Laid-off engineers launch OccupySaaS: AI-built open-source drop-in replacements for the SaaS that fired them
evilsocket · x · 2026-11-15
Security researcher evilsocket highlighted OccupySaaS, a self-described "protest movement written in code": laid-off engineers use AI plus public documentation to build clean-room, open-source, drop-in replacements for the SaaS platforms they once worked on.
Key points:
- Method: no leaks, decompilation, or copied code — everything is rebuilt from public API references and open standards (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, REST), with AI doing the heavy build work behind a strict firewall and compatibility proven against vendors' public SDKs.
- Grievances: per-seat pricing as a "tax on growth", proprietary API lock-in, export walls and surprise price hikes; slogan: "They cut us. We commit."
- Apache-2.0 licensed, first release is ZeroAuthy v1.0.0-rc.1, with community infrastructure (Discord, GitHub, a fund) already in place.
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