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We’re launching a series of posts on free software alternatives to the digital tools most commonly used by collectives and organisations: Google Drive, Zoom, Office, Figma, Adobe… We start with the basics: what free software is and why it’s worth choosing.

Storing our documents in Google Drive or working with Microsoft Office means leaving our information on third-party servers, in closed formats and under conditions that can change at any moment. In this post we review free tools for storing, editing and sharing files while keeping control over what is ours.

Even when messages are encrypted, proprietary platforms collect data that feeds their business model. In this post we share free alternatives to WhatsApp, Slack and Microsoft Teams so we can communicate without handing our information over to big tech corporations.

Who are we?

Librecoop is a free software collective for social change. We want to work alongside self-managed groups and organisations in the social and solidarity economy (SSE), creating, adapting and maintaining open source solutions. We’re looking to grow our team and, along the way, make our organisation more plural and diverse. We currently work hand in hand with Ecooo Energía Ciudadana, a cooperative whose goal is to put energy in people’s hands and contribute to social and economic change.