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be-BOP is free and open-source software for sovereign commerce.

It’s built on a simple belief: merchants and communities should own the tools they depend on. We design technology that respects privacy, rejects dark patterns, and removes the need for accounts or intermediaries. Our vision is trade without platforms, data brokers, or gatekeepers — commerce as a public good, not a private empire.

Unlike fragmented “self-commerce” tools, be-BOP is a complete, batteries-included stack. It supports e-commerce, point-of-sale, restaurant systems, ticketing, peer-funding, and subscriptions — all self-hosted, interoperable, and designed for real-world merchants. It aims for the reliability of a platform, without the capture of one.

Adoption grows from the edges: merchants and cooperatives seeking independence, and creators tired of surrendering revenue to platforms. In Goma, communities use be-BOP to organize resources and stabilize local economies under pressure. Elsewhere, artists use it to sustain open culture without permission or lock-in.

The roadmap pushes beyond software. Multitenant be-BOP will enable domain-specific ecosystems — tailor-made for farmers’ markets, repair collectives, or independent venues — while cross be-BOP will link autonomous nodes into a federation of mutual visibility. Together they answer the twin failures of centralized commerce: loss of agency and isolation.

be-BOP aspires to be more than a toolchain. It’s an experiment in rebuilding economic infrastructure on open terms — a foundation for free, federated, and sustainable digital economies that can’t be quietly “enshittified.”