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Our tech stack

Every tool we use is either free or open source. We run the entire organization — 36+ plugins, this website, CI/CD, community — at $0 per month.

Hosting & CDN

Zero-cost, carbon-aware infrastructure that scales without bills.

  • Cloudflare Pages — Static hosting — free tier, global edge network
  • Cloudflare DNS — DNS and DDoS protection — free
  • GitHub Pages — Fallback / secondary hosting — free

Code & CI/CD

Everything lives in the open, built and tested automatically.

  • GitHub — Source control, issues, project boards — free for open source
  • GitHub Actions — CI/CD pipelines, automated builds and deploys — free for public repos
  • Git — Version control — open source

Frontend

Fast, modern tooling that outputs zero JavaScript where possible.

  • Astro — Static site generator — open source, ships zero JS by default
  • Tailwind CSS — Utility-first CSS framework — open source
  • TypeScript — Type safety for content collections and config

WordPress

The ecosystem we build for. Everything GPL, everything free.

  • WordPress — CMS — GPL, powers 40%+ of the web
  • WooCommerce — E-commerce — GPL, the base for many of our plugins
  • WP-CLI — Command-line management — open source
  • PHPStan — Static analysis for plugin code quality

Community

Where we coordinate, discuss, and help each other.

  • Discord — Real-time chat, support, and contributor coordination — free
  • GitHub Discussions — Long-form conversations and RFCs — free
  • GitHub Issues — Bug reports and feature requests — free

Testing & Quality

Automated testing and code quality tools.

  • Vitest — Unit testing for the website — open source
  • PHPUnit — Unit testing for WordPress plugins — open source
  • WordPress Coding Standards — PHP_CodeSniffer rules for WP conventions

Dev Tools

The tools we actually use, every day.

  • VS Code — Primary editor — open source
  • npm — Package management — free
  • Docker — Local WordPress development environments — open source
  • Playwright — End-to-end testing — open source

Why this matters

If we can run an entire open-source organization for free, so can you. We deliberately choose tools that don't lock us (or our contributors) into paid plans, vendor lock-in, or proprietary ecosystems.

This isn't about being cheap — it's about proving that good software doesn't require a budget. Every dollar we don't spend on infrastructure is a dollar we never need to extract from our users.

$0

Monthly infrastructure cost

100%

Open-source stack

GPL + MIT

Licensing

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