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ORGANIC SOFTWARE DIRECTORY

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What is organic software?

The term was coined by @pketh in 2023 in his blog post “In Search of Organic
Software”. TL;DR1: Businesses change when they take VC money.

Certainly, there were already terms like "Indie" and "Bootstrapped", but what do
they really mean? The "organic" label for software means something specific:


ORGANIC SOFTWARE IS SOFTWARE THAT...

 1. Has no external pressure (eg. from funding sources) to chase funding rounds,
    grow unsustainably, or to get acquired2
 2. Has a clear pricing page, discloses their sources of funding, and sources of
    revenue
 3. Doesn't make majority revenue from selling user data to third parties3

 * 1 no really, you should read it. It's a good article!
 * 2 bootstrapping, crowdfunding, grants, and angel investment are okay
 * 3 added from the original by this site

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