Now hosting data for 60+ organisations
Commons is shared storage, auth and an API for organisations too small to run their own database team — free to use, free to leave, every byte exportable on demand.
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The infrastructure
A five-person NGO shouldn't have to be its own IT department just to keep a spreadsheet from becoming a liability.
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Storage, auth and an API arrive together, so a small team isn't stitching together four separate vendors to keep records straight.
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Every record is exportable at any time, in the same format you'd need to run it yourself. Leaving is a button, not a negotiation.
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Every schema decision started as a real organisation's spreadsheet, not a guess at what a "generic NGO" might need.
Create an org
One sign-up gets your NGO a workspace — data, auth and API in one place.
Import what you have
Spreadsheets, another database, or a clean start — the import tool handles all three.
Connect your apps
Point your existing tools at the API, or use one of the small apps built on top.
npx create-commons-org
Small NGOs and community groups run on Commons instead of a shared spreadsheet nobody trusts. We'll help you migrate for free.