The strong
owe the weak.
Need comes first. Workers, the sick, the disabled, the elderly, and children have first claim on our care.
THE SYSTEM OF THE COMMON GOOD
A common good.
A common future.
A nation is its people. Its technology should serve them.
Meet Commonweal: an open system for a life held in common.
Built in the open. Accountable to people.
01 / THE COMMONS
What we hold together.
Ideas to understand. Tools to build with.
A shared starting point for the work ahead.
The philosophy
The common good,
held in common.
Nation and solidarity. Faith and freedom.
An economy that serves everyone.
The architecture
Local life.
Shared strength.
Explore a nation of commonwealths.
The knowledge commons
Open for everyone.
Principles, practical skills, and the source behind the system. Read it. Question it. Build on it.
The commitment
Power that
answers to people.
Published limits. Honest records.
The right to overrule.
02 / A NATION OF COMMONWEALTHS
Close to home.
Connected to everyone.
A neighbourhood knows its neighbours. A town knows its needs. A nation brings them together.
Commonweal’s design keeps decisions where they belong, with shared standards that let every community work with every other.
Explore the systemAn interactive guide to the proposed structure.NATION
EVERY PART A WHOLE. EVERY WHOLE A PART.REGION
TOWN & CITY
NEIGHBOURHOOD
03 / THE PRINCIPLES
A future with roots.
The strong
Faith honoured.
Liberty protected.
Keep what is good in our inheritance. Respect every faith and none. Leave people free in their private lives.
Technology
belongs to us all.
Open source. Shared standards. Knowledge anyone can inspect, improve, and pass on.
04 / OUR SHARED CULTURE
A system with
a look. And a sound.
The Keystone. The Guild typeface. Eight original tracks.
Made for Commonweal. Open for you.
05 / WHERE WE ARE
At the beginning.
In the open.
Commonweal’s identity, principles, skills, and creative work are published. The community network and administrative runtime are still to be built.
See the project’s foundations- 01Published
A shared foundation
Philosophy, constitution, open source, and identity.
- 02You are here
A public home
A place to explore, learn, and contribute.
- 03Ahead
Build with communities
Test the ideas with people, in real places.
- 04Not granted
Authority by consent
Only through a published, approved mandate.
06 / THE WORK AHEAD
The future is
ours to build.
Bring your questions, your craft, and your care for other people.
Find your partOPEN SOURCE. OPEN STANDARDS. A SHARED PURPOSE.