2025.08.20

Stucco Software TL:DR;

Platforms have problems.

The current platform economy is extractive and harmful.

What's Next?

New Wave Software: Pay For the Service You Use.

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The current platform economy is extractive and harmful.

But these are just small platforms.

  • Each with their own login.
  • Each with their own data.
  • Each with their own lock-in.
They don't change the logic of software platforms.

Data Co-Ops

Your login. Your data. Your community.

"I'd sure love to pay a tech co-op $25/month to host and sync a knowledge-workers stack"
- Erin Kissane
"Let me own my stuff, Bearblog!"
– dragon.gal
Together we can create secure, reliable systems that work for us.

What If You Could
Log In To Apps With
Your Library Card?

Member
Member
Member
Library
Provides ID & Storage
Log in to Any App
Data Stays in the Library.
App
App
App
Trusted groups host servers and store data.
App Needs…
Co-Op Needs…
People Need…

There's a problem.

  • Apps need the Co-Ops.
  • Co-Ops need the People.
  • People need the Apps.
A three-way chicken and egg problem prevents this future from being built.

Stucco Software is building the whole ecosystem.

Stucco builds an ecosystem where we all can thrive.

Many Co-Ops for Many Communities.

Stucco Software operates a community data co-op, and works with institutional partners to serve their communities too.

By addressing immediate needs, we can drive adoption of the system as a whole.

Become A Partner

Provide for your community.

Stucco Software can help you set up a data co-op for your community.