aid: commons
name: Commons
description: 'Commons is an Oakland, California consumer climate-fintech company founded
  in 2018 by Sanchali Seth Pal and operated under the name Joro until its March 2023
  rebrand. Its free iOS and Android app connects a user''s bank accounts and credit
  cards through Plaid and runs every transaction through a proprietary carbon-estimation
  engine, the Carbonizer, which translates dollars spent into an estimate of kilograms
  of CO2e, alongside budgeting, savings goals, expert-reviewed sustainable brand ratings,
  a rewards program, monthly community challenges and an optional paid offset membership.
  The company has raised roughly USD 13.9 million across three rounds from investors
  including Sequoia Capital and Amasia. Commons is a direct-to-consumer mobile product
  rather than an API vendor: thecommons.earth is a Webflow marketing site with no developer
  portal, no API reference and no machine-readable contract, its brand directory and
  member exchange run on Next.js and Softr respectively, and its only public GitHub
  organization, CommonsTech, holds a single 2023 repository publishing carbon-offset
  provider evaluations rather than code.'
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/638c4a662a2fb8862605c818/657249a045c2ae42715e27e9_icon_1024_circle.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/commons/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
x-tier: profile
x-tier-reason: no-api-surface
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-08-09'
modified: '2026-08-09'
tags:
- Company
- Climate Tech
- Carbon Footprint
- Carbon Offsets
- Personal Finance
- Consumer Fintech
- Sustainability
- Mobile Application
- Consumer Application
- California
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/commons-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/commons-llms.txt
- type: Website
  url: https://www.thecommons.earth/
- type: About
  url: https://www.thecommons.earth/about-us
- type: HowItWorks
  url: https://www.thecommons.earth/how-it-works
- type: FAQ
  url: https://www.thecommons.earth/faq
- type: Support
  url: mailto:info@thecommons.earth
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.thecommons.earth/careers
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.thecommons.earth/blog
- type: BlogFeeds
  url: https://www.thecommons.earth/blog/rss.xml
- type: Podcast
  url: https://www.thecommons.earth/second-nature-podcast
- type: Press
  url: https://guiltless-cent-6ba.notion.site/COMMONS-PRESS-KIT-2f7360be3dd74eb9be47643560b945e9
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/CommonsTech
- type: iOSApp
  url: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/commons-smart-money-for-good/id1438446236
- type: AndroidApp
  url: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tech.joro
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.thecommons.earth/terms-and-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.thecommons.earth/privacy-policy
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/commonsearth/
- type: Instagram
  url: https://www.instagram.com/commonsearth/
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/commonsearth/about/
- type: TikTok
  url: https://www.tiktok.com/@commons.earth
- type: SecondaryMarket
  url: https://forgeglobal.com/commons_stock/
- type: SecondaryMarketListing
  url: https://equityzen.com/company/joro/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-09'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 2
  pass: local-v1
x-coverage:
  state: none
  reason: no-developer-program
  detail: >-
    Commons is a direct-to-consumer mobile app that consumes Plaid rather than exposing anything
    of its own — thecommons.earth is a Webflow marketing site that returns a real 404 for
    /openapi.json, /llms.txt and every /.well-known/ path, api./docs./developer.thecommons.earth
    do not resolve at all, and the only public GitHub organization, CommonsTech, holds one 2023
    repository of carbon-offset provider evaluations with no code in it.
  evidence:
  - url: https://www.thecommons.earth/openapi.json
    status: 404
  - url: https://www.thecommons.earth/llms.txt
    status: 404
  - url: https://www.thecommons.earth/.well-known/agent-card.json
    status: 404
  - url: https://brands.thecommons.earth/openapi.json
    status: 404
  - url: https://api.thecommons.earth/
    status: 0
  - url: https://joro.tech/openapi.json
    status: 404
  checked: '2026-08-09'