Collaborate | Organise | Disseminate

Welcome to Fossbox

We specialise in open source web-based software including e-publishing, open access knowledge management and collaborative communities.

We use participatory design processes because we care about user experience and appropriate functionality for the universities, museums, non-profits, cooperatives and social enterprises we work with. We don't use technology to replace or control people but to promote genuinely cooperative working practices which make the most of available resources.

Open Source Career Taster at The National Museum of Computing

  • Web-based software: e-publishing, information management, collaboration tools, membership and case tracking
  • Consultancy and Research: Participatory Design and Action Research, communities of practice
  • Training & Education: e-learning and peer training. Deskside and workshop training for users, administrators and developers.

We advocate and implement Free/Libre and Open Source Software because we feel it's a better fit with the culture of the non-profit sector and because it's more cost-effective to build on community-maintained applications as well as avoiding problems with interoperability and lock-in.

Fossbox selects open systems with active communities, implements, customises and extends them at reasonable cost with long-term support. We know how to make the best of limited resources without cutting corners.

We're a non-profit working with other non-profits in an agile way. We have a real commitment to the sector and an experienced understanding of the needs of academic, curatorial and non-profit organisations.