About us
Coding for Change is a Munich student initiative. We pair ambitious students with non-profit organisations and ship them real, production software — in a single semester, at no cost.
NGOs run on tight budgets and even tighter time. The tools they need — to schedule volunteers, track impact, bill hours, reach the people they serve — are usually out of financial reach, so the work happens in spreadsheets and on paper.
We think that is a waste of two things at once: the potential of the organisation, and the talent of students who want to build something that matters. So we bring them together. Students from TUM and LMU — engineers, product and consulting minds, designers, organisers — form a team around one partner and one real problem.
Every project is scoped to ship in a semester, handed off with documentation and support, and owned by the partner afterwards. No lock-in, no invoice. Just software that keeps working after we leave.
How it works
From first conversation to finished software in a single semester — here is the path every project follows.
No toy projects. Everything we build goes into production and gets used by real people.
We ship things we are proud to put our names on — documented, maintainable, handed over cleanly.
Great software needs more than engineers. Product, design, comms and operations shape every project.
Success is measured by what changes for our partner and the people they serve — not by lines of code.
Whether you are a student who wants to ship real code or a nonprofit with a problem worth solving — let us talk.