Built on values, not valuations.
Every technical decision in Karmyq flows from these six principles. They're not marketing — they're architecture. If a feature contradicts one of them, the feature loses.
Open source
Every line of code is public. Fork it, improve it, make it yours. The infrastructure for cooperation should belong to everyone — and the AGPLv3 license keeps it that way. If someone runs Karmyq, their changes stay open too.
Community sovereignty
Each community governs itself — and no role within it is permanent. Your community sets its own rules, trust model, and request types. No platform override. The platform holds the infrastructure; the community holds the power.
Privacy as default
No tracking. No profiling. No ads. Interaction details expire after a few months, the way human memory does; what persists is the shape of relationships, not a ledger of them. Your community's business belongs to your community.
Meaning-making
We don't reduce relationships to transactions. Helping builds meaning — stories, not spreadsheets. Community, not currency. The measure of success is not engagement. It is whether neighbors end up needing the platform less.
Biomimetic design
Living systems scale by connection, not control — the mycorrhizal web beneath a forest, moving nutrients where they're needed. Karmyq is built the same way: invisible infrastructure, visible flourishing. Resilient, adaptive, designed to evolve.
No extraction
We don't extract value from communities. No venture capital growth mandates. No monetization of relationships. Karmyq never touches money. Built to serve, not to scale.