The Tech

The Tech

A product directory of thousands of civic tech products and services, organized by their functions in democracies.

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Facebook Local Alerts
facebook.com/gpa/blog/expanding-local-alerts

Facebook Local Alerts

Allows local governments to notify residents with important information

Menlo Park, California
since 2019
Communicating with the people, Govtech, Service alerts
civic features, Facebook
Argentina's Estándares de Servicios Digitales
github.com/argob/estandares

Argentina's Estándares de Servicios Digitales

Formas de trabajar de la Dirección Nacional de Servicios Digitales de la República Argentina.

Argentina 🇦🇷
since 2015
Govtech, The Tech, Digital standards
Democracy Club (UK)
democracyclub.org.uk

Democracy Club (UK)

Democracy needs an upgrade

Stroud, UK
since 2009
Civic data, Civic hacking meetups, Crowdsourcing
OurSay
web.archive.org/web/20210609174744/https://home.oursay.org

OurSay

Intelligence driving public sector performance

Australia 🇦🇺
since 2010
Civic forums, Communicating with the people, Engagement tech
Microsoft AI for Earth
microsoft.com/en-us/aiforearth

Microsoft AI for Earth

Supporting sustainability decision-making with the power of the cloud

Redmond, WA
since 2017
Artificial Intelligence, The Tech, Environmental data
Microsoft
Data Smart Solution Search
datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/civic-analytics-network/solutions-search

Data Smart Solution Search

This searchable database indexes visual and geospatial solutions to critical urban problems.

since 2013
Civic tech catalogs, The Tech
Turn.io
turn.io

Turn.io

Change the face of social impact engagement globally

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦
Chat and messaging, Emerging tech, The Tech
maternal health, WhatsApp, Good health and well-being
Vot Diaspora
votdiaspora.ro

Vot Diaspora

Vot Diaspora este o platformă dezvoltată de Code for Romania care oferă rapid românilor din Diaspora informații despre cum pot vota la alegerile din anul 2024.

Romania 🇷🇴
since 2018
Engagement tech, The Tech, Voting and elections
diaspora
Manahatta
petlab.parsons.edu/newWeb/index.php?content=none&project=manahatta

Manahatta

Mannahatta: The Game is a location-based game for the iPhone that maps Manhattan's historical ecosystem onto its modern day streets

since 2009
Games and gamification, Media, The Tech
Beautiful Rising
beautifulrising.org

Beautiful Rising

A toolkit of social movement resources by and for global changemakers

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2014
Advocacy tech, Organize campaigns, The Tech
guides, toolkits
Are we in Lockdown dot com
areweinlockdown.com

Are we in Lockdown dot com

Website that shows country-by-country coronavirus social distancing responses

Communicating with the people, COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
COVID-19, health, Good health and well-being
Project Shield
projectshield.withgoogle.com/public

Project Shield

Project Shield uses Google’s infrastructure to protect independent news sites from distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), a type of digital attack that exploits thousands or even millions of co...

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Adjacent Fields, Digital security and privacy, Media
Google
Legislation.gov.uk
legislation.gov.uk

Legislation.gov.uk

The official home of UK legislation, revised and as enacted 1267-present.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2008
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Engagement tech, Open data publishing portals
United Kingdom (government)
Interoperable Europe
joinup.ec.europa.eu

Interoperable Europe

Share and reuse Interoperability solutions for public administrations, businesses and citizens

European Commission, Rue Philippe Le Bon, Brussels, Belgium
Civic tech catalogs, Govtech, Learn about civic tech
ClearForms
citygrows.com

ClearForms

Fast, affordable, online permitting for governments

Maynard, MA
since 2019
Bureaucracy tech, Govtech, Social impact design firms
Vital Communities – VT and NH
vitalcommunities.org/community-discussion-lists

Vital Communities – VT and NH

Visit the post for more.

since 1993
Engagement tech, Neighborhood forums, Online forums
Constitute Project
constituteproject.org

Constitute Project

Constitute offers access to the world’s constitutions so that users can systematically compare them across a broad set of topics — using an inviting, clean interface.

Texas
Adjacent Fields, Civic data, Civic literacy
APIs
RNW Media
rnw.org

RNW Media

RNW Media supports local media and impact organizations to master persuasive storytelling techniques and creative formats to create strong narratives on the world’s most pressing issues.

RNW Media, Witte Kruislaan, Hilversum, Netherlands
Media, Narrative tech, The People
Protect the Vote
protectthevote.net

Protect the Vote

Protect the Vote is a national coalition of nonpartisan organizations focused on making sure everyone can vote. They have great volunteer opportunities across the country.

Common Cause, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
Election observation, Engagement tech, Help out
US Election 2020
Syrian Archive
syrianarchive.org

Syrian Archive

Syrian Archive is a open source platform that collects, curates, verifies, and preserves visual documentation of human rights violations in Syria

Syria (Syrian Arab Republic, Suriyah) 🇸🇾
since 2014
Archives, Civic data, The Tech
human rights
Datahub
datahub.io

Datahub

Find, Share and Publish Quality Data Online. The fastest way for individuals, teams and organizations to publish, deploy and share their data.

since 2017
Civic data, The Tech, Data visualization
OECD Open Government Unit
oecd.org/gov/open-government.htm

OECD Open Government Unit

Better policies for better lives

Paris
Advocacy tech, Govtech, Procurement
CallPower
callpower.org

CallPower

Connecting people to power with their phones

since 2015
Advocacy tech, Phone banking tools, Communicating with the government
Participedia
participedia.net

Participedia

Anyone can join the Participedia community and help crowdsource, catalogue and compare participatory political processes around the world.

