What Codeurs en Liberté does

Codeur·euses en Liberté is a French worker cooperative (SAS coopérative under the loi de 1947) of approximately ten autonomous web developers, founded in 2016 and headquartered at 118 avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris (75019). The cooperative delivers end-to-end web development services spanning frontend, backend, design, and system administration, from prototype through production deployment to long-term maintenance. Its work is concentrated in the French public-sector digital ecosystem — particularly the beta.gouv.fr / DINUM incubator network — alongside cooperatives, associations, and a small set of private-sector clients including RATP, SNCF Réseau, Enercoop, Deezer, leboncoin, Fretlink and Brut. The firm explicitly operates under a published ethical charter that rejects arms-industry work, mandates open-source-by-default, and prioritizes software longevity over disposable builds, supported by democratic one-member-one-vote governance and a typical four-day work week.

The technology stack is open-source-first and pragmatic: Ruby on Rails, Rust, Python, Elixir, PostgreSQL, Git/GitHub/GitLab, Docker, Ansible, Grist, QGIS, and standard web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Alongside client work, the cooperative builds and maintains several self-developed assets: cocarto, an AGPL-licensed collaborative web tool for structured and georeferenced data entry (combining spreadsheet and map interfaces, with GeoJSON/CSV/Excel/OpenOffice/WFS import-export); Tuiles en liberté, a free, anonymous, no-registration weekly global OpenStreetMap vector-tile service (planet.pmtiles) for MapLibre; codecode.coop, an educational resource on creating IT cooperatives; and santéautravail.enliberté.fr, a workshop toolkit on psychosocial risks in horizontal organizations.

The business model is project-based professional services sold direct to clients via referrals and community standing within the French civic-tech ecosystem, with no public pricing and no disclosed external funding. Customers reach the cooperative primarily through direct email, the cooperative's blog and open-source contributions, and word-of-mouth within the beta.gouv.fr network. The cooperative is registered with SIRET 821611431 00031 and variable share capital of €8,200, and is deliberately structured to remain at roughly ten members rather than pursue growth investment.

Name

Codeurs en Liberté

Legal name

SAS Codeur·euses en Liberté

Website

https://codeureusesenliberte.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Codeur·euses en Liberté is a French worker cooperative of roughly ten autonomous web developers, founded in 2016 in Paris, delivering full-stack web development and open-source civic-tech products to French public-sector, cooperative, and private clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cooperative IT Services and Open-Source Web Development

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Engineering, Integration & ETL/ELT Services (BPAEAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Low-Code/No-Code Integration Builders (BPAMAOAL), System Integration & Connectors (BPAMAOAC), Developer Tooling & SDK Platforms (BPAMAOAD)

Keywords

• Open-source web development
• Cooperative IT services
• Civic tech consulting
• Geospatial data tools
• Open data platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Web Development Services: Full-service web development spanning frontend, backend, design, and system administration. Projects range from prototypes to production deployment and long-term maintenance. Services are delivered to public institutions, cooperatives, associations, and private companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Codeur·euses en Liberté is a worker cooperative that delivers full-stack web development services (frontend, backend, design, system administration) to French public institutions, cooperatives, associations, and select private companies, taking projects from prototype through production deployment and long-term maintenance. Alongside client work, it builds and maintains self-developed open-source products including cocarto (a collaborative georeferenced data entry platform) and Tuiles en liberté (a free OpenStreetMap vector tile service).

Product overview

Codeurs en Liberté operates as a cooperative IT services firm offering both client projects and self-developed products. Their core product portfolio includes cocarto (a collaborative geographic data entry tool combining spreadsheet and map interfaces), Tuiles en liberté (free OpenStreetMap vector tiles for MapLibre), codecode.coop (educational resource on creating IT cooperatives), and santéautravail (psychosocial risk awareness resources). They provide end-to-end web development services spanning frontend, backend, design, and system administration, with a focus on public sector, cooperatives, associations, and social-impact organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tuiles en liberté: Free OpenStreetMap vector tiles available at tuiles.enliberte.fr for use with MapLibre
• cocarto
• codecode.coop

Products and services

• cocarto A collaborative web application for structured and geospatially-referenced data entry that combines a spreadsheet interface with an interactive map, allowing users to import and export data in formats including GeoJSON, CSV, Excel, OpenOffice, and WFS services. Free and open-source under the AGPL license, aimed at organisations sharing geographic data.
• Tuiles en liberté A free, anonymous, registration-free OpenStreetMap vector tile service providing worldwide weekly OSM extracts in PMTiles format for use with MapLibre, along with custom style files.
• Web Development Services Full-stack web development services delivered by the cooperative to public institutions, cooperatives, associations, and mission-aligned private companies, covering frontend, backend, design, and system administration, from prototype through production deployment to long-term maintenance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Free weekly global OSM vector tile extract made available to all users without registration or cost.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OpenDataSoft: French open-data platform company whose open data portals overlap directly with the cooperative's data.gouv.fr, transport.data.gouv.fr, and open data consulting work. Both serve French public-sector clients on data publishing and visualization.
• BlueMind: French open-source collaboration and messaging software company. Comparable as a French open-source vendor with public-sector and association customers, sharing the cooperative's open-by-default stance and overlap in the French institutional buyer base.
• ANEO: French IT services firm with deep public-sector and transport-sector exposure. Comparable in target market (French institutions and large transport operators) and in offering custom web/data engineering projects, though structured as a traditional consultancy rather than a cooperative.
• SMART: International cooperative supporting the creation and operation of worker cooperatives in France and Belgium. Comparable on cooperative governance model and shared commitment to democratic, ethical digital activity, though it is significantly larger in scope.
• Coopaname: Large French worker cooperative providing a structural peer: same SAS coopérative status under the 1947 law, democratic governance, multi-disciplinary activity-based workers, and shared values around autonomy and ethics.
• Octopousse: French cooperative-style digital services firm active in civic-tech and open-source projects. Comparable on French cooperative identity, open-source orientation, and similar project-based work for public-interest clients.
• Ekito: French IT services cooperative/agency with similar full-stack web development and agile project delivery capabilities. Direct comparable in size, French footprint, and emphasis on long-term client engagements.

Emerging players

• Clever Cloud: French PaaS provider rooted in open-source tooling and French civic-tech ecosystem. Comparable on values-driven open-source stance and French public-sector exposure, but operates a hosting/SaaS model rather than consulting services.

Others

• Etalab: French government task force within the Prime Minister's office driving open data and data.gouv.fr. Not a commercial peer but a key ecosystem counterpart: many of the cooperative's public-sector engagements originate from or coordinate with Etalab.
• beta.gouv.fr: French public-sector digital incubator and the cooperative's primary client/ecosystem hub. Functions as a partner-distribution channel: projects within the beta.gouv.fr community are a major source of inbound work for Codeur·euses en Liberté.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xframapiaf.org/@CodeursEnLiberte
• GitHubcodeberg.org/CodeureusesEnLiberte
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/codeureuses-en-liberte

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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