Couchers.org
Free, community-driven couch surfing for authentic travel experiences
About Couchers.org
Couchers.org is a non-profit platform connecting travelers with locals for free homestays and meetups, built on trust, safety, and genuine connections. With a global community in 180+ countries, it's powered by volunteers and designed to foster real relationships, not transactions.
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Yes, Couchers.org is actively developed by a dedicated group of volunteers. They release new features every month, though they have reduced the frequency of email newsletters to ensure higher quality and relevance.
Yes, Couchers.org aims to be a modern, safe, and active alternative to Couchsurfing™. They strive to include features loved by users across platforms while adding new enhancements to improve the couch surfing experience.
Yes, native apps for both iOS and Android are in development and are expected to be released in early 2026. Until then, you can bookmark the Couchers.org website to your phone's home screen for an app-like experience.
Couchers.org is legally established as a non-profit foundation with constitutional provisions preventing it from becoming for-profit. They rely on distributed moderation by volunteers, open-source code, and community trust to ensure it remains non-profit.
Yes, you can donate money to support Couchers.org. Visit their donations page, and you may need to create an account first. You can also volunteer or get in touch to help in other ways.
The main costs are server hosting and third-party services. They plan to cover these through community donations and rely on volunteer moderators and developers to keep costs low. Moderation will be built into the system, and trusted community members will handle most tasks.
The team behind Couchers.org has had positive couch surfing experiences and wants to improve the platform. Many come from community leadership backgrounds and aim to build a tool they would want to use, focusing on societal value rather than profit.
Couchers.org takes a different approach, aiming to modernize and improve the couch surfing experience with better design and architecture. They want to prioritize community interests and introduce core ideas that require a new platform.
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