About us
A collective built to empower
Empowering Software is a cooperative of product people and engineers, united by one belief: technology should give people more capability, independence and confidence in everyday life.
Why we exist
Too much software is bloated, extractive, or built for everyone and therefore no one. We wanted to work differently — as a collective, where makers contribute their skills to build focused tools that genuinely help. Each product we make does one thing well and puts the person using it first.
From accessibility and everyday independence to connection, care and practical AI, our work is united by a single aim: to empower individuals in everything we do.
What we stand for
Our values
Empowerment first
Technology that increases people's capability and independence — always the starting point.
Single-focus
Each product does one thing genuinely well. No bloat, no lock-in.
Built by a collective
A cooperative of makers contributing skills to shared and personal projects.
Everyday impact
Real tools for real life — accessibility, care, independence and practical AI.
How it works
A cooperative built around contribution
Makers bring their skills
Product people and engineers join and contribute to projects they care about.
We build together
Members work on their own ideas and on each other's — sharing craft and momentum.
We ship to the world
Finished, single-focus software goes out to the people it's meant to empower.
Want to be part of it?
If you're a maker who wants to do meaningful work, or you have an idea worth building, come say hello.