JoinGrove

Global South Overview

Source: docs/global-south/overview.md
Generated: 01/09/2026

JoinGrove is built for developers where cost, connectivity, and access matter — Africa, India, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.

Key Concepts

  • What: Global South features include PPP pricing, mobile money, African locales, adaptive performance, offline tutorials, ambassadors, and transparent telemetry.
  • Why: Cloud-only IDEs fail on expensive data, weak hardware, and limited payment rails — JoinGrove defaults to offline-first with local pricing.
  • Related: PPP pricing (pricing.md), ambassadors (ambassadors.md), performance (performance.md).

API / Reference

Feature Command / path
Global South hub joingrove.globalSouthHub
PPP pricing joingrove.showPricing
Mobile money joingrove.showPaymentProviders
Offline tutorials joingrove.openTutorials
Ambassadors joingrove.showAmbassadors
Governance joingrove.openGovernance
Telemetry dashboard joingrove.openTelemetryDashboard
PWA install joingrove.installPwa
Config product.json → joingroveGlobalSouth

PPP tiers (summary)

Tier PPP price (NG/KE/GH/SN) Highlights
Individual Free Full IDE, Ollama, stack templates
Team ~$2/mo SSO, shared sessions, cloud sync
Campus ~$10/mo Self-hosted REH, Docker, tutorials

Setup & Installation

  1. Command Palette → Open Global South Hub… (joingrove.globalSouthHub).
  2. Explore PPP pricing, mobile money, tutorials, and governance cards.
  3. Run npm run verify-global-south after changing Global South productization.
  4. Share tutorial packs offline → joingrove.openTutorial → share-whatsapp.

Code Examples

Verify Global South config:

npm run verify-global-south

Full offline distribution bundle:

npm run install-offline-bundle

Start billing stub:

npm run billing-server

Next: Open ambassadors.md and performance.md for community and hardware profiles.

How It Connects

  • README Global South: README.md
  • Pricing reference: pricing.md
  • Locales reference: locales.md
  • Tutorial index: resources/global-south/tutorials/index.json
  • In-app command: joingrove.globalSouthHub