Tools for the people
closest to the work
We are The Field Company. A small team in Africa building open-source technology for conservation.
Who We Are
We make tools for rangers, community scientists, researchers and field workers protecting ecosystems on the ground.
Everything we build is free, open source, and offline-first. It runs on a $50 phone with no signal, because that is where the work happens. The data you collect is yours.
What We're Building
Our main project is FieldLog, an offline-first data collection tool for conservation. It works without internet, syncs when connectivity returns, and runs on the cheapest hardware you can find.
We develop affordable monitoring devices and grow a community that connects field workers, researchers and developers.
Explore FieldLogWhat We Believe
Speed is a conservation multiplier
A ranger who can record observations in thirty seconds instead of thirty minutes covers more ground. Good tools accelerate good work.
Knowledge belongs to everyone
The code we write is open source. The data you collect is yours. Environmental knowledge belongs to the people who need it.
We build infrastructure for the commons
We don't sell a product. The value comes from the people using it, and the network belongs to everyone in it. Read our open letter to humanity .
Our Commitment
Core tools are free forever. Field workers never pay. We put this in writing, in public. We are a small team and we cannot do everything, but the people with mud on their boots will never be priced out of the tools they need.
The planet doesn't belong to us.
We belong to
it.