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*We're '''Sudo Room''', a ''free'' hackerspace located at '''[[Directions|4799 Shattuck]]''' in north Oakland, CA!
[[Welcome|Welcome to '''Sudo Room''']], a ''free'' hackerspace located at '''[[Directions|4799 Shattuck]]''' in north Oakland, CA!
*We're into '''technology''' and where it intersects with '''social justice''', '''sustainability''', '''education''' and '''solidarity'''.  
 
*We strive to be an '''open''', '''transparent''', '''horizontal''' and '''welcoming''' community where all are supported and free to ''learn'', ''create'', ''gather'', ''collaborate'', ''work'', ''play'' and ''more''! .
Our slogan is: '''''HACK THE PLANET!'''''  Read more ''[[About|About Sudo Room's vision, values, mission, and code of conduct]]''.
*We've got tons of '''tools''' for you to use  from a '''3D printer''' to '''public computer terminals''',  [[Math]] projects, a '''big huge library''' and '''all kinds of gadgets'''! 
 
*We are exclusively '''volunteer-run''' and supported through '''[[Gittip|donations]]'''!! Learn more about [[Membership|membership]].
We use and share '''technology''' to promote '''social justice''', '''sustainability''', '''education''' and '''solidarity'''.  
*Our slogan is: '''''HACK THE PLANET!'''''
 
* Check out [[Projects|some of the things we are working on]]!
We strive to be an '''open''', '''transparent''', '''horizontal''' and '''welcoming''' community where all are supported and free to ''learn'', ''create'', ''gather'', ''collaborate'', ''work'', ''play'' and ''more!''
*Come by for a meet up or workshop (details below), or just pop in at one of our weekly parties - with food! - every Wednesday at 7pm. Second Wednesdays are meeting-flavored parties for new member applications and discussion of sudo and omni proposals.
 
* Way more details: [[Welcome|Welcome]]  
We are exclusively '''volunteer-run''' and supported through [https://sudoroom.org/membership donations]!
 
== Get involved! ==
* Email us at info [at] sudoroom [dot] org
* Stop by any event on our [https://sudoroom.org/calendar/ calendar]
* Join our [https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ discussion email list]
* Join our [https://discord.gg/zmEzQuzCWX Discord server]
* Follow us on Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/sudo.room/ @sudo.room]
* Check out [[Projects|some of the '''Cool Projects''' we are working on]], or look at our available [[Work Stations|tools and work stations]]
* [[Membership | Become a member! ]]
* Join a [[Working_Groups|working group]]!
 
== Regular Events ==
{{:Recurring_Meetings}}
''Edit this list here: [[Recurring_Meetings]]''
 
== Work Stations ==
Check out the tools and [[Work Stations]] we have at Sudo Room and learn how to incorporate them into your next project


== '''Recurring Meetups/Events''' ==
== Active Projects ==
:''For the most recently-updated list of upcoming events, see: [https://sudoroom.org/calendar/ Sudo Room Calendar] and [https://omnicommons.org/calendar/ Omni Commons Global Calendar]''
Get inspired! Here's what members are working on:
{{:Projects}}


