Electron Workshop
Building the open tech commons, together
A meeting ground for community organisers, ecosystem thinkers, and open innovators. Through global awareness festivals, community gatherings, open sprints, and network collaboration — we help each other thrive.
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Un-forum — June 2026
Social enterprise, local economy, privacy, and local AI — seminars, workshops, and an unconference | Online and in person | 20th–22nd June 2026
How We Work
Three interlocking threads that together form a fabric for the open tech commons.
Festivals & Gatherings
Global awareness festivals — Software Freedom Day, Hardware Freedom Day, Document Freedom Day, Linux Birthday — set the themes and focus for the year. Around them, and around major local conferences, we run chainferences and our flagship Un-forum: a home for conversations that don't have one elsewhere.
View CalendarElectron Sprints
Fortnightly open work sessions using self-hosted tools. Community and open projects make real progress while people learn skills, make friends, and contribute to a cause. Work and community woven together — no burnout, just doing.
Join a SprintElectron Network
Community groups joining forces. Shared capacity, collective intelligence, and coordinated action — activating audiences for causes in the open innovation commons. Stronger together than apart.
Learn MoreGlobal Awareness Festivals
These festivals set the themes and focus for our year — days the open tech and commons movements celebrate worldwide.
Hardware Freedom Day
Hardware Freedom Day celebrates free and open source hardware — designs that anyone can study, modify, distribute, and...
Saturday 18 April 2026
Software Freedom Day
Software Freedom Day is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software. Communities around the world hold...
Saturday 19 September 2026
Document Freedom Day
Document Freedom Day celebrates open document standards — the right of everyone to read, write, and share documents...
Wednesday 17 March 2027
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There are different ways to participate — pick the one that fits you.
Shape a Gathering
Have an idea for a chainference around an upcoming conference? Want to host or co-host an Un-forum session? Or simply volunteer to help an existing gathering happen? Reach out — gatherings are shaped by those who show up to make them.
Propose or VolunteerBring Your Project to a Sprint
Have an open project — from a hackathon, a community group, or a hobby — that you're ready to work on in the open? Bring it to a sprint, make progress together, and mentor those who join. You don't need a finished idea, just an open one.
Bring a ProjectContribute Skills to Sprints
Bring your time and skills to open community projects in a fortnightly sprint. Work alongside project owners, learn from real use cases, contribute meaningfully — no long-term commitment required beyond a session.
Join a SprintConnect Your Organisation
Bring your community group into the Electron Network. Join forces with like-minded organisations, share capacity, co-activate your audiences, and pick up causes you couldn't carry alone.
Get in TouchEnable the Commons
As a policy maker, funder, or ecosystem partner — your support helps the open tech commons grow. We work with enablers who want to amplify what communities are already building, not replace it.
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