About Us
We situate ourselves in our context - as Seattle residents and as users and creators of the technologies we aim to resist.
Get Involved
Do you believe technology can and should be used for good? Do you think a democratic internet could liberate us? Join us!
We share this vision, and we want to work together to achieve it.
What We're Up To
Services
Our Mission
We promote free and open source options with a non-judgmental attitude. We understand that almost everyone ends up using Big Tech software sometimes. We want to help you meet your own goals, whether it be reducing what you pay big corporations or increasing your privacy.Managed Service Hosting
We offer individuals and organizations access to a suite of open-source, privacy-friendly tools, including: • NextCloud (alternative to Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, etc.) • Loomio (democratic, asynchronous decision-making platform) • Zulip (alternative to Slack, Teams, Discord) • Keycloak (Single Sign-On/SSO) • Vaultwarden (password manager) • Headscale (VPN) • Matrix (decentralized, federated alternative to Discord) • Immich (alternative to Google Photos) Our team has decades of collective expertise in cloud computing and open-source software. We're patient, responsive to users' needs, and skilled at translating from tech jargon to plain language.Data Migration
We know a lot of people want to move away from the Big Tech ecosystem but feel overwhelmed and don't know where to start. We've been doing this for years, and we know how to help you move your data away from Big Tech and select appropriate, privacy-friendly, open-source alternatives that still meet your needs. We offer individual, organization, and family pricing.Training
We offer in-person events to help individuals and organizations understand the risks of Big Tech, improve their digital security, and learn about privacy-friendly, open-source alternatives. Here are a few of the events we've held: • DiscoTechs (science-fair style event where you can learn about a variety of alternatives to Big Tech) • Digital Security workshops (hands-on sessions to improve your security posture and understand what threats are actually relevant for you and your organization)s • Office Hours (drop-in IT help)Tech Consulting
Does your organization need help choosing IT tools? Need a website built or hosted? Maybe you want to self-host your own server infrastructure, but need a little support. Whatever your tech needs, just drop us a line, and we'll see if we can help. Hire us!Big Tech Alternatives
Explore open-source and privacy-focused alternatives to popular big tech software.
Messaging
Big Tech Option: WhatsApp (Meta), Slack
Social Media
Big Tech Option: Twitter (X), Facebook (Meta)
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Mastodon
Decentralized social network (alternative to Twitter).
Website
Resist Tech Monopolies - Copyleft 2026
