Garrity Software (GS) is a sustainable organization devoted to producing high quality, robust software. GS is also committed to contributing open source work and releasing as much software for free as possible. GS is currently Bootstrapping, does not have income, and is primarily producing open source libraries.
Mission
Garrity Software aims to produce high quality software while supporting a small number of employees, enabling them to work less, spend time with their families, and pursue their own interests. GS also aims to provide open source software for everyone to use, and to financially support open source development.
Donations
If you want to support the GS mission or open source work, please consider donating to the founder.
Roadmap and Progress
The GS vision is non-trivial to achieve. Quality open source projects are a starting point, but supporting employees and open source projects requires products and income. GS
Current Status: Bootstrapping
- Bootstrapping (2024)
- Establish open source libraries and build the first product.
- Initial Sales (By January 2025)
- Start attempting to sell software.
- Independence (By 2030)
- Founder achieves ability to stop working for other companies.
- First External Hire
- Another person is hired. That person is fully compensated.
- Hire to Five
- Bring in additional people until the arbitrary threshold of five employees is met. Cease hiring.
- Sustain
- Hit a balance point that supports year-to-year stability in line with the GS mission.
Sustainable Organization
Garrity Software is focused on operating in a sustainable way that promotes a particular operating model and lifestyle, rather than pursuing unbounded growth. We define such an organization in the following way, specifically catered to a small company vision:
- Establish core products that produce reliable income.
- The company is never beholden to external investors.
- The company does not spend money it does not have.
- Minimize pursuit of growth after supporting five total employees.
- Employees reliably work four day weeks (or less).
- Employees receive a comfortable income that accounts for benefits and allows them to support their families.
- Once stability is achieved, funding is set aside to donate to other open source and sustainable projects.
Minimizing growth does not mean that work will cease, rather that the focus might change to open source development, targeted product improvements, and starting new products that align with employee interests, with a smaller focus on sales or increasing revenue in general.