Commons

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.'
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-02'
  method: derived
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'