General purpose open source tools
Tools and services that are open source but not specifically designed for civic purposes.
Suggested resource:
- Awesome-Selfhosted - A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers
See also:
- All open source tools in the Civic Tech Field Guide
- Open source supply chain
- Open source networks
- Open source AI
- Open Source Program Offices (within governments)
Mattermost
Slack alternative - "The secure collaboration hub for technical teams"
Wikipedia Pageviews Analysis
A free, open source tool that displays open analytics for Wikipedia pages
Postcode => Westminster constituency converter
Enter a UK postcode and this tool returns the constituency it belongs to
PasteCal
Shareable, no-login calendar
Wiki Table to CSV converter
Free tool that takes a Wikipedia URL and extracts data to CSV
Baserow
Open source no-code database and Airtable alternative
Odoo
Odoo is a suite of open source business apps that cover all your company needs: CRM, eCommerce, accounting, inventory, point of sale, project management, etc.
meet.coop
We provide online meeting and conferencing tools, powered by renewable energy, running on cooperatively owned infrastructure.
Penpot
Penpot is the Open-Source Design & Prototyping Tool for Product Teams (Figma alternative)
etke.cc
The only FOSS-based service offering Matrix chat server hosting
Cloud68.co
Reliable open source digital infrastructure!
Social Scraper
Social Media Scraper is a tool helping journalists and watchdogs to keep politicians accountable for the statements they make in social media.
CiviCRM
CiviCRM is an open source CRM built by a community of contributors and supporters, and coordinated by the Core Team