Updates
Updates on our activities and progress.
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Scheduled Maintenance: Database Upgrade on February 27
Published on February 26, 2026 by Benjamin Piouffle
On Tuesday, February 27 at 9:00 CET (8:00 UTC, 4:00 New York, 21:00 New Zealand), we will upgrade our production database to a higher-performance plan. As usage and data volume have grown, this upgrade is necessary to impro...
Release: Sidebar Reorganization - Part 2
Published on February 26, 2026 by Shannon Wray
We are moving forward with our sidebar reorganization campaign! We are still primarily focusing on organization dashboards (which have the highest financial complexity) and gradually introducing changes to individual and co...
Y25 Cycle 7 Engineering Progress Report
Published on February 11, 2026 by Shannon Wray
Providing insight into our product roadmap and, subsequently, the projects being worked on in our six-week cycles. Cycle Seven In Review · This cycle ran from November 2025 through January 2026 and focused on fin...
Call for Testimonials: Get featured on our new homepage
Published on February 6, 2026 by Shannon Wray
Hi everyone,We are currently refreshing our marketing pages to better explain what Open Collective is and, more importantly, why this community matters.The heart of our platform isn't the code—it's the Collectives doing the...
OFi / Open Collective at FOSDEM 2026 in Brussels
Published on January 27, 2026 by François Hodierne
Some of our team, and members of the OFi and Open Collective family, will be in Brussels next week for FOSDEM 2026 (Saturday, January 31, 2026 and Sund...
Release: Sidebar Reorganization Part 1
Published on January 8, 2026 by Shannon Wray
We’ve kickstarted our sidebar reorganization campaign. We will gradually introduce improvements to the sidebar over the next few cycles (first and primarily for organization dashboards and then gradually to individual and collective dashboa...
Y25 Cycle 6 Engineering Progress Report
Published on December 17, 2025 by Shannon Wray
Providing insight into our product roadmap and, subsequently, the projects being worked on in our six-week cycles. Cycle Six In Review · This cycle ran from late September through early November 2025 and focused...
Independent Collectives are becoming Organizations
Published on December 11, 2025 by François Hodierne
TL;DR: Independent Collectives are being converted to Organizations to make the platform more consistent. There is no change in functionality. From its beginning in 2017, the platform was built around three main t...
New Expense Submission flow 🎉
Published on October 30, 2025 by Shannon Wray
We are pleased to announce the release of the new Expense Submission flow! 🎉 We’ve done a lot to increase the odds that your expenses are submitted correctly, pass the essential checks from Collectives and Fiscal Hosts, and are paid prompt...
Our Recent Development Cycles - Three, Four and Five
Published on August 7, 2025 by Shannon Wray
Providing insight into our product roadmap and, subsequently, the projects being worked on in our six-week cycles. We've been working hard and are excited to share a summary of the projects completed during Cycles...
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