> the collective
a field guide for the people who want to build this with us.
what this is
# makakoo is not a product.
# not a startup.
# not a saas.
# not a closed platform.
$ cat /etc/makakoo/license
MIT — forever. fork it. ship it. sell it. we don't care.
$ cat /etc/makakoo/charter
an open project, built by contributors from everywhere.
local-first. no telemetry. no vendor lock-in. no acquisition.
a sustainable collective, not a startup.
ways to help
sponsor tiers
tiers lock in when the repo flips public. launching with GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective in parallel — corporate and individual rails, both day one.
🥉 BRONZE
coming soon
🥈 SILVER
coming soon
🥇 GOLD
coming soon
💎 PLATINUM
coming soon
the mascot path
# this one is unique to makakoo.
every mascot in the nursery has a named maintainer.
every mascot has a species. every species is original.
every mascot patrols one small job and flags
what it finds in a flavor line written in its own voice.
pixel catches 401s. cinder checks syntax.
ziggy audits docstrings. glimmer patrols stale TODOs.
olibia watches over everything.
$ contributor_new_mascot
pick a creature. give it a species.
write 50 lines of patrol code. write its flavor lines.
add its page to the nursery. ship a PR.
the mascot is yours. the code is the family's.
the commitment
# what we promise back:
→ every contribution is recognised. code or not.
→ every mascot has a named maintainer on the nursery page.
→ every sponsor is credited. logos on the landing for corporate tiers.
→ the repo will never be sold. the license will never change.
→ no telemetry. ever. your machine stays yours.
→ no closed fork. every feature lives upstream or not at all.
when
# the repo flips public any day now.
# when it does:
$ star the owl on X @schkudlara
$ watch the makakoo.com landing for the reveal
$ the moment the repo is open, ways-to-help go live
# until then, the whispers live on X.
# every whisper is a breadcrumb.