Hi! We're pub.solar
We are a non-registered association seated in Cologne, Germany. Our goal is to enable more people to use free software, have secure digital communications, and to take control over their private data. We offer free software for you and all the people you love. We do this transparently and democratically.
We currently have four larger projects:
- Matrix: a decentralized, end-to-end encrypted chat, similar to Slack or Discord.
- Mastodon: a decentralized microblogging platform, similar to Twitter.
- Nextcloud: a cloud with office capabilities, similar to the Google Suite and Microsoft Office 365.
- PubSolarOS: a GNU+Linux Distribution that is based on NixOS.
Our Mastodon and Matrix instances are publicly open for registration. If you (or your non profit, or your family) would like to use our Nextcloud, send us a message.
You can reach us via #General in Matrix and @crew on Mastodon, or send a mail to crew@pub.solar.
You can find our PGP key here. It has the following fingerprint:
8A89 87AD E373 6C8C A2EB 315A 9B80 9EBB DD62 BAE3
Being a member or helping hand
Are you interested in becoming a member of the pub.solar organisation? Do you want to support the organisation with labour, money, or just your name?
We are currently a non-registered association (n.e.V.), which means that from a legal perspective we are a group of individuals, not members of a registered association. Our goal is to become a registered association (e.V.) and expand our work where we can.
We are always looking for help and support. Being a member is currently not tied to any costs or privileges, but is rather an indicator of support. We encourage you to become a member even if (or, especially if) you are not very technically versed. Our goal is for pub.solar to be an organisation that helps everyone, especially people that would by themselves not be able to administrate IT infrastructure. We want you to have a voice in the decisions surrounding your services. We want the community to decide together what an IT infrastructure built with solidarity, freedom, privacy, and mutual support in mind would look like.
Feel like joining in? Know what to do? Don't know what to do? Just send the crew a message. We're looking forward to hearing from you!
Financing
Most of the cloud space is offered to us free of charge by greenbaum.cloud. We currently pay for the rest of the infrastructure out of our own pockets (like the domain name).
This situation is not long-term sustainable, and we're currently working on founding an e.V. and having solid financing. We'd of course welcome anyone wanting to help and participate!
Donate via IBAN
Jhonas Wernery
DE97430609674093197700
GLS Bank
Donate via Liberapay
Donate via PayPal
Imprint
pub.solar n.e.V.
c/o MiOM 202,
Wilhelm-Mauser-Straße 47 Halle 5,
D-50827 Köln,
crew@pub.solar
Our Statutes
Are over here.
Our Privacy Policy
Is over here.
Our hosting
Our friends at Greenbaum Cloud (Jhonas works there) are kindly providing us their infrastructure for green hosting without charging us. Give them a visit.