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The Civic Tech Graveyard is where we where you can visit, celebrate, and pay your respects to the projects that are no longer with us. This collection was gathered for the purposes of original research by Micah Sifry and Matt Stempeck and continues to be updated with new entrants. One of the main objectives of the Civic Tech Field Guide is to help the field’s builders and funders learn what didn’t work, so they can make and fund things that do. Which makes this page one of the most important on this site. Learn more on our civic tech graveyard research page.

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Shuvayatra

Shuvayatra

South Asia

To help make the process of labour migration safer and more secure, Shuvayatra is a free mobile app that is placing the combined knowledge of experts, advocates, and the global Nepali diaspora in the hands of migrant workers. Source It is a joint project from The Asia Foundation, the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), and YoungInnovations.

CultureLabs

CultureLabs

European Union (EU)

The CultureLabs platform aims to systematise and spread knowledge about participatory projects in the field of cultural heritage and beyond. Through its functionalities and the variety of content it provides, it aspires to become a single point of reference for those who wish to organize participatory projects by taking advantage of digital technologies through a human rights lens. Among others, it addresses refugees in Europe through its various initiatives.

Refugermany

Refugermany

European Union (EU)

An app that aims to provide asylum seekers in Germany information on asylum procedures, transportation, employment, and so on. It is designed as a welcome guide that can be easily updated as compared to a physical pamphlet.

Hababy

Hababy

European Union (EU)

Hababy is a web app for prenatal, and postnatal care for refugee women.

InfoAid

InfoAid

European Union (EU)

An app developed by a team of activists from Hungary to help refugees arriving in Europe to seek urgent assistance through up-to-date information in the app.

Refugee Open Ware (ROW3D)

Refugee Open Ware (ROW3D)

Middle East and North Africa

ROW3D is a consortium of different partners including technologists, aid workers, entrepreneurs and medics focusing on humanitarian innovation - primarily equipping refugees with skills to use digital fabrication techniques to manufacture essential supplies.

EUMigraTool (EMT)

EUMigraTool (EMT)

European Union (EU)

The EMT is created with the purpose of designing models to predict migration in the EU and to develop a trustworthy tool that can exclusively be used by municipalities and civil society organisations. The tool is also beneficial in providing policy recommendations for receiving migration flows in the EU in accordance with human rights and for optimising integration of refugees in host countries.

Fakespot

Fakespot

Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA

Use AI to detect fake reviews and scams

Covid.gov

Covid.gov

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

The official US government website about COVID-19 pandemic information, now a Lab Leak argument

COLDIGIT Collective Intelligence Tools repository

contains more than 70 tools and 50 cases exemplifying the use of tools

The Houston Landing

"The Landing might have begun as one of the best-funded nonprofit newsrooms in the country. It now appears to be a cautionary tale about the risks of relying on a few big funders and of disagreements about mission and strategy undermining a newsroom." - Sophie Culpepper, NiemanLab

Meta Third-Party Fact-Checking Partnership

Meta Third-Party Fact-Checking Partnership

Facebook, Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA, USA

The company previously worked with 3rd party fact-checking organizations to fight disinformation on their platforms. They killed the program at the beginning of the 2025 Trump administration. It's still operating outside of the USA (for now).

FiveThirtyEight Politics

FiveThirtyEight Politics

United States of America (the)

Nate Silver's data-driven polling, sports, and election coverage

Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool

Census tracts that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution are highlighted as being disadvantaged on the map. Shut down by the Trump Administration in 2025.

ReproductiveRights.gov

An official website of the Department of Health and Human Services, shut down by the Trump Administration in 2025

UK Politics plugin for ChatGPT

UK Politics plugin for ChatGPT

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Enabled search through UK political documents such as speeches, press releases, voting records, and candidates' profiles, providing comprehensive insights into the political landscape.

aidsmap

aidsmap

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

We provide independent, accurate & accessible information about HIV.

The UK's National Programme for IT

The UK's National Programme for IT

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

[A]n ambitious programme launched in 2002 with an initial budget of some £6.2 billion. It attempted to implement a top-down digitization of healthcare in England's National Health Service (NHS)

Directgov

Directgov

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

"Directgov was the British government's digital service portal which from 2004 provided a single point of access to public sector information and services." - Wikipedia

Global Engagement Center

Mission: To direct, lead, synchronize, integrate, and coordinate U.S. Federal Government efforts to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the United States, its allies, and partner nations.

Gender Avenger

Gender Avenger

Marin County

Gender Avenger highlighted gender imbalance and advocates for equal representation of women in the public realm through three proprietary channels: The GA Tally App, GA Action Alerts, and GA Stamp of Approval

US Open Government Federal Advisory Committee

US Open Government Federal Advisory Committee

GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

They will play a critical role in the collaboration of the U.S. National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP 6) and support for broader open government initiatives. 

Opening Parliament

OpeningParliament.org provides a forum for international collaboration on efforts to improve access to parliamentary information and share experiences and good practices among PMOs.

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