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titleHow can I join the Open Charging Network?

The technical access to the network is provided by the so-called OCN Node Operator which automatically connects a party with any other party or service on the network. Because of the decentralized architecture and operation as well as the open source character of the software, anyone can become an OCN Node Operator and thereby creating this technical access point.

Learn more about how to get started here.

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titleWhere can I get help in using the Open Charging Network technology?

There is a big community of developers, contributors and users active on our Slack Channel. Do not hesitate to send us an email to partners@shareandcharge.com to get an invite. Additionally you can also post your question on Stackoverflow using the tag shareandcharge.

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titleWhat are the costs to use the Open Charging Network?

The Open Charging Network is an open source community project. All software components to participate are developed and provided under the Apache 2.0 license and are free-to-use. There is no fee for using the network in test or production. Anyone can set up an OCN Node as their own technical access point and become part of the decentralized operation of the Network. If you don’t run your own OCN Node there might be a service fee charged by your OCN Node Operator for making the connection to the network.

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