Baobab.law attempts to remove barriers to legal assistance by providing DIY legal solutions in the form of videotutorials. Videos are recorded with professional lawyers, and are available in multiple languages.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

Psiphon is a free and open-source internet censorship circumvention tool that uses a combination of secure communication and obfuscation technologies, providing open access to the internet for millions of citizens around the world.

• apps
• free speech

• Adjacent Fields
• Cybersecurity
• Digital security and privacy

Creating a system that makes it easy to store, manage, and search for public records.

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Govtech vendors

We believe in a simple vision: A world where those who commit the worst international crimes are held responsible for their actions.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Inspired by the help that people give each other during hard times, we created an application that will allow anyone in need to find help in their daily duties.

• COVID
• Resource matching and sharing
• Participatory aid

SLA Mapper (SLAM) is a tool that aggregates data that community boards often have to gather in order to review liquor license applications and sidewalk cafe applications. Displaying this information in a unified view saves community boards considerable time and resources.

• Data visualization

Website builder for political candidates and campaigns

• Campaign tools
• Website builder

We are building the largest social accountability movement, empowering marginalized communities in Africa.

• The Tech
• The People
• Watchdogging and transparency

Tella is a secure documentation app for Android, making it easier and safer to produce verifiable evidence and collect data in challenging environments

• apps

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Learn about civic tech

Mulika allows users to annoymously report corruption by government officials and other crimes through SMS. Userscan report a case by sending a text message, which is forwarded to relevant officials.

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Watchdogging and transparency

A dedicated section on Facebook that connects people to news and information about their community, called Today In.

• civic features
• Facebook

• The Tech
• Media
• Hyperlocal news and citizen media

studies the impact and future of technology in Brazil and in the world

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Tenders Guru is a website that allows to monitor public procurement processes in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Procurement oversight

This article is my attempt to create and maintain a comprehensive list of projects attempting to address the misinformation and disinformation problem in a scalable, systemic fashion. Efforts which…

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs

Open Toledo focuses on civic technology and government technology, technologies that enhance civic engagement and help government run efficiently.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Centro de Investigaciones y actividades academicas en torno a entornos digitales

• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers
• Peer-reviewed research

The Brookings Democracy Dashboard is a collection of data designed to help users evaluate political system and governmental performance in the United States.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

A collection of the many projects the Prototype Fund has supported, including many civic tech and open data projects.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs

Supernormal explored an algorithm that integrates social equity as a key variable in prioritizing infrastructural replacements and repairs.

• Reduced inequalities
• Industry, innovation, and infrastructure

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Data and tools for law enforcement agencies and social science researchers; helping communities be stronger through data and dialog.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Democracy Engine offers a suite of fundraising tools to empower donors to support the organizations and issues they care about at any level, in any party, in any state.

• The People
• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

• air quality
• radiation

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Adjacent Fields

OpenMaine (formerly Code for Maine) is a local Brigade in the Code for America network.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

• The People
• Help out
• Tech translators and intermediaries

Data analytics from collection to analysis.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Fannie Mae serves the people who house America. We are a leading source of financing for mortgage lenders and our financing makes sustainable homeownership and workforce rental housing a reality for millions of Americans.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Aspiration is a values-driven nonprofit technology organization

• workshops

• Nonprofit tech
• Civic and social impact companies
• Predecessors & Pioneers

Led by Abhi Nemani, EthosLabs — a government innovation investment and advisory firm — connects entrepreneurs, governments, and investors to drive the development, adoption, and growth of world-class, public interest technologies in the communities that need them most.

• Build something
• Civic and social impact companies
• Privacy-preserving user analytics

Get answers from the government and public sector

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Advocacy tech

118 projects to help refugees, curated by betterplace lab

• refugees

• The Tech
• Civic tech catalogs

Interactive mapping tool for visualizing the effects of rising see levels

• Climate action

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Data visualization

A community of female drone pilots, enthusiasts, content creators and innovators. Fly, learn and contribute with us!

• Drones
• Emerging Tech report orgs

Strong Towns is a non-profit organization working to support a model of development that allows America's cities, towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

Founded in 2001 by technology experts, DotGov communications is the leading supplier of innovative communications solutions to government.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

An open source directory of data standards across categories like Annual Budget, Building Permits, Crime Statistics, Election Results, Expenditure, Public Facilities, Real-Time Transit, Road Construction, Service Requests, and Zoning.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

Somos o Meu Rio, uma rede de ação por um Rio de Janeiro mais democrático, inclusivo e sustentável.Junte-se às mais de 300 mil pessoas que recebem nossos alertas e participam das decisões políticasque definem o futuro da cidade.

• Organize campaigns

The online registration system is a provincial government web platform where parents can apply for learners' school placement for the following year

• Quality education

Citizens Monitor. Everyone wins. We empower citizens to demand integrity from the institutions they rely on.

• The Tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech

Global Forest Watch collects crowdsourced, geographic data to track environmental degradation around the world.

• Life on land
• forests

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

VFRAME is a computer vision toolkit for human rights researchers

• human rights

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Adjacent Fields

Protecting democratic elections through secure, verifiable voting

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

More Donations. Less Work. Right Now.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• The People

Transitioning Ireland to a society based on sustainable practices will require behavioural insights to influence change.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Behavioral economics programs

How can technology make people in the world safer?

• Google

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

Inter-American Development Bank's repository for open-source software

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs

Harnessing the power of data science in the service of humanity.

• The People
• Data science for social good
• Help out

Ekō is 22,823,008 people stopping big corporations from behaving badly.

• Campaign organizations

CDS hires top technologists from diverse backgrounds into term-limited tours of civic service, bringing their expertise to help improve the services that millions of Coloradans use.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• The People