.

Scale: most-recent figures found in this research pass are from 2019 (platform funds raised
grew from $1.6M to $4M+ that year alone, across thousands of collectives) -- stale by 2026
standards. Check Open Collective's own "Discover" page directly for current totals before
relying on this for a decision.
|rejected_alternatives=
|category=Fund Raising
}}

Miraheze

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Mullvad

2026-08-12T02:35:24Z

Admin: qwiki: internal-operations/mullvad.md (redirect)

#REDIRECT [[Mullvad - anonymous, open-source, audited no-logs VPN (Sweden)]]

Kofi

2026-08-12T02:35:23Z

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#REDIRECT [[Kofi - free tip jar with optional shop]]

Miraheze - free volunteer-run MediaWiki hosting for any wiki

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Admin: qwiki: internal-operations/miraheze.md

{{Tool
|company=Miraheze
|tagline=free volunteer-run MediaWiki hosting for any wiki
|protocol=https
|url=miraheze.org
|pricing=free
|amount=
|source_license=open
|hosting=cloud
|description=Nonprofit, volunteer-run wiki hosting platform that provides
free MediaWiki instances with a wide range of pre-installed extensions.
|usage_notes=See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Miraheze for an overview of
available extensions and account setup. No cost, donation-supported;
account required to create a new wiki.
|rejected_alternatives=
|category=Run A Wiki
}}

Mattermost

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Admin: qwiki: internal-operations/mattermost.md (redirect)

#REDIRECT [[Mattermost - open-source Slack alternative with self-hosted free tier]]

Mattermost - open-source Slack alternative with self-hosted free tier

2026-08-12T02:35:23Z

Admin: qwiki: internal-operations/mattermost.md

{{Tool
|company=Mattermost
|tagline=open-source Slack alternative with self-hosted free tier
|protocol=https
|url=mattermost.com
|pricing=free
|amount=Professional $10/user/mo; Enterprise custom pricing (self-hosted free tier available)
|source_license=open
|hosting=hybrid
|description=Self-hostable, MIT-licensed team chat closely modeled on Slack's channel-based
UX -- includes a Slack export/import path to ease migration. Free self-hosted tier
runs indefinitely with no per-seat licensing cost; paid tiers add SSO, compliance
exports, and HIPAA/FedRAMP-aligned deployment options.
|usage_notes=Fewer native integrations than Slack out of the box -- most third-party
connections go through incoming/outgoing webhooks rather than a marketplace, so budget
some setup time. Good fit for teams that want a near drop-in Slack replacement and
value Go-based, ops-friendly self-hosting.
|rejected_alternatives=
|category=Team Collaboration
}}

Ko-fi

2026-08-12T02:35:23Z

Admin: qwiki: internal-operations/ko-fi.md (redirect)

#REDIRECT [[Kofi - free tip jar with optional shop]]

Jitsi Meet - self-hostable, open-source video conferencing (WebRTC)

2026-08-12T02:35:23Z

Admin: qwiki: internal-operations/jitsi-meet.md

{{Tool
|company=Jitsi (8x8, Inc.)
|tagline=self-hostable, open-source video conferencing (WebRTC)
|protocol=https
|url=jitsi.org
|pricing=free
|amount=Free and open source (Apache 2.0). Self-host at only your hosting cost, use the free
public meet.jit.si instance, or buy 8x8's managed Jitsi as a Service (JaaS) for scale/branding.
|source_license=open
|hosting=hybrid
|description=Open-source WebRTC video/audio conferencing you can run on your own server. No
account needed -- create a room and share the link. Uses the Jitsi Videobridge (an SFU) to route
streams; deployable via Docker or Debian packages. Maintained by 8x8. It is the video-call
analogue of [[Element]] for messaging: the reference self-hostable option.
|usage_notes=Why it clears the self-host bar: run your own Jitsi server and you own the
infrastructure and your call data -- no operator can cut you off, log your meetings, or be
compelled to hand them over. Gate-keeping is solid (room passwords, lobby mode, JWT auth), and it
doesn't track users or sell data. This is the option when you have technical capacity and want
full control.

Tradeoffs: self-hosting is real ops work -- a modest deployment needs ~2 vCPUs / 4 GB RAM plus a
TURN server, and you own patching and uptime. End-to-end encryption (via WebRTC insertable
streams) is limited to 1:1 and smaller group calls and is not the default -- larger calls are
encrypted in transit but decrypted at the bridge, so the server operator (you, if self-hosted)
can technically access media. The public meet.jit.si instance is 8x8-operated under their terms,
so you must run your own server to get the control/privacy benefit.

Best fit: teams that can run a server and want maximum control over meetings. For a zero-setup,
E2EE-by-default hosted option from a privacy non-profit, pair with (or choose) [[Proton Meet]].
|rejected_alternatives=Zoom and Google Meet are closed-source and not end-to-end encrypted by
default, with the provider able to access call data. If you can't self-host, [[Proton Meet]] is
the managed alternative that still gives you E2EE. Relying on the public meet.jit.si instance
reintroduces an operator/jurisdiction -- self-host to get the benefit (see
[[:Category:Self Hosting]]).
|category=Video Conferencing
}}

Jitsi Meet

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IVPN

2026-08-12T02:35:23Z

Admin: qwiki: internal-operations/ivpn.md (redirect)

#REDIRECT [[IVPN - annually-audited, open-source no-logs VPN (Gibraltar)]]