San Francisco · Where builders live
SF hacker houses, mapped
Where the city's founders and engineers actually live: communal houses, founder hotels and invite-only mansions. Every entry checked against its official site.
By Koki · November 2026
Apply to live there
The classic hacker houses: you apply, residents or a program team pick who gets a room, and the house becomes your network.
Mission Control
San Francisco's oldest hacker house: a community-run commune where residents vote on who moves in. Founders, engineers and builders, mostly long-term stays.
Apply · Alamo SquareHF0 (Hacker Fellowship Zero)
A 12-week live-in residency for repeat and highly technical founders, based in the Archbishop's Mansion. Housing, meals and day-to-day operations are covered during the batch.
Apply · Pacific Heights / MissionThe Residency
Three-month cohorts for deep-tech founders and researchers across several SF mansions: housing, a private chef, coaching and a demo day. The founder track carries a $120K SAFE option.
Apply · Russian Hill908 Coliving
One 16-resident house at 908 Broadway for entrepreneurs, inventors and artists. Furnished rooms, month-to-month terms, breakfast included, and residents are screened by application.
Apply · Lower HaightFormosa Founders House
A house where Taiwanese founders live and build together, plugged into a network of YC and 500 Global backed housemates. Hot pot dinners are part of the culture.
Apply · Mission District20mish (20mission)
A 40-bedroom coliving house running since 2012, started as the city's first crypto hacker house. Private rooms around $1,625 a month, utilities and cleaning included.
Apply · Mid-Market / Alamo SquareAccelr8
A founder-run residency operating hacker hotels (1412 on Market, Epik on Polk) plus an Alamo Square mansion, for pre-seed and seed founders staying 30 days or more.
Apply · SoMaHive Coliving
A tech-focused founder house at 1040 Folsom: around 50 furnished rooms, a coworking area, month-to-month or four-month leases. Its alumni include the Replit team.
Just book a bed
No selection process: founder hotels and coliving you can reserve like a hotel, by the night or the month.
Foundry
Four San Francisco houses you can simply book: furnished private rooms from $2,290 a month, all-inclusive, one-month minimum. Weekly community and investor dinners, quarterly demo days.
Book · Nob HillSuperhero Hotel
A 110-room founder hotel at 825 Sutter Street, run by the Frontier Tower team. Book nightly or monthly; the monthly track runs workouts, pitch nights, game nights and hackathons.
Just outside the city
Two names every SF house hunter runs into, both a short drive south.
HackerHome
Budget coliving houses across Sunnyvale, Mountain View and more of Silicon Valley, bookable on its site or on Airbnb. Family dinners and pitch events; a first landing pad for newcomers and interns.
Invite-only · HillsboroughAGI House
A mansion community, fellowship and venture fund for AI founders and researchers. Access is merit-based; it is known for salon talks and hackathons run with major AI labs.