Myceliary identifies and prioritizes foundational library, SDK, and hosted application projects that can accelerate the development of community-controlled alternatives to exploitative corporate platforms.
Overview
These high-leverage projects provide maximum second-order effects by enabling hundreds of locally adapted implementations from shared foundational infrastructure, dramatically accelerating community-controlled alternatives to exploitative platforms.
graph TD
A[Foundational Libraries] --> B[Platform Cooperation]
A --> C[Economic Alternatives]
A --> D[Community Intelligence]
A --> E[Data Sovereignty]
A --> F[Anti-Surveillance]
G[Hosted Applications] --> H[Platform-as-a-Service]
G --> I[Economic Alternative Hosting]
G --> J[Community Intelligence Hosting]
B --> B1[Marketplace Template]
B --> B2[Social Coordination Engine]
B --> B3[Decision-Making Toolkit]
C --> C1[Alternative Currency Systems]
C --> C2[Cooperative Management]
C --> C3[Resource Optimization]
H --> H1[Federated Marketplace]
H --> H2[Mutual Aid Coordination]
H --> H3[Community Decision-Making]
Foundational Libraries and SDKs
Multi-Sided Marketplace Template
- Worker-owned rideshare, delivery, housing, and freelance platforms
- Built-in cooperative governance and profit-sharing structures
- Configurable economic models (worker cooperative, multi-stakeholder cooperative)
- Integration with alternative payment and currency systems
Social Coordination Engine
- Mutual aid and resource sharing coordination
- Time banking and gift economy management
- Community care coordination and support networks
- Crisis response and emergency mutual aid deployment
Collective Decision-Making Toolkit
- Consensus building and facilitation tools
- Participatory budgeting and resource allocation
- Transparent governance and accountability mechanisms
- Community conflict resolution and mediation support
Economic Alternative Infrastructure
Alternative Currency and Exchange System
- Local currency creation and management
- Time banking infrastructure
- Gift economy and resource sharing platforms
- Community-controlled payment processing
Cooperative Management Platform
- Worker cooperative governance and profit-sharing
- Housing cooperative and community land trust management
- Producer and consumer cooperative coordination
- Democratic workplace decision-making tools
Community Resource Optimization
- Shared tools, spaces, vehicles, and equipment coordination
- Community asset mapping and availability tracking
- Resource sharing optimization and scheduling
- Maintenance and care coordination for shared resources
Community Intelligence and Coordination
Federated Knowledge Commons
- Cross-community information and skill sharing
- Community-controlled educational resource development
- Technical documentation and implementation guides
- Innovation sharing while maintaining local adaptation
Crisis Response and Mutual Aid Coordination
- Rapid deployment during emergencies
- Community resilience planning and preparation
- Cross-community solidarity and resource sharing
- Integration with existing mutual aid networks
Corporate Accountability and Transparency Tools
- Local corporate behavior monitoring
- Community impact assessment and documentation
- Coordinated resistance and campaign organization
- Information verification and counter-disinformation
Hosted Applications
Federated Marketplace Hosting
- Ready-to-deploy worker-owned rideshare, delivery, housing, freelance platforms
- Cooperative governance templates and profit-sharing mechanisms built-in
- Community customization without requiring technical infrastructure
- Federation protocols enabling cross-community coordination
Mutual Aid Coordination Hosting
- Sophisticated resource sharing, time banking, and care coordination
- Crisis response and emergency mutual aid deployment
- Community resilience planning and preparation tools
- Integration with existing mutual aid networks and organizations
Community Decision-Making Hosting
- Participatory budgeting and transparent governance processes
- Consensus building and facilitation tools
- Community conflict resolution and accountability mechanisms
- Democratic decision-making support for various community contexts
Economic Alternative Hosting
Community Currency Hosting
- Local currency launch and management for neighborhoods and regions
- Time banking and resource sharing system deployment
- Gift economy and mutual aid coordination
- Integration with broader solidarity economy initiatives
Cooperative Management Hosting
- Worker cooperative governance and profit-sharing platforms
- Housing cooperative and community land trust management
- Producer and consumer cooperative coordination
- Democratic workplace and community decision-making tools
Community Investment Hosting
- Local investment cooperative creation and management
- Community-controlled funding and resource allocation
- Alternative economic relationship development and support
- Integration with existing community development finance initiatives
Implementation Strategy
Critical Design Principles
- Community Control and Data Sovereignty
- Federation and Interoperability
- Anti-Capitalist Integration
- Accessibility and Community Capacity
Implementation Phases
graph LR
A[Phase 1: Foundation Building] --> B[Phase 2: Economic Alternatives]
B --> C[Phase 3: Coordination & Intelligence]
C --> D[Phase 4: Sovereignty & Integration]
style A fill:#f9f,stroke:#333
style B fill:#bbf,stroke:#333
style C fill:#bfb,stroke:#333
style D fill:#fbf,stroke:#333
Phase 1: Foundation Building (Immediate - Year 1)
- Platform cooperation libraries enabling rapid community alternative development
- Community currency hosting providing immediate economic alternative infrastructure
- Mutual aid coordination hosting supporting existing community organizing
Phase 2: Economic Alternative Infrastructure (Years 1-2)
- Cooperative management platforms supporting worker and housing cooperative development
- Community investment hosting enabling local capital circulation
- Resource optimization libraries maximizing community resource sharing
Phase 3: Coordination and Intelligence (Years 2-3)
- Federated knowledge commons enabling cross-community learning
- Crisis response coordination providing sophisticated emergency response capabilities
- Corporate accountability tools strengthening community resistance efforts
Phase 4: Sovereignty and Integration (Years 3+)
- Communication sovereignty infrastructure reducing dependence on corporate platforms
- Community data sovereignty providing complete alternative to corporate data extraction
- Movement coordination platforms integrating community technology with broader strategy
Success Metrics
- Number of communities successfully deploying community-controlled alternatives
- Reduction in community dependence on exploitative corporate platforms
- Increase in community economic self-determination
- Growth in community technical and political capacity
Network and Federation Effectiveness
- Cross-community coordination and resource sharing
- Innovation transfer and adaptation speed
- Resilience and mutual aid during crises
- Collective power building through coordinated technology development
Anti-Capitalist Impact
- Market share gained by community alternatives
- Economic value retained within communities rather than extracted by corporations
- Political and economic power redistributed toward community control
- Integration with broader anti-capitalist organizing and movement building
View detailed framework documentation
The P2P Platform Development work represents an implementation of one of these high-leverage projects, providing a complete architectural framework for community-controlled alternatives to exploitative platform businesses.
Get Involved
These high-leverage projects are designed to enable community participation at various technical levels:
- Technical Contributors: Help build libraries, SDKs, and hosted applications
- Community Organizers: Deploy these tools in your community contexts
- Pilot Projects: Work with us to implement early versions in real community settings
- Documentation: Contribute to knowledge commons and implementation guides
- Testing and Feedback: Help refine tools to better serve community needs
Visit our GitHub repository to contribute to these projects.