Tech for public challenges
There's a rich ecosystem of related and overlapping fields with civic tech, including those that predate civic tech. People define the field with broader or more narrow scopes in mind, so here we track related work areas.
Blueprint on Prosocial Tech Design Governance
This Blueprint on Prosocial Tech Design Governance lays out actionable recommendations for governments, civil society, researchers, and industry to design digital platforms that reduce harm and increa...
AgriStack
Agri Stack is the digital foundation being set up by the government to make it easier to bring various stakeholders together to improve agriculture in India and enable better outcomes and results for...
Delete Nothing
Delete Nothing aims to document technology-related gender-based violence in Sri Lanka, particularly but not limited to the experiences of girls, women, and queer and trans people in Sri Lanka.
OpenPV
Currently a solar potential look-up tool for the German state of Bavaria. "We support the roll-out of more photovoltaic roof systems."
FOROS
Foros is a forest management and investment platform.
Teplitsa Social Technologies
Некоммерческий образовательный проект для гражданских активистов и IT-специалистов
Callisto Vault
A suite of tools designed to help survivors navigate barriers and define their own pathways toward healing and justice. Within Callisto Vault, survivors can access two tools: the Matching System and E...
Preptrack
Volunteer part-time, full async and remote to contribute to Preptrack, the app that supports PrEP users. PrEP is a medicine that eliminates the risk of HIV when taken correctly.
Technosylva
A suite of tools for wildfire response and planning
Hukoomi
Hukoomi is an e-governance application which provides access to a broad range of information, including legal information for business, and information about visa and immigration procesess.
JusticeTrans
JusticeTrans offers legal information about transgender rights across Canada.
Legal Robot
Legal tech startup using Artificial Intelligence to make Legal Documents less painful & improve Access to Justice.
Up & Go
Home cleaning in NYC you can feel great about
Wonder.Legal
Wonder.Legal provides users with a guided process to create legal documents for personal and business purposes.
Wukla
Wukla is an online platform where users can create agreements and legal documents, and have these delivered to their house.
Law Strive
Law Strive is a website through which individuals and businesses can get instant legal advice, and hire lawyers.
LawyerLinx
LawyerLinx is a legal marketplace where individuals and businesses can find lawyers on demand.
Barefoot Law
Barefoot Law offers free legal information and assistance to people through social media, SMS, Skype calls, andcommunity engagement.
Attorned
Attorned is a platform that links clients to lawyers through a bidding system. It increases access to justice by presenting a large pool of lawyers from multiple sectors.
Project Callisto
Project Callisto helps survivors of sexual assault and harassment on college campuses document sexual assault, seek counseling, and start an investigation.
Virtual Lawyer
Virtual Lawyer is a web-based platform where individuals can find legal assistance from a pool of virtual lawyers, based on their requirements.
The Layman's Lawyer
On the Layman’s Lawyer, individuals and businesses can offer or request services related to online documentcreation.
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) (HOTOSM)
HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.
Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools
We propose an effort to develop a “Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools”. This will be delivered by an informal group of like-minded organizations coming together around a common purpose.
New Story
We pioneer solutions to end global homelessness.
Data Cívica
Más datos para más personas. Usamos datos, desarrollamos tecnología y capacitamos para construir ciudadanía y organizaciones más fuertes.
M-Haki
M-Haki allows users to send SMS messages with legal questions, which the organisation’s lawyers and volunteerlawyers answer for a small fee.
The Open Law Platform
The Open Law Platform empowers you to focus on high-value tasks, auto-updates the legal code as laws become effective, and improves how you connect with citizens.
Uliza Wakili LLP
Uliza Wakili LLP aims to provide low-cost alternative dispute resolution and legal advice to SMEs and startups.
Amicable
Amicable is a divorce app which helps couples close an amicable agreement. The chatbot, Alex, provides instant and real time support to users.
Laudelina
Laudelina is a mobile application, aimed to empower domestic workers. It has an accessible guide to labour rights, abenefits calculator, a list of protection agencies, and an option to create a social...
Law for Me
LawforMe attempts to make the law and legal processes accessible to all citizens by simplifying Indian laws throughthe use of design and technology.
Carbon Tracker
Realize an Emissions Free World by 2040
Code for Australia Online Pleas
Over 60 percent of people that go to court for a minor offence are planning to and plead guilty. The tool enables guilty pleas to be lodged online prior to the scheduled court date for non-complex min...
PatternBuilder (formerly Community Lawyer, AfterPattern)
The Afterpattern app builder is now PatternBuilder, a capability within NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud-based content management platform where legal professionals do work.
Nonprofit Tech Conference (NTC)
The Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is the can’t-miss technology event for the nonprofit sector.
Gravyty Stewardship
The first-ever AI solution for thanking and cultivating donors.
Uitelkaar
Uitelkaar helps couples organise their separation or divorce procedure online. The website offers step-by-step consultation and complete guidance at a fixed price.
Movilizatorio
Somos un laboratorio de participación ciudadana e innovación social en Colombia incubado por Purpose. Citizen participation and social innovation lab for Colombia and Latin America.
Grantnav
Search, explore and download UK grant data from funders publishing open data to the 360Giving Standard.
Citizen Science: Innovation in Open Science, Society and Policy
If you are a professional researcher who wants to learn more about how to get started with designing your citizen science project, this is a good place to start
Tele Law
Tele Law facilitates the delivery of legal aid to marginalized communities, by connecting individuals with lawyersthrough volunteer-run service centres.
Legal Health Check-up
Halton Community Legal Services uses a guided process to help people who are living in poverty identify their legal problems and find a solution.
Humanity Road
Humanity Road is a disaster response 501c3 charity specializing in sourcing critical information and resources when disaster strikes.
Pakistani Lawyer
Pakistani Lawyer is web-based platform that provides contact details of lawyers, as well as resources to educate students and non-lawyers about Pakistani law.
ClickLaw
ClickLaw provides legal information and a map of legal support services in British Columbia.
Immi
Immi helps immigrants understand their rights and options during the immigration process. The website’s guided process helps users determine their path to legal immigration, and offers a list of organ...
Steps to Justice
Steps to Justice provides users with step-by-step legal information, practical tools, and referral information for legal and social services across Ontario.
HeLawyer
HeLawyer provides legal information and access to lawyers through an Android application, SMS, phone call and Whatsapp.
Google Person Finder
Google Person Finder helps people reconnect with friends and loved ones in the aftermath of natural and humanitarian disasters.