community-driven
Bottom-up, people-powered
Community-driven describes projects, decisions, or initiatives guided by the collective input and participation of their members rather than top-down authority.
Open-source software is often community-driven, with volunteers contributing code and shaping direction.
The community-driven cleanup transformed the abandoned lot into a garden.
The term emphasizes grassroots involvement and shared ownership over outcomes.
Common people as political base
- participatoryInvolving active contribution
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- democraticGovernment by the people
- bottom-upStarting from fundamentals
decentralized · collective · collaborative · member-owned · cooperative · self-governed · stakeholder · crowdsourced
Residential area nearby
- solidarityUnity among allies
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- activismDirect effort for reform
- localOf this area
volunteer · nonprofit · outreach · engagement · empowerment · advocacy · initiative · mobilization
Freely viewable, editable code
- contributorOne who provides something
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- GitHubWeb-based code hosting service
- forkTined eating tool
maintainer · wiki · documentation · hackathon · crowdfunded · iteration · plugin · modular
grassroots
Common people as political base
- participatoryInvolving active contribution
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- democraticGovernment by the people
bottom-up · decentralized · collective · collaborative · member-owned · cooperative · self-governed · stakeholder · crowdsourced · transparent
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
- solidarityUnity among allies
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- activismDirect effort for reform
local · volunteer · nonprofit · outreach · engagement · empowerment · advocacy · initiative · mobilization · chapter
open-source
Freely viewable, editable code
- contributorOne who provides something
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- GitHubWeb-based code hosting service
fork · maintainer · wiki · documentation · hackathon · crowdfunded · iteration · plugin · modular
community-driventop-down
Directed from highest level
dictated · authoritarian · centralized · imposed · decreed
community-drivenproprietary
Legally owned, restricted use
closed · exclusive · gated · restricted · members-only
community, driven, commune, communal, communally, communes, communing, communion, communions