Chattanooga.Digital is an initiative to build community-owned digital infrastructure. Now accepting pilot members!
Chattanooga.Digital is being established as a community tech cooperative to make it easy and economical for anyone to access, own, and use open source software for their peronsal and busines purposes.
Now accepting pilot members!
Chattanooga.Digital deploys "off the shelf" free open source software (FOSS) for members and provides online services to meet community needs.
Our purpose is to empower members of our community with digital technology. Our mission is to make it easy and economical for members to access, own, and use open source solutions. Our goals are to enable members to be for effective and efficient, grow our local economy from the grassroots up, reduce our dependence on Big Tech, and strengthen our local tech ecosystem as well as give members a competitive edge.
We are seeking collaborators and supporters, especially folks who are passionate about digital autonomy, localism, and open source, to help make it happen. Pre-join the co-op to indicate your interest.
Fun, informative programs to build awareness. Software services deployed and maintained as community infrastructure. Sponsored hack sessions where problem owners and problem solvers meet.
Learn all about free open source software, from the bare basics to as advanced as you want to go. The practical and tactical along with the conceptual and strategic, all aspects of getting, maintaining, and using FOSS are covered by the coop's programs.
See programsThe coop deploys software in online hosted containers as community services for all member and member services for each member's personal, group, family, and business purposes. Members own the data and code.
Browse servicesCollaborative learning events connect business and civic leaders with technology leaders and community members who would not otherwise get exposed to the tech to evaluate solutions and build capabilities in the process..
Sponsor a sessionTools the co-op runs for members — open source, no surveillance, no lock-in. Each one is yours to use as part of membership.
Others coming soon based on your needs!
Hands-on programs for Chattanooga's tech community.
Skill-building workshops on specific open-source tools. New workshops added on member demand — accounting, AI, content management, digital marketing, groupware, and more.
Hack sessions are collaborative learning events during which business and civic leaders — "problem owners" — engage with technology leaders — "problem solvers" — and other stakeholders to evaluate potential solutions to a particular challenge, goal, or problem. These are convened on an as-needed basis with sponsorship.
See upcoming hack sessions or check the events calendar.
Your site, your data, no platform lock-in.
Co-op governance puts roadmap choices in member hands.
Shared infrastructure keeps costs down.
Generates work for Chattanooga-area tech professionals.
We are currently seeking pilot members as we work out operational and organizational details. Pilot members will directly impact what the coop does and how we do it.