ODK lets you build powerful offline forms to collect the data you need wherever it is. Join the leading social impact organizations that use ODK to make the world a better place.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Ted Cruz's official presidential campaign app

• apps

• Graveyard
• Organize campaigns
• Official campaign apps

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

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Freedom of Information

Acquired by Causes. Countable was a citizen’s dashboard to democracy, combining a decoder for Washington policymaking with civic action in one place.

• apps

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Astraea’s CommsLabs is a radical global movement-building initiative that equips LGBTQI activists with the tools, skills and knowledge they need to securely organize and advocate in online spaces.

• The People
• Get funding
• Foundation initiatives

“Big data” will not change the world unless it is collected and synthesized into tools that have a public benefit.

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

Sign up to have your daily NYC protest update texted and emailed to you.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Activism aggregators

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.

• Resource matching and sharing
• COVID
• Mutual aid

The BSD Tools are designed to help you manage (and grow) inspiring, impactful digital programs - from fundraising to advocacy, communications to analytics.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

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
• Advocacy tech

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
• Learn about civic tech
• Adjacent Fields

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

Centro de Investigaciones y actividades academicas en torno a entornos digitales

• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers
• Digital literacy

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

The Oakland Fence Project is a public art experience with three primary components: an interactive documentary installation, an A/R mobile cinema app, and a participatory photo exhibit online

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Report Projects

• air quality
• radiation

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Adjacent Fields

This edited volume collects current research by academics and practitioners on playful citizen participation through digital media technologies.

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

Combating media manipulation through knowledge and action

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

As members of the tech resistance community we commit to resisting the Trump Administration’s efforts to divide, to silence, to persecute and to oppress.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Activism aggregators

CivLab is a suite of complementary projects and design-thinking that revolve around the concepts of citizenship, civics, and engagement.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Adjacent Fields

Celebrating Partnerships that Strengthen America

• youth

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Civic literacy

the project to develop the public services app

• apps

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech

How emerging technologies are applied to journalism

• The Tech
• Media
• Emerging tech

Wazimap provides useful facts about places in South Africa

• census

• Civic data
• Civic maps

One of the key factors in a Nation’s democratic success is how engaged and inclusive her Government is

• Build something
• Accelerators

Aspiration is a values-driven nonprofit technology organization

• workshops

• Nonprofit tech
• Civic and social impact companies
• Workshops

Good government in the 21st century means good technology. But often it seems too hard for new startups to get into the business of government, even though innovative public servants and entrepreneurs want to work together. That's where EthosLabs comes in.

• Civic and social impact companies

Get answers from the government and public sector

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Advocacy tech

Tunabakonzi is not an official site of the Congolese Government

• Alaveteli

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Graveyard
• Government transparency

A global measure of how governments are publishing and using open data for accountability, innovation and social impact. Last published in 2016.

• Civic data
• Report cards and audits

Interactive mapping tool for visualizing the effects of rising see levels

• Climate action

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Data visualization

Social Pinpoint provides a flexible suite of digital tools to enhance your community and stakeholder engagement.

• Participatory democracy
• Data visualization
• Digital participation platforms