A curated list of open source projects, platforms, communities, and tools advancing civic engagement and public service through technology.
Civic Tech is the use of technology to empower citizens, improve government services, promote transparency, and enable more open and participatory governance.
- General Resources
- Civic Tech Platforms
- Civic Apps & Tools
- Open Government & Transparency
- Digital Democracy & Participation
- Data Sources & APIs
- Communities & Organizations
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- Civic Tech Field Guide – A global resource library documenting thousands of civic tech tools, case studies, and organizations.
- Code for All – An international network of civic tech organizations sharing knowledge and practices.
- mySociety Research – Studies and insights into civic technology and digital democracy.
- FixMyStreet – A platform for reporting local problems like potholes or streetlight outages to municipal authorities.
- Open311 – An open standard for civic issue tracking and reporting.
- Decidim – A digital infrastructure for participatory democracy, used by cities around the world.
- Consul – Open source platform for citizen participation in democratic processes.
- Pol.is – A real-time system for gathering, analyzing, and understanding what large groups of people think in their own words.
- SeeClickFix – Allows residents to report non-emergency issues directly to local governments.
- Public Input – Tools for online civic engagement and public consultation.
- Commonplace – A platform for community consultation on urban planning and development.
- Your Priorities – A participatory platform for crowdsourcing ideas and discussions from citizens.
- OpenGov Foundation – Builds tools to help governments become more open, responsive, and accountable.
- Open States – Track state-level legislation and lawmakers in the U.S.
- Sunlight Foundation (archived) – Resources for increasing government transparency and accountability.
- TheyWorkForYou – Tracks and explains what UK MPs do in Parliament.
- DemocracyOS – A platform for discussing and voting on proposals to promote participatory democracy.
- Loomio – A decision-making platform for organizations and communities.
- vTaiwan – A digital democracy initiative in Taiwan to bring open consultation to public policymaking.
- Data.gov – The U.S. government’s open data portal with datasets across sectors.
- Open Corporates – The largest open database of companies in the world.
- Civic Information API (Google) – Provides information on polling places, political representatives, and more.
- EveryPolitician – Open data on national politicians from every country.
- Code for America – A nonprofit building digital services and improving government tech in the U.S.
- mySociety – UK-based organization building civic tech tools for citizen engagement and transparency.
- Open Knowledge Foundation – Promotes open knowledge, open data, and civic technology initiatives worldwide.
- Civic Hall – A collaborative space and organization for civic tech innovators and organizations.
- Awesome Open Governance – Projects, platforms, and APIs for transparency, civic tech, and global governance.
- Awesome Political Science – Resources for political theory, public policy, and governance.
- Awesome Human Rights – Tools and platforms supporting justice, equality, and civil liberties.
- Awesome Open Data – Curated open datasets and data access tools.
- Awesome Journalism – Investigative, data, and digital journalism resources.
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