Hackbase

A Hackbase or Hackerbase is a Live-in Hackerspace - a hackerspace with a capacity for coliving.

• everything you would expect from a hackerspace + place to stay (sleep, eat, ...)
• ... this includes being publicly accessible (via a clear and non-discriminatory process)
• able to host short or long-term stays
• residents cover their own costs (which are usually far less than "normal" lifestyles)
• extension on the practices of sharing already present in hackerspaces
• hosts hacker Residencies and Exchanges

Known self-described hackbases:

• Cyberhippietotalism (CHT) @ Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, website
• Kuckucksmühle (KuM) @ Brandenburg, Germany, Europe. Part of Ecohackerfarm network.

Communication channels:

• #hackbases channel on Matrix
• Hackbase Architecture Facebook Group
• The CHT/Totalism.org base channel

Probably also a hackbase:

• Alte Hölle between Berlin and Magdeburg, Germany. The idea for the self-described seminar house originated during CCC events.
• Calafou @ Vallbona d´Anoia (Barcelona), Spain
• Hacker Farm @ Kamogawa, Japan (2 hours east of Tokyo)
• Astralship.org converted church in Snowdonia (Wales, UK), resembling a pirate ship
• Factor e Farm of Open Source Ecology near Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• Kanthaus @ Wurzen, DE (Close to Leipzig)
• Medialab Matadero @ Madrid (Spain) has 3 residency rooms
• Cloyne @ Berkeley, California, USA [you have to become a member to live in and use it]
• Newspeak House @ London, UK ("a hackspace for politics[...] idea is to have activist residencies in the flats, and community space + events downstairs")
• (a number of other places, listed at open-editable http://totalism.org/alike , which also includes Nomadbases, Eco villages, etc)

Early stages of planning / rumours / unclear / not open for public yet:

• BEEHIVE4.2 TECHCAMPUS by Hack42, Arnheim/NL (Planned for ~2019, needs "millions", see presentation at EMF2016), also presented at SHA2017
• place in Bukovets Svuga @ Bulgaria
• a planned project in Netherlands/Amsterdam(?), contact [email protected] for correct contact

Ex-hackbases, and unsuccessful projects:

• Firefly @ Casper, Wyoming, USA, website
• The Internet Farm @ Dahmetal, 80km south of Berlin, Germany
• HackerDome @ Bratislava, Slovakia, Europe [WAS PLANNED; NOW CHANGED TO FARM PLANS(?)]
• KEK + HackBeach (event) @ Kerala, India (see june 2016 news)
• TAZio Hackbase @ Brussels, Belgium (Archive link, 2014): Hackerspace_Brussels (HSBXL) decided on expanding to a bigger space, and make it a hackbase. After much work, finding the place, budgeting for it, and signing the lease contract (for a ~2000m2 space), the landlord broke the agreement. The project was scrapped. (more info)
• The Instantcity Harbour was "a haven of our air/water/road ships. A spot for maintaining the ships". (← defunct: 2022)
• Infinity + Hillhacks (event) @ Dharamshala, India
• S14 "queer house, coliving ecosystem, hackbase" @ Antwerp, Belgium (← as of at least 2021, does not operate as a hackbase)
• Apollo-NG mobile hackbase

For other similar spaces, see:

• The open-editable list @ http://totalism.org/alike !
• Residencies and Exchanges for map of hackerspaces which can host hackers
• http://hackercouch.com

Also related are temporary Hacker camps:

• CCC Camp in Germany (every 4 years): CCC Camp August 13-17 2015 @Ziegeleipark Mildenberg
• Hacker Camp in Netherlands (every 4 years): Next one in why2025
• EMF Camp (UK, every 2 years, next summer 2016)
• Hackers-Lab
• also see http://totalism.org/calendar (for more events, mostly EU)