What Yaal Coop does

Yaal Coop is a French cooperative company (Société Coopérative d'Intérêt Collectif, or SCIC) founded in 2020 and based in Bègles, near Bordeaux. It operates as a small professional services firm offering technical investment consulting, web and mobile development, and data hosting, alongside open-source product development. Its core product is Canaille, an OpenID Connect-certified identity and authorization management (IAM) server with LDAP and SQL backends, which graduated to beta in November 2025. Supporting products include pytest-iam (OIDC testing plugin), python-scim (SCIM protocol suite), Sheraf (ZODB abstraction), and MarkdownMail. The company also operates Nubla, a CHATONS-member email and cloud hosting service storing data in southwest France.

The business model is multi-stream: professional services revenue from consulting and development for French government (beta.gouv Portail RSE, National Education's B3Desk and Pod), cooperatives (Supercoop, Telecoop), and SMBs; managed services revenue from Nubla hosting; and grant funding from the NLNet Foundation (€7,000 in 2022, €30,000 in 2024) for Canaille development. Customer segments are cooperatives, public-sector digital programs, and open-source-dependent organizations. Distribution combines direct sales for services and self-serve open-source distribution (PyPI, GitLab) for Canaille. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; Canaille is free under an open-source license.

Yaal Coop is governed as a multi-college SCIC with employee-associates holding 50% of voting rights, and is a member of the Libre Entreprise, La Zone, and CHATONS networks. The team of 5–8 individuals contributes to over 20 FLOSS projects and maintains an Innovation Tax Credit (agrément C2I) agreement. FY2022 revenue was €220,028 with a positive net result of €46,987; FY2023 operating result was €60,538, with a -€87,988 net result driven by the Lum1 write-off.

Name

Yaal Coop

Legal name

Yaal Coop

Website

https://yaal.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Yaal Coop is a French cooperative software firm in Bègles offering IT consulting, web development, and open-source identity management (Canaille OIDC IAM), serving cooperatives, French government programs, and SMBs with a five-to-eight-person team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cooperative IT Software Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Offshore Development Center (ODC) / Dedicated Team Services (BPAEAMAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Privileged Access Management (PAM) (HDAEAJAD), Privileged Access Management (PAM) (HDADAAAC)

Keywords

• Cooperative software development
• Open source identity management
• Web application development
• Data hosting services
• Openid connect solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Bègles

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Technical Investment Services: Technical investment services for web projects. Helping creative and committed entrepreneurs achieve their projects through web or mobile platform conception. Intervention from project beginnings with strategic and technical decision-making support.
2. Advising and Development: 15 years of experience in developing web and mobile platforms. Consulting and development services for software, websites, or mobile apps projects. Includes ITC (Innovation Tax Credit) agreement for client projects.
3. Data Hosting: Email, files, calendar, and contacts hosting services. Builds platforms where clients stay in power over their data, either on their own infrastructure or Yaal's infrastructure. Includes Nubla cloud and email hosting service.
4. Open Source Software: Sharing freely tools built for different projects. Bug fixes and feature development for open source software used by clients. Contributing to FLOSS ecosystem.
5. NLNet Foundation Funding: External funding received for Canaille development: 7,000€ in 2022-2023 for database genericity, SQL support, and pytest-iam; 30,000€ approved February 2024 for future development.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Yaal Coop is a cooperative company of collective interest (SCIC) that provides technical investment, advising, and software development services alongside data hosting for innovative projects, open source communities, and cooperatives. The company develops and maintains Canaille, an open source OpenID Connect-based identity and authorization management software, and operates Nubla, a sovereign cloud and email hosting service. The team offers end-to-end support from strategic decision-making through technical implementation for web, mobile, and identity management projects.

