We’ve kickstarted our sidebar reorganization campaign. We will gradually introduce improvements to the sidebar over the next few cycles (first and primarily for organization dashboards and then gradually to individual and collective dashboards). Sidebar redesign Firstly our sidebar has had a makeover! You may have noticed that the sidebarContinue Reading
Providing insight into our product roadmap and, subsequently, the projects being worked on in our six-week cycles. Cycle Y25C6 ran from late September through early November 2025. This cycle focused heavily on quality assurance, user experience improvements, and preparing major features for public release. Cycle Six In Review ThisContinue Reading
Providing insight into our product roadmap and, subsequently, the projects being worked on in our six-week cycles. We’ve been working hard and are excited to share a summary of the projects completed during Cycle Six. Cycle Six In Review This cycle focused heavily on quality assurance, user experience improvements,Continue Reading
TL;DR: Independent Collectives are being converted to Organizations to make the platform more consistent. There is no change in functionality. From its beginning in 2017, the platform was built around three main types of accounts: Individuals, Collectives, and Organizations. Over time we expanded what these accounts could do and introducedContinue Reading
We are pleased to announce the release of the new Expense Submission flow! 🎉 We’ve done a lot to increase the odds that your expenses are submitted correctly, pass the essential checks from Collectives and Fiscal Hosts, and are paid promptly. Hundreds of users have been trialing the new flow,Continue Reading
Providing insight into our product roadmap and, subsequently, the projects being worked on in our six-week cycles. We’ve been working hard and are excited to share a summary of the projects completed during Cycles Three and Four, as well as what we’re currently focusing on in Cycle Five. CycleContinue Reading
You can now subscribe to your favorite collectives’ updates using RSS feeds! RSS is an open standard that lets you get automatic notifications whenever a collective posts new updates, similar to following someone on social media, but delivered directly to your favorite news reader app or RSS client. Since RSSContinue Reading
We know many of you, both Fiscal Hosts and Collective admins, are eager to see virtual cards return to the Open Collective platform. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to make this happen, but it’s proven to be more complex than we initially hoped. We’ve learned a lot alongContinue Reading
We’re rolling out an update to improve the clarity and reliability of our ledger, especially for accounting purposes. This will make tracking changes like edits and refunds much more straightforward in your transaction exports. This announcement explains: Why we’re making this change: To address issues with how edited transactions wereContinue Reading
Over the past few cycles, we have been working towards upgrading and integrating a New Expense Submission flow into the Dashboard. We have tested and trialed our work and are ready to gather user feedback! To activate the public beta, navigate to your profile image in the top right-hand cornerContinue Reading