Brussels-based open-source social innovation initiative helping communities create, govern, and replicate community-owned software and digital commons through workshops, roadmaps, and no-code, AI-assisted development
Grassroots Hoppers is the initiative shell: the public website, manifesto, product strategy, and companion artifacts that explain the operating model behind the products.
This repository is intentionally not the place where product runtime code lives. Product code belongs in separate contributor-ready repositories with their own licenses, docs, issue trackers, and release cadence.
website/contains the public site deployed to grassroothopper.com.movement/contains the manifesto, research references, and strategic framing.products/contains product concept specs and positioning docs.website/chez-julien-workflow-map.htmlis the strategic companion artifact for David Toolkit: an ideal future-state workflow map for Chez Julien.docs/contains the March 10 to March 14, 2026 hackathon plan, devlog templates, and launch guidance.
The first real product now has its own repo:
| Product | Purpose | Repo | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Toolkit | Browser-first retail intelligence demo for small shop owners | Grassroot-hoppers/david-toolkit | AGPL-3.0-only |
This umbrella repository is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 for docs, narrative, and website content unless a subdirectory states otherwise.
Grassroots Hoppers is no longer just a thesis repo.
- The initiative site is live.
- David Toolkit is moving into a five-day public hackathon from March 10 to March 14, 2026.
- The product runtime now lives in a separate repo.
- The workflow map in this repo shows the operating model David Toolkit is meant to support.
- Julien is not looking for a CTO right now and is staying fully solo until that becomes the bottleneck.
The standard is explicit:
- no custom “source-available” license during the hackathon
- no hiding the runnable code inside the initiative repo
- no vague “open” claims without docs, setup, and contribution paths
The initiative repo explains the why. The product repo carries the real OSS burden: runnable demo, issues, contribution docs, security policy, and roadmap.
The hackathon reporting structure lives in docs/devlog/README.md.
- Long-form home: julien.care
- Code home: GitHub
- Social amplification: Fosstodon
Launch sequencing for the sprint is documented in docs/LAUNCH-PLAYBOOK.md.
GitHub Pages deploys from website/ through the workflow in .github/workflows/pages.yml.
- Human: staycreative@julien.care
- Website: grassroothopper.com
Good people, for good people.