Services and support

Specialized guidance for digital commons

Commons Caretakers is looking for more individuals to join us.

Commons Caretakers offers specialized support services to improve the quality and maturity of free and open source projects, which are the building blocks of the commons. In-depth support activities not only make projects better, but subsequently allow efforts to scale and become self-sustainable as soon as possible. We can help with the following:

Test design

Our highly seasoned experts can work with you on designing and developing test suites and integration pipelines.

Performance and energy efficiency

We can assist you with measuring and improving performance and energy efficiency as well as help assess its ecological impact.

UI/UX support

We can connect you to seasoned UI/UX designers.

Translation/Localization

We can help you with translation and internationalization efforts and provide tailor-made advice on best practices for supporting (minority) languages.

Standards and best practices

We can help you bring your system into conformance with standards and align you with best practices.

Technical mentoring and bug support

We have experts with the breadth and depth needed to provide customized technical mentoring, help dealing with scaling issues and support with mitigating technical issues and squashing pesky bugs.

Protocol verification

We can connect you to expert cryptographers who can perform symbolic protocol verification for your project.

Technical and standards writing

We have experienced people that can assist you with drafting documentation, technical writing and contributing to standards such as RFC’s.

Crowdfunding and soft skills

We can connect you to experts that can give advice on setting up crowdfunding campaigns and developing soft skills.

Community building

Mentoring and support to help you build inclusive and healthy communities.

Coalition partner services and support

Through our portfolio we work with a number of trustworthy partners that can provide services which are complementary to the work of Commons Caretakers. We are happy to help you connect if you are interested in, for instance: