Digital products your community actually needs.
Professional-grade web apps, tools, and platforms — built by supervised apprentices, owned by your community, priced for mission-driven work.
$95/hr
Full team rate
6 weeks
Typical engagement
AGPL v3
You own the code
100yr
Built to last
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
A dedicated team. A shipped product. Code you own forever.
A working digital product
Not a mockup. Not a prototype. A shipped app, dashboard, tool, or platform your team can use immediately.
Senior-led team
A Principal with 15+ years of experience leads every engagement. Apprentices learn by doing real work — not practice projects.
Scoped upfront
Every project starts with a problems-based discovery process. Timeline and deliverables are agreed before work begins.
Code you own forever
All source code is delivered under AGPL v3 and held in permanent charitable trust. No lock-in. No vendor dependency.
Governance rights
As a CBO partner, you hold constitutional authority through the Community DAO. Your voice shapes the Alliance.
Ongoing membership model
After delivery, convert to a community membership. Co-own the software you use. Share in the commons.
From first conversation to shipped product.
Bring your challenge
Tell us what you need. A volunteer coordination app. A data dashboard. A mobile intake form. We'll scope it together.
Your studio forms
A three-person apprentice team — one designer, one product manager, one developer — assembles under a senior Principal.
Six weeks to shipped
Work happens in fixed six-week cycles. Regular check-ins. Transparent progress. Real deliverables at each milestone.
You own everything
Delivered under AGPL v3. The code is yours. The CBO retains full access. If Common Fabric disappears, the software remains.
We needed a mobile volunteer coordination app and our budget was zero dollars. Common Fabric built exactly what we asked for — and now we help govern the code that powers it.
— CBO Executive Director, Southern California (illustrative composite)
What CBOs ask us most.
What does a CBO actually receive?
A dedicated 3-person apprentice team (designer, PM, developer) supervised by a senior Principal. A shipped digital product. Full source code under AGPL v3. Governance rights in the Community DAO.
How is this different from hiring an agency?
Four differences: every engagement trains an apprentice; IP belongs to the commons; you gain governance rights; and pricing is designed for mission-driven budgets.
What happens to the software after the engagement?
It stays in the commons. AGPL v3, permanent charitable trust. You retain full access and can modify, extend, or self-host.
How do you maintain quality with apprentices?
Apprentices never work unsupervised. Every engagement is led by a Principal with 15+ years of experience. Work is reviewed continuously. Deliverables meet professional standards.
What does it cost and how do CBOs fund it?
$95/hour for the full team. A standard 6-week engagement is ~$59,850. Typically funded through capacity-building grants, tech modernization funds, or general operating budgets.
Ready to start a project?
Tell us what you need. We'll scope it together.
Your community deserves better tools.
Let's build them together.