Product overview

Yaal Coop is a cooperative software development company in Bordeaux, France offering technical advice, development, and hosting services. Their core product is Canaille, an open source identity and authorization management (IAM) software implementing OpenID Connect, with support for LDAP directories and SQL databases as authentication backends. Canaille integrates with third-party services like Nextcloud via OIDC for single sign-on. Supporting products include pytest-iam for OIDC testing, python-scim for user provisioning, Sheraf for ZODB database abstraction, and MarkdownMail for email formatting. Hosting services include Nubla, an email and cloud service (part of CHATONS collective) with data stored in southwest France. Client projects include Portail RSE (government sustainability reporting), B3Desk (video conferencing for National Education), Supercoop maintenance, Telecoop Backoffice, and various visual identity/website creations for cooperatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Canaille Open source identity and authorization management (IAM) software providing an easy-to-use OpenID Connect server based on LDAP directory or SQL database. Features include user/group management, profile edition, service authorizations, password reset, user invitation mails, multi-factor authentication, intruder lockout, password expiry, customizable appearance, and OIDC single sign-on. Targets developers and organizations needing simple identity management.
• Nubla Email and cloud hosting service for individuals, friends, family, and professionals. Data is stored in southwest France in a local datacenter, away from GAFAM services. Part of the CHATONS collective. Includes email, files, calendar, and contacts hosting with Nextcloud integration.
• pytest-iam Pytest plugin that configures and runs a Canaille instance for unit testing Python applications with actual OIDC connections. Enables developers to test applications relying on an OIDC server in their test suites.
• python-scim Python tool suite around the SCIM protocol for user provisioning. Includes scim2-models (serialization/validation with Pydantic), scim2-client (request building), scim2-server (lightweight SCIM2 server), scim2-tester (RFC compliance checker), and scim2-cli (development CLI).
• MarkdownMail Email utility that facilitates sending emails with a raw text part written in Markdown and an HTML part automatically generated.
• Sheraf Software layer making ZODB use easier by allowing quick evolution of data schemes.
• Technical Investment Services Technical investment services for web and mobile projects. Helps creative and committed entrepreneurs achieve their projects through strategic and technical decision-making support from project inception. Targets startup makers and entrepreneurs.
• Advising and Software Development Services Consulting and development services for software, websites, and mobile apps projects. Includes ITC (Innovation Tax Credit) agreement for client projects.
• Data Hosting Services Builds platforms where clients retain control over their data, either on their own infrastructure or Yaal's infrastructure. Includes email, file, calendar, and contacts hosting for clients seeking data sovereignty.

Quantifiable outcome

• Canaille manages 1,800 users at Supercoop
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Crédit CoopératifminorOthers · 1 January 2023Cooperative bank where Yaal holds 10 shares worth 152.50€. Part of Yaal's commitment to ESS actors.
• CHATONScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2022Collectif des Hébergeurs Alternatifs, Transparents, Ouverts, Neutres et Solidaires. Nubla cloud services are part of this collective of alternative hosting providers. Yaal participates in monthly meetings and decision-making, including 2023 charter revision.
• Libre EntreprisecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork federating human-sized businesses with values aligned or complementary with Free software ideas. All businesses share principles of democracy, transparency, and expertise. Yaal Coop is a member actively participating in monthly meetings and annual jornadas. Yaal represents the coop in network through rotating role.
• La ZonecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of digital cooperatives defending an organizational model based on the individual and shared governance. Builds sustainable digital services and unites expertise for inclusive, solidary, and ethical digital projects.
• NAOSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNouvelle-Aquitaine Open Source regional competence cluster promoting free and open source technologies. Yaal is an adherent member.
• FinacoopminorOthersAccounting firm holding 100 shares in Yaal Coop's college des bénéficiaires (16.66% voting rights). Yaal holds 1 share (100€) in Finacoop as supplier.
• TelecoopminorOthersCooperative telecom operator. Yaal client for backoffice development AND holds 1 share (100€) as supplier/customer.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Auth0 (Okta): Major commercial identity platform offering OIDC/OAuth2/SAML. Competes with Canaille for the same SSO/OIDC use cases but as a SaaS incumbent serving enterprise customers globally.
• Scaleway: European cloud provider emphasizing data sovereignty with datacenters in France. Comparable to Nubla on the sovereign-cloud positioning, though at vastly larger scale and broader scope.

Peers

• LemonLDAP::NG: French open-source WebSSO and identity management platform with OIDC/SAML/LDAP support and strong adoption in French public administration. Comparable to Canaille as a European, open-source IAM solution competing in similar deployment contexts.

Direct peers

• Keycloak: Red Hat–backed open-source OIDC/OAuth2 and SAML identity provider. The most prominent open-source IAM alternative to Canaille, with much larger community and feature set but heavier operational footprint.
• Bearstech: French cooperative (SCOP) offering DevOps, hosting and open-source software services. Highly comparable business model to Yaal Coop: cooperative structure, French clients, open-source ethos, hosting plus custom development.
• Evolix: French hosting and managed-services cooperative (SCOP) offering infrastructure, DevOps and open-source support. Comparable as a French cooperative delivering hosting plus open-source expertise to enterprise and public-sector clients.
• Authentik: Open-source identity provider with OIDC, SAML, LDAP and SCIM support. Directly comparable to Canaille as a self-hosted, open-source IAM platform targeting organizations that want to avoid proprietary identity vendors.
• Tetras Libre: French cooperative providing open-source IT services and hosting. Comparable cooperative structure, French footprint, and open-source-first orientation to Yaal Coop.
• Codeurs en Liberté: French cooperative (SCOP) specialized in open-source software for local governments and public services. Direct peer in terms of cooperative model, open-source focus, and French public-sector client base.

Regional players

• L'Autre Net: French cooperative ISP and hosting provider offering email and web hosting with a digital-sovereignty positioning. Comparable to Nubla as a cooperative, CHATONS-aligned hosting alternative in France.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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