🛠️ Community Resource Hub
Building digital solidarity outside the algorithm
This is a growing list of free, non-corporate tools and platforms made for creativity, connection, and survival. No paywalls. No algorithms. Just people helping people.
🎨 Free Creative Tools
- Krita – open-source digital painting
- GIMP – powerful image editor
- Inkscape – vector graphics editor
- Blender – 3D animation, modeling, video editing
- Pencil2D – 2D hand-drawn animation
- TupiTube – 2D animation tool
- Audacity – audio recording & editing
- MuseScore – music notation software
- Rosegarden – music composition & editing
- Kdenlive – non-linear video editor
- LiVES – video editing system
- Natron – compositing software
- Photopea – browser-based Photoshop alternative
💻 Free Coding & Tech Learning
- freeCodeCamp – full coding curriculum, 100% free
- The Odin Project – web dev, JavaScript, full-stack
- Codecademy (Free Tier) – beginner coding lessons
- Code.org – learn computer science fundamentals
- OSSU – Open Source Society University – complete computer science education
🌐 Federated Social Platforms
🤝 Local Mutual Aid & Survival Tools
- Mutual Aid Hub – find local grassroots mutual aid groups
- Food Not Bombs – global free food distribution org
- Radical Directories – alt networks of free, leftist orgs
- FindHelp.org – connect people with social services
- Herbal Mutual Aid Directory – herbal medicine resources
- Liberatory Wellness Network – wellness-focused mutual aid
- M4BL Mutual Aid Resources – Movement for Black Lives mutual aid
🧠 Free Education & Archives
- Library Genesis – free books, theory, textbooks
- Internet Archive – books, zines, software, history
- ZLibrary – another book archive (mirror dependent)
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Khan Academy – free educational courses on many subjects
- MIT OpenCourseWare – free college-level courses
- Stanford Online – free courses from Stanford University
🚩 Radical Archives
- The Anarchist Library – anarchist texts and theory
- Marxist Internet Archive – comprehensive collection of Marxist texts