Ecobytes e.V.

Ecobytes is a socio-technical collective which has the long term vision of supplying Internet hosting on servers built from the least environmentally harmful parts and powered entirely by renewable energy, while providing a high-level of security that citizens and organisations demand. We also envision to become a resource for knowledge about environmentally sound and socially just computing. We provide hosting based on solidarity economy principles and based on the user communities interests. Over the last years, Ecobytes accumulated expertise in providing solutions, consulting and project management in socio-technical projects and innovations.

Ecobytes is engaged in supporting Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) principles, which is why all servers are running exclusively GNU/Linux based operating systems. Developed software is always contributed back to the community by using FLOSS licenses. The collective further encourages its users and everyone else to migrate to FLOSS, for example by organising training events, providing consulting and helping with installation of FLOSS to individuals and organisations. Currently Ecobytes' physical infrastructure includes four high-performance servers in German data centers. Several thousand users are currently being served by Ecobytes, through partnerships with networks of grassroots initiatives on degrowth, transition towns, food sovereignty, commons, community-supported agriculture and solidarity economy.