Ethical web hosting, web development & collaborative tools
Powered by renewable energy
Open Web Systems provides simple, secure WordPress web hosting, web development and Nextcloud and email.
All our servers are powered by 100% renewable energy - and we even plant a tree for every 10 sites we host!
Secure
We will never sell your data to anyone else. Secure your data with powerful file access control, multi-layer encryption, machine-learning based authentication protection and advanced ransomware recovery.
Open source
Enjoy constant improvements from a thriving and transparent, entirely open-source community development model, free from lockins, paywalls, advertising and covert surveillance.
Cooperative
Open Web Systems is a collaboration between The Open Co-op, Collective Tools and other cooperative IT partners. Together we are building the regenerative, commons economy.
Why choose Open Web Systems?
Support the regenerative economy
Open Web Systems is not your average web host. We are a co-operative working to provide ethical web tools which support the collaborative, regenerative economy. We actively seek clients who align with our mission and reinvest our profits in developing web tools which support our goal.
Escape corporate surveillance
Nearly all corporate web hosts run spyware and surveillance tools on their servers to capture and monetise your private data. Open Web Systems is entirely surveillance-free. We take security extremely seriously and will never pass on your details to anyone without your explicit permission.
Proactively reduce your emissions
We recognise the climate emergency and work proactively to ensure our services are emissions free. All of our servers and powered by renewable energy from solar and wind power. But, to make double sure we’re not creating any carbon emissions, we also plant a tree for every 10 sites we host.
From the Open Web Systems blog
Does your website run on renewable energy?
Does your website website run on renewable energy? The internet consumes a huge amount of energy, estimated at roughly 800TWH of electricity in 2022, which is roughly 2.5 times the...
Google fined $391 million for tracking users
Google has agreed to pay a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states in America for tracking users. The investigation was kicked off by a 2018 Associated Press story, which found...
Real-Time Bidding explained – and how to protect your personal data
Real-Time Bidding (RTB) is a $117+ billion industry that operates behind the scenes on websites and apps. It tracks what you are looking at, no matter how private or sensitive,...
How to switch to surveillance-free email
If you’re concerned about the privacy of your email – and the data which your email provider shares with other companies – follow this guide to switch to surveillance-free email....
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