Software

Software specific to the exacting needs of free and open Bike Collectives is becoming more pervasive as this phenomenon populates the world, and becomes more mainstream.

Web development

For information on our publicly accessible websites, bikebike.org and bikecollectives.org, read the main article on Web Development.

Open Source Projects

        “Reuse Bikes and Reuse Code.” 

https://bike.bikelover.org

Yellow Bike Database

“Yellow Bike Project's Hours and Transaction Database” 

Demo Site: https://ybdb.bikelover.org

  Docker Image: https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/bikebike/ybdb/ 

Development was at https://github.com/fspc/Yellow-Bike-Database/wiki but has since moved to https://git.bikeshopi.dev/bike/Yellow-Bike-Database. If you want access, contact PositiveSpin.
Initial source code: yellow-bike-hours-and-transaction-database (Database dump date - 2014-07-24)
Additional Repositories: There are additional repositories at GitHub that were created by Third Hand and Plan B. Currently, they are not being developed or maintained. The Community Bike Shop Database (CBDB below) is the newest code base from the Yellow Bike Project that was being developed. The demo is from a repository derived from a slightly earlier version of YBDB that is being actively developed by Positive Spin.
CBDB Repository: https://github.com/nwilkes2/CommunityBikeShopDB (Repository created & database dump date - 2014-12-29)

As of 2024, last update was in 2022 (api call to BikeShopi).

BikeBinder

“BikeBinder is Free Ride's Inventory System application.” 

Demo Site: https://bikebinder.bikelover.org
Logins: staff@freeridepgh.org, volunteer@freeridepgh.org
Password: password

  Docker Image: https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/bikebike/bikebinder/ 

Repository: https://github.com/FreeRidePGH/BikeBinder
Related Repository: https://github.com/zflat/label_gen-free_ride (label generator)

As of 2021, last update was in 2015.

BikeShed

“Bikeshed is Velocipede's User, Sales, and Bike Inventory Web App.” 

Demo Site: http://bikeshed.bikelover.org
Logins: Test user buttons may be found at the bottom of the website page.

 Docker Image: https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/bikebike/bikeshed/ 

Repository: https://github.com/spacemunkay/BikeShed

As of 2021, last update was in 2017.

Freehub

“Freehub is a member and shop visit application implemented and hosted by the San Francisco Bike Kitchen.” 

Create Account: https://freehub.bikekitchen.org
Repository: https://github.com/asalant/freehub
Wiki: https://github.com/asalant/freehub/wiki

Updated to add wiki link on 8/10/2022

Bike Tree

“An open source mash up for co-ops with several features including POS/member, membership tracking, volunteer tracking, paid repairs tracking, and a bike rental tracking system (bike library).” 

Demo Site: https://biketree.bikelover.org
Logins: kelsey (Admin), mark (Sales Clerk)
Password: password

  Docker: https://github.com/fspc/biketree/tree/master/docker

Repository: https://github.com/fspc/biketree

As of 2021, last update was in 2017.

VTracklery - volunteer tracking and reporting

VTracklery is a light-weight sign-in kiosk for volunteers written in Ruby on Rails for The Recyclery Collective.

Demo Site: https://vtracklery.bikelover.org
Repository: https://github.com/recyclery/vtracklery

As of 2021, the last update was in 2019.

Recyclery Bikes and Clients Database

A database for tracking bikes and free bike recipients written for The Recyclery Collective

The Bikes and Clients database is used by Recyclery staff and volunteers to track bikes and by our partner organizations to request a free bike for their clients.

Demo Site: https://bike-database.bikelover.org/
Login: bike@bikelover.org
Password: password
Repository: https://gitlab.com/lknapp/bike-database

As of January 2024, the last update was January 2023.

VTracklery2.0

Volunteer time logging and kiosk app for community bike shops.

Demo Site: https://vtracklery2.bikelover.org/
Login: melanie.mazanec@gmail.com
Password: password
Repository: https://github.com/recyclery/vtracklery2.0

As of 2021, the last update was in 2017.

Workstand

Demo Site: https://workstand.bikelover.org/
Login: admin@workstand.dev
Password: bike!bike!
Docker: https://github.com/fspc/workstand/blob/master/docker-compose.demo.yml
Repository: https://github.com/BridgeCityBicycleCoop/workstand

As of April 2021, the last update was October 2020.

Earn-A-Bike Shop Manager

“The Earn-A-Bike Shop Manager is a desktop application built with Electron that tracks manager and volunteer hours for a bike shop. It was originally built for Worcester Earn-A-Bike Shop.” 

Demo Site: Coming (may be a good candidate for WASM).
Repository: https://github.com/havandenberg/earn-a-bike

As of 2021, the last update was in 2019.

Broke Spoke Front Desk App

“Broke Spoke's Shop Management System.” 

Demo Site: Coming.
Repository: https://bitbucket.org/ashooner/broke-spoke-front-desk/ has been forked to https://github.com/raney24/brokeSpoke

As of 2022, the last update was in 2022.

Back2Bikes Attendance App

“As Back2Bikes has grown, we have realized the need to keep records, especially for insurance reasons.This app provides a really easy way for volunteers to sign in, and this helps us to track who has come, recognize our regulars, and reach out to people who stop coming.” 

Demo Site: Waiting for the developer to create a working demo.
Repository: https://github.com/Back2Dev/attendance

Sommerville Bike Kitchen Software

“SBK's universe of CBS software” 

Demo Sites: Waiting for the developer to create working demos.
Repositories:

• Somerville Bike Kitchen scheduling app: https://github.com/zhirschtritt/sbk-scheduler
• Coop management service for organizing staffing schedules, memberships, and everything else: https://github.com/zhirschtritt/bike-coop-manager
• https://github.com/zhirschtritt/sbk-bookings
• https://github.com/zhirschtritt/sbk-sign-firmware

Bicycle Kitchen POS

“A custom point-of-sale program for the Mac.” 

Info Page: view

Repository: https://github.com/jmoody/BicycleKitchenPOS

As of 2021, the last update was in 2013.

SignIn App

The Sign In App is a mobile app to track Volunteer, Member, Staff or Earn a bike hours. Git Hub: [1] Available soon in the app store. Sadly, only for iOS. Please someone make an android app!

As of 2021, the last edit was in 2019.

Open Source Software Discussions

• https://bikecollectives.slack.com
• Bike_Collective_Software

Presentations

• Bike! Bike! Everywhere 2021
  • Video - https://archive.org/details/bbe-2021.20-en and https://archive.org/details/bbe-2021.20-es
• Bike! Bike! Southeast 2017, at VéloCity Bike Cooperative in Alexandria, Virginia
  • Libre (FLOSS) Software for Bike Collective Shops (PDF version)
    • editable ODP version

• Bike! Bike! Southeast 2016, at Rag & Bones in Richmond, Virginia
  • Libre (FLOSS) Software for Bike Collective Shops (PDF version)
    • editable ODP version