Modal Collective

We do development, design, organizing, policy campaigning, and more to make computing more useful, secure, and resilient. Our work is centered around software infrastructure projects such as GNOME, postmarketOS, p2panda, systemd, and the Linux kernel.

We are working towards a secure free software operating system accessible to everyone, with a solid ecosystem of apps that support multi-device sync and collaboration.

Read What is Modal? for their launch blog post.

The Collective

Modal is a new structure and it is still taking shape. The current collective is mostly based in Berlin. The following people are actively involved at the moment:

  • Adrian Vovk
  • Andreas Dzialocha
  • Andrei Zisu
  • Cade Diehm
  • Casey Connolly
  • Jonas Dreßler
  • Julian Sparber
  • Kateryna Omeltschenko
  • Tobias Bernard
  • Sebastian Wick

Goals and Principles

From https://modal.cx/principles/, summarizing the headlines:

Goals

  • A Secure Free Desktop
  • Phones without Monopolies
  • Local-First Collaboration
  • Image-Based OSes
  • Hardware Longevity
  • Ecosystem of Respectful Apps

Principles

  • Software Freedom
  • Built For Everyone
  • Design-First
  • Vertical Integration
  • Collapse Awareness
  • Adversarial Security Posture
  • Post-Internet
  • Post-Web
  • Upstream-First
  • Respect for Attention

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