{| class="wikitable" style=""
''Edit this list here: [[Cool Projects]]''
| '''[[HardwareHackNight]] Tuesdays
(6-11p)'''
| [[image:SudoRoom_hardware_hacknight.jpg|thumb|120px|A large animal will lead you through real life stuff, you digital wimps ;)]]
Come hack on hardware. build stuff! take apart small robotic animals, electronics & make things
|-
| '''[[Meetings|Sudoroom Party / Meetings]]
(Wednesdays 7p)'''
| Every 2nd Wednesday is the Official meeting of organization, bureaucracy and fun. All other Wednesdays are an informal [https://sudoroom.org/events/sudoroom-weekly-meeting-2016-05-25/ Party]
We keep our agenda on an [https://pad.riseup.net/ etherpad] and then [[Meetings#Meeting_Notes_Archive|archive the meeting minutes]]. We're a California non-profit. See our [[Articles of Association]].
|-
| '''[https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Javascript Javascript study group]
(Thursdays 7:00p)'''
| [[File:JavasScript Forest at SudoRoom.png|thumb|Sudoroom Javascript forest]] Learn, chat and hack on node.js, frontend, or whatever!
Oakland is [http://oaklandwiki.org/Javascript javascript city].
|-
| '''[[Mesh|Sudo Mesh]]
(Last Tuesday of the month 7:30-10p)'''
| [[image:510NetworkDishes.jpg|thumb|120px|the antenna that beamed wireless packets across Lake Merritt]]
A group [[Mesh|working]] on building a [http://peoplesopen.net/ community wireless mesh network] in the East Bay. We hack every week but Last Tuesdays are our open meetings for new folk!
|-
| '''[[Cryptoparty]]
(Third Sundays 2-5p)'''
| Learn & talk about encryption & cybersecurity. Learn how to use GPG, OTR, Tor, Tails, and other anti-surveillance technologies. (currently on hiatus but coming back soon)
|}
Categories of Wiki pages: {{Special:Categories}}

Latest revision as of 14:03, 3 October 2025


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Welcome to Sudo Room, a free hackerspace located at 4799 Shattuck in north Oakland, CA!

Our slogan is: HACK THE PLANET! Read more About Sudo Room's vision, values, mission, and code of conduct.

We use and share technology to promote social justice, sustainability, education and solidarity.

We strive to be an open, transparent, horizontal and welcoming community where all are supported and free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, work, play and more!

We are exclusively volunteer-run and supported through donations!

Get involved!

Regular Events

For the most recently-updated list of upcoming events, see: Sudo Room Calendar and Omni Commons Global Calendar
Women / NonBinary Coding nights

Mondays (7pm-9pm or even later)

The Sudo Room, a ​​creative community and hackerspace at Omni Commons, invites all Women/NB people for “Coding Owls – A WNB Coding Night”: bring your computer and a coding project and have fun! We can help each other if you have coding related questions/bugs or just keep company while hacking! and if you can't make it there physically, we have an ONLINE JITSI PORTAL

HardwareHackNight Tuesdays

(7pm-11pm or even later)

Come hack on hardware. build stuff! take apart small robotic animals, electronics & make things. This is also Fixit Clinic night. and if you can't make it there physically, we have an ONLINE JITSI PORTAL

Meetups & Parties

(Wednesdays 7:00p)

Some Wednesdays the Lefty Radio League meets here. And some other Wednesdays a CAD Learning group has been meeting at Sudo.
Darkmode

Monthly Event on Weekend Evenings

Enter the world of audio visuals, light projections and TouchDesigner workshops.

Meetings

(Sundays 7:00p)

Every other Sunday at 7PM are official meetings of organization, bureaucracy and fun. They are hybrid, remote option is here ONLINE JITSI PORTAL

We keep our agenda on an etherpad and then archive the meeting minutes. We're a California non-profit. See our Articles of Association.

Edit this list here: Recurring_Meetings

Work Stations

Check out the tools and Work Stations we have at Sudo Room and learn how to incorporate them into your next project

Active Projects

Get inspired! Here's what members are working on:


Current

  • Working Groups Our big project of 2026 is to create working groups to make things run more creatively
  • Fix-It Clinic for the right to repair, fixing all variety of old things and new things, and learning how things work!
  • Light Projector Art (April 2022, User:Romyilano)
    Projection Mapping uses everyday video projectors, but instead of projecting on a flat screen, light is mapped onto any surface, turning common objects of any 3D shape into interactive displays.
  • 3D Printing at SudoRoom (ongoing as of April 2022, multiple contributors)
    There are a set of maintained 3D printers that members use to create cool objects.

Older Projects

Edit this list here: Cool Projects

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