The independent guide to shared workspaces across Texas — Austin first. A human-checked directory of coworking spaces, plus how-to guides and the story of the city's creator scene since 2003.
Start here. A curated, human-checked rundown of where Austin actually works — downtown towers, neighborhood spaces, and creative studios. No pay-to-play rankings.
Guides, history, and the people behind Austin's workspace culture.
The practical playbook — location, layout, membership models, and the economics of opening a shared workspace.
Read the guide →Coworking vs. the home office, and field notes on Austin's flexible-work scene from people who actually work here.
Read the blog →Founder of Capital Factory and the heart of Austin's startup scene. A tribute to a builder who shaped this network.
Read the tribute →Online since 2003, covering Austin's creators and workspaces. Who we are and why we keep this directory.
About us →Tools, links, and references for anyone choosing a workspace or building a creative business in Austin.
Browse resources →Common questions about coworking in Austin and Texas — costs, day passes, neighborhoods, and getting started.
Read the FAQ →Joshua Baer — founder of Capital Factory and the heart of Austin's startup scene — has died in a plane crash near Laredo. Over a lunch at the Driskill on Sixth Street years ago, Josh was expanding Capital Factory while I was conceiving TexasCoworking.com; and the principles he later shared from the Capital Factory stage are built into this entire network. We owe him more than we can say.
Read the Joshua Baer tribute →Not just a great city to live in — one of the best in America to build from.
Tesla, Apple, Google, Meta, Oracle, Samsung. Silicon Hills gives founders and writers an endless stream of stories — and the startup scene is alive and funded.
More live-music venues per capita than anywhere. After-work culture here is built around shows, not just screens.
The world's biggest convergence of tech, film, and music. Every March the global creator community descends on Austin.
Barton Springs, Lady Bird Lake, the Greenbelt, Hill Country. A walk or a swim is never far from your desk.
BBQ, breakfast tacos, food trucks, craft beer, serious coffee. The lunch break is a feature, not an afterthought.
Texas has no state income tax — a real advantage for anyone running a business or freelancing from a desk here.
We've watched the work-from-Austin story unfold since the blogging era.
Early adopters on Blogger and LiveJournal. A local creator community emerges alongside the national blogging boom.
Paul Walhus (@springnet) becomes one of Twitter's first known voices — profiled by BuzzFeed, Slate, and the NYT.
This site goes live as WordPress matures. Austin's workspace-and-creator hub is born.
Link Coworking, Createscape, Capital Factory and dozens more open. Shared workspace becomes how Austin works.
Remote and hybrid reshape demand. Day passes, hot desks, and neighborhood spaces become the norm.
This site is now built to be read and used by AI agents, not just people — following the principles Joshua Baer shared from the Capital Factory stage.
200+ builders packed the Community Meetup in Austin — Joshua Baer presented Agents First. This site is now built to be read and used by AI agents, not just humans. Read the tribute & full talk recap →
