Adjacent Fields
Although not always explicitly civic tech, these categories are directly adjacent, like tech for other shared, public challenges, or foundational layers that must be present for civic tech to succeed in its goals.
Spot
for reporting workplace harassment
Netfreedom Pioneers
We are a technology nonprofit developing innovative anti-censorship tools and sending life-changing information anywhere the Internet doesn’t reach.
The Internet of Ownership
The Internet of Ownership is a resource for the emerging online democratic economy.
Queensland Law Handbook
Queensland Law Handbook is a comprehensive and accessible resource designed to help Queensland residents withtheir legal problems.
Civic Data Privacy Leaders Network
A collaborative that will provide an active, authoritative resource for municipal leaders to navigate emerging privacy issues, share practical guidance, and promote fair and transparent data practices
yAvo
yAvo is a free legal advice service where users can post legal or law related queries on the platform, which are thenanswered by lawyers and legal professionals registered on the site.
The Nigerian Lawblog
The Nigerian Law blog publishes blogposts to educate users on legal issues. It also engages users through social media by publishing information about laws and citizens’ rights.
Surveillance Self-Defense
The Surveillance Self-Defense guide from the Electronic Frontier Foundation provides expert tips, tools, and how-to's for safer online communications and protecting against online spying
David E. Glover Center for Technology
Technology and Design programming for the people of East Oakland and beyond
MetaSUB
Metagenomics & Metadesign of Subways & Urban Biomes
EveryoneOn
Find low-cost internet and affordable computers in your area.
TNCS Today San Francisco
Data map of Uber and Lyft in San Francisco
Gender and Technology Institutes
In partnerships with local and international organisations, each GTI has further developed specific facilitation methodologies and training contents addressing the risks, attacks and contexts faced by...
Women in Red
Project to create articles about notable women that do not currently exist on Wikipedia
Code for Australia School Finder
School Finder is an online tool for parents or guardians to find the right school for their kids.
Berkeley Institute for Free Speech Online
We provide software that ensures free speech online
Bot Populi
Bot Populi is an alternative media platform dedicated to looking at all things digital from a social justice and Global South perspective. It was founded in 2018 by seven global, digital justice organ...
Racial Equity Tools
Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity.
Defend Our Movements
Defend Our Movements is a web based clearinghouse of the most up-to-date and useful information about protecting your devices and data—whether on the Internet, through cell phone communications, or in...
Tor Project
Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
CIRCLE
CIRCLE is a non-partisan, independent research organization focused on youth civic engagement in the United States.
Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Response
Wish you had a better way to make sense of Twitter during disasters than this? Type in a keyword like #ChileEarthquake in Twitter's search box above and you'll see more tweets than you can possibly re...
eBird
eBird transforms your bird sightings into science and conservation. Plan trips, find birds, track your lists, explore range maps and bird migration—all free.
Legal Chat
Legal Services Commission of South Australia’s Legal Chat service provides live chat support during working hours.
Oyez
It aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955.
LawzGrid
LawzGrid allows individuals and businesses to seek legal information, find a lawyer and create online legaldocuments based on their requirements.
Intra
Intra is an Android app that protects against DNS manipulation, making it easy to access blocked websites and apps and get safer access to the internet.
Open Hub
Tech Community Incubator in Hudson Valley
Project Galileo
If you are an organization working in the arts, human rights, civil society, journalism, or democracy, you can apply for Project Galileo to get Cloudflare’s cybersecurity protection
SecureDrop
SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources.
Law Padi
LawPadi started as an online legal advice system to provide information and resources to people in Nigeria.
Tanzania Data Lab dlab
Promoting innovation and data literacy through a premier center of excellence
NetHope
NetHope is a collaboration of leading international NGOs serving tens of millions each year in 180+ countries.
Copernicus
The European Union Earth Observation Programme
European Digital Rights (EDRi)
European Digital Rights (EDRi) is an association of civil and human rights organisations from across Europe. We defend rights and freedoms in the digital environment.
Code for Australia Foresight
Foresight is a platform that layers complex datasets into one single source of truth.
Community Lab at Open Tech Fund
The Community Lab provides services that empower the community to become stronger and vibrant by focusing on cultivating deeper trust relationships, improving knowledge share and collaboration, and su...
Arizona Eviction Help
Arizona Eviction Help makes it easier for tenants to learn about eviction hearings, identify potential defenses to use and create court documents to use.
Lexassisto
Lexassisto is an interactive online resource that attempts to make the law and information about legal processesmore accesible to people.
The Project on Governing the Digital Public Sphere
To support the Yale Information Society Project’s work on how law should regulate and social media companies should govern the digital public sphere
Digital Stewards Detroit
This training prepares teams of community organizers, people with construction skills, and techies to design and deploy communications infrastructure with a commitment to the Detroit Digital Justice P...
Baobab Law
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...
Psiphon
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 million...
Tella
Tella is a secure documentation app for Android, making it easier and safer to produce verifiable evidence and collect data in challenging environments
The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto
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...
Mulika
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.
Safecast
Vframe
VFRAME is a computer vision toolkit for human rights researchers
ElectionGuard
Protecting democratic elections through secure, verifiable voting
Jigsaw
How can technology make people in the world safer?