Welcome to the Coworking Wiki!
If you are a coworker, space owner, or coworking enthusiast, this site belongs to you. You can request editing privileges with a sentence or two about why you're interested in coworking. If you're just visiting or here to learn more, there is a lot of information available for space owners, catalysts, and coworkers.
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What We're Talking About
Emergent Research and the Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC) are partnering on a survey looking at how people work in coworking spaces and the roles networks and networking play in the coworking experience. The results will be made public and released at the GCUC conference in May. It is the intention to to quantify how coworking members benefit from the networking opportunities available to them through membership in a coworking space. Coworking needs some answers!
Take the Survey!
What is Coworking?
The idea is simple: independent professionals and those with workplace flexibility work better together than they do alone. Coworking spaces are about community-building and sustainability. Participants agree to uphold the values set forth by the movement’s founders, as well as interact and share with one another. We are about creating better places to work and as a result, a better way to work.
Our Values:
The members of this Community are engaged with and working on a model and approach that we call Open Coworking. We are spaces all over the world, we work in many different languages and our businesses all look very different. So how can we all be part of one big community?
Here's how. We have all committed to the same core values. Our values are:
- Collaboration
- Openness
- Community
- Accessibility
- Sustainability
To learn more, head to "The Values of Open Coworking"
History of Coworking
Important dates can be added to the History of Coworking timeline.
What is the Coworking Wiki?
The Coworking Wiki is a free, community-owned and operated resource for everyone involved or interested in the world of coworking. For many, it is the first stop in their efforts to learn more about the movement. It offers resources for present and potential coworkers, space owners and operators, and those seeking to form their own coworking space.
To learn more about the wiki as well as our efforts to upgrade the site, head to the 'Coworking Wiki Project' page.
Find Coworking Spaces Around the Globe
Locate your local coworking space using our Coworking Space Directory. Travel between spaces internationally using the Coworking Visa: a program allowing active members to use another participating space in a different city, absolutely free. To find a participating space or announce your space's participation, head to the Coworking Visa page.
Getting Involved
Projects
Studies Section
Academic Research
Coworking Directories
- Alcubic - A site where you can find or advertise shared workspaces or coworking centers.
- Coworking France - Find Coworking place in France but also news, events and resources for coworkers
- Space Directory on wiki.coworking.info
- Copass - first global federation of collaborative spaces
- CoworkingCanada - the definitive list of genuine coworking spaces in Canada
- CoworkingDesign - a collection of Coworking Spaces from all around the world focussing on design.
- Cowork.ph - a user dynamic map of coworking options in the Philippines, including genuine coworking spaces such as A Space Manila plus alternatives like cafés.
- Coworking Spain. A directory of Coworking Spaces in Spain.
- Cowork Unite - The Coworking Network. Add your space, members, events and jobs.
- Deskovery - Is a marketplace to connect people with coworking spaces, shared, private and home offices.
- DeskHero - DeskHero is a commission free service connecting empty desks with individuals in need of a professional environment.
- desk surfing - Find your favourite workspot. And change it whenever the surf feels right.
- Desktime - Is a coworking directory that helps pair people with workspaces, and space owners with renters.
- DeskZone - makes it easy to share your unused office space. We also automate the process of finding sublease and shared office space in NYC.
- eWorky - a tool that enables you to find and book your workplace / coworking.
- GoodCoworking - the social coworking directory with more than 300 cities worldwide.
- LiquidSpace - Mobile & online app to search, compare and book great spaces to meet & work in real-time.
- Neo-Nomade - Coworking Spaces and other places to work in France.
- PivotDesk - We're helping startups that need space, find host companies that have space.
- ShareYourOffice A website to offer or find shared office spaces around the world.
- SharedDesks, The Coworking Finder - A new way of representing coworking and coworkers, worldwide...an idea growing from June 2009. (online since 2011)
- Coworking Brasil - A website to find a coworking spaces in Brazil.
- Work World Space (aka WWS) - A free coworking directory where you can list your space with some images and accept bookings.
- CoworkingHongKong - A directory for finding coworking space in Hong Kong!
- Worksnug - A global directory of places to work.
- Localescoworking - A directory of Coworking Spaces.
Coworking Blogs & Media Coverage
- Dangerously Awesome A blog by one of coworking's first founders. Great lessons and best practices. Weekly updates.
- Deskmag Magazine on Coworking and new workspaces worldwide
- Wherever Worker - Tips and information on coworking for coworkers.
- Global Coworking Blog
- CoWorking News German blogger that offers information on Coworking and compiles the german list of Coworking Spaces
- Media Coverage & other Blogs
- eWorky blog (french)
- Shareable Magazine, covers coworking in the context of the sharing economy and sharing as a life and workstyle
- Zona CoWorking, spanish magazine focused in the global coworking movement, entrepreneurship and innovating workspaces.
- Coworking Spain Magazine, the coworking magazine of Coworking Spain web site.
- UberOffices Blog, covers coworking news, the life of coworking space managers, and entrepreneurship.
- Share Local Radio: a new weekly podcast covering share projects & the share economy. Listen, submit coworking questions or request to join us for an episode!
- Movebla Brazilian blog about work, productivity, coworking and mobility.
Associations, Collectives, Groups
Coworking Tools
- 1work - Book meeting rooms online (free to use)
- Spheremail.co - Web app manages incoming/outgoing paper mail, and generates dedicated phone numbers to resident and external members.
- Coworking Visa - Review which spaces around the world that offer use to visiting from other participating spaces (normally just daily drop in)
- Coworking Visa Map - a visual map to show all coworking visa spaces around the world (embedable code for your own website)
- Coworkify - Coworking management software.
- Cobot - Software to manage your coworking space.
- Copass - Platform to easy manage nomads and flexible users all around the world
- Comingle - The free, proximity based network designed to make coworking more collaborative
- Cowoop - Hosted Open source service to manage your coworking space. Aims to be cost effective.
- Coworking Management System - Managing hotdesking, meeting room rentals. (free to use)
- Cowork Unite - Manage your space, members, events and jobs on one easy to use platform.
- CoLearn- We help coworking space owners make extra revenue with our classes, and social experiences
- Nexudus Spaces - Software to manage your coworking space.
- Nadine - Open Coworking Software.
- Dovetail - Member management and community engagement application for coworking spaces. Less time with data. More time with people.
- ezeep Cloud Print Management - Cloud-based print management software for coworking spaces to manage printing, users and printers, reporting, print drivers, payment and more
Coworking Conferences
Other Coworking Resources
