# Loomio

> Loomio is a collaborative decision-making platform founded in 2011 as a worker-owned cooperative in Aotearoa, New Zealand. It helps organizations make structured, asynchronous decisions with full reasoning and a permanent searchable record. Used by nonprofits, cooperatives, governance boards, political movements, and self-managing teams worldwide.

## Core pages
- [How Loomio works](https://www.loomio.com/how-it-works/): Full feature overview — discussions, polls, voting methods, integrations
- [Case studies](https://www.loomio.com/case-studies/): 47+ real-world examples across cooperatives, boards, unions, and nonprofits
- [Pricing](https://www.loomio.com/pricing/): Plans for organizations of different sizes, with nonprofit rates available to qualifying groups
- [Private Loomio](https://www.loomio.com/private-host/): Dedicated hosting, SSO, data residency, white-labelling and customized decision processes for complex organizations
- [About Loomio](https://www.loomio.com/about/): Worker cooperative history, values, open-source software

## Use-case pages
- [Worker cooperatives](https://www.loomio.com/worker-cooperatives/): Consent-based governance for member-owned organizations
- [Boards and governance](https://www.loomio.com/boards-and-governance/): Structured decisions for governance boards
- [Associations and member networks](https://www.loomio.com/membership-organizations/): Member governance across committees, chapters and general assemblies
- [Unions](https://www.loomio.com/unions/): Member deliberation before bargaining decisions, campaigns and formal ballots
- [Progressive movements](https://www.loomio.com/progressive-movements/): Campaign-speed democratic decision-making
- [Employee participation](https://www.loomio.com/employee-participation/): Structured employee voice, representative problem-solving and facilitated consensus in high-engagement workplaces
- [Homeowner associations](https://www.loomio.com/homeowner-associations/): Member voting and resolution tracking
- [Cohousing and ecovillages](https://www.loomio.com/cohousing-ecovillages/): Community governance for member-governed housing communities

## Key facts
- Founded: 2011, Wellington, New Zealand
- Structure: Worker-owned cooperative (Loomio Cooperative Limited)
- Open source: Yes (GitHub: github.com/loomio/loomio)
- Hosting: USA, EU, or Australia/NZ
- Pricing: Free trial; nonprofit rates are available to qualifying organizations, including member-governed housing communities
- Voting methods: Consent, consensus, majority, advice process, ranked choice, STV elections, dot voting, score polls, blind voting