We are The Field Company — a small team from Cape Town building open-source technology for conservation. We make tools for the people closest to the work: rangers, community scientists, researchers and field workers protecting ecosystems on the ground.

Everything we build is free, open source, and offline-first. It runs on a $50 phone with no signal, because that is where the work happens. The data you collect belongs to you — not us, not a platform, not a paywall.

What We're Building

Our main project is FieldLog — an offline-first data collection tool for conservation. It works without internet, syncs when connectivity returns, and runs on the cheapest hardware you can find. We are also developing affordable monitoring devices and growing a community that connects field workers, researchers and developers.

What We Believe

The field is where it matters. Good tools accelerate good work — a ranger who can record observations in thirty seconds instead of thirty minutes covers more ground. A researcher who can share data without an expensive server reaches more people. Speed and simplicity are conservation multipliers.

Knowledge belongs to everyone. The code we write is open source. The data you collect is yours. We share everything because environmental knowledge should flow freely to the people who need it most.

We are building infrastructure for the commons — not a product to sell. The value lives in the network, and the network belongs to everyone in it. To understand why this work matters, read our open letter to humanity.

Our Commitment

Core tools are free forever. Field workers never pay. This is written down, in public, because we mean it. We are a small team and we cannot do everything — but we can make sure the people with mud on their boots are never priced out of the tools they need.

The planet doesn't belong to us. We belong to it.