Vancouver
since 2009
Archives, Civic data, Civic tech catalogs
The Center for Election Science
electology.org/election-tools

The Center for Election Science

We hope these tools help you out in running your next election

since 2011
Engagement tech, The Tech, Voting and elections
Desafios SP
web.archive.org/web/20200927125002/http://desafios.sanpedro.gob.mx

Desafios SP

Municipal open challenge program

San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
since 2016
Communicating with the government, Engagement tech, Govtech
Ontario Digital Service Design Playbook
ontario.ca/page/service-design-playbook

Ontario Digital Service Design Playbook

This playbook is a crash course on service design. It works alongside the 13 points set out in the Digital Service Standard to provide the basics needed to get started on a digital service.

Ontario
since 2017
Govtech, The Tech, Digital standards
Gephi
gephi.org

Gephi

Makes graphs handy

13 rue de l'université, Paris, Ile-de-France, 75007, France
since 2009
Civic data, Data visualization, Media
commercial
BeeMonitor
beemonitor.org

BeeMonitor

Open source project using Raspberry Pis and sensors to learn about the health of a bee colony by monitoring the temperature and humidity inside and outside the hive over multiple years.

Snowdonia National Park, United Kingdom
Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech, Smart Cities and sensors
Sustainable cities and communities
Hyphen-Labs
hyphen-labs.com

Hyphen-Labs

Hyphen-Labs is an international collective working at the intersection of technology, art, science, and the future

PAN Studio, Somerset House, Lancaster Place, London, UK
Emerging Tech report orgs, Emerging tech, The Tech
Democratic GAIN
web.archive.org/web/20200303214027/https://www.democraticgain.org

Democratic GAIN

Democratic GAIN is a national membership association for progressive political professionals and organizations.

since 2003
Advocacy tech, Help more people run for office, The Tech
Your Fucking Polling Place
yourfuckingpollingplace.com

Your Fucking Polling Place

A parodical -- but functional -- polling place lookup site modeled on 'What's for fucking dinner?'

Engagement tech, Find your polling place, The Tech
Health Sites
healthsites.io

Health Sites

Building an open data commons of health facility data with OpenStreetMap

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱
Civic data, Civic maps, COVID
COVID-19, health, OpenStreetMap
Empowered To Run
empoweredto.run

Empowered To Run

Run for office successfully. Govern effectively.

1440 G Street Northwest, Washington, DC
since 2017
Advocacy tech, Help more people run for office, The Tech
Amandla Mobi
amandla.mobi

Amandla Mobi

Amandla.mobi is a platform that aims to "turn every cellphone in South Africa into a democracy tool" by using Whatsapp, SMS, USSD, Web and social networking to run multi-issue and multilingual campaig...

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦
since 2014
Advocacy tech, Petitions, The Tech
WhatsApp
Factcheck.me
web.archive.org/web/20200129154742/http://www.factcheck.me:80

Factcheck.me

Factcheck.me tracks bot activity, amplified images, and viral links.

Berkeley, California
since 2018
Fight disinformation, Media, The Tech
Register to vote on Snapchat
snap.com/en-US/news/post/register-to-vote

Register to vote on Snapchat

Register to vote on Snapchat

Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA
Engagement tech, The Tech, Voter registration
civic features, Snap, US Election 2020
Harmony Labs
harmonylabs.org

Harmony Labs

Decoding Media's Social Effects

311 W 43 St, 12th fl New York NY
Media, Media and social media analysis, The Tech
CouncilStat NYC
council.nyc.gov/districts/data1

CouncilStat NYC

A source of complaint data to help NYC's City Council be more responsive to constituents

New York City Council, Broadway, New York, NY
since 2008
Civic data, Communicating with the people, Engagement tech
Hyphe
hyphe.medialab.sciences-po.fr

Hyphe

France 🇫🇷
since 2010
Media, Media and social media analysis, The Tech
Mission Billion Challenge
id4d.worldbank.org/missionbillion

Mission Billion Challenge

to surface practical and cost-effective solutions on ‘privacy by design’ features that can be embedded into digital identification systems and empowering users with their data.

Cambridge, MA
Adjacent Fields, Challenges, Digital security and privacy
Investigative Dashboard
investigativedashboard.org

Investigative Dashboard

Investigative Dashboard makes public documents (such as financial or property records) searchable and more useful for journalists investigating money laundering or corruption.

Maryland
Advocacy tech, Media, Social and financial connections
Onewheel
onewheel.com

Onewheel

Get ready to ride the best motorized skateboard when you buy a Onewheel today! Designed and made in California from the highest quality components.

since 2013
Games and gamification, Media, The Tech
Outline
getoutline.org

Outline

Outline makes it easy for news organizations to set up a virtual private network (VPN) on their own server.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Adjacent Fields, Digital security and privacy, Media
Ethelo Citizen Budget
citizenbudget.ethelo.net/page/welcome

Ethelo Citizen Budget

This Citizen Budget eDemocracy tool can show where tax dollars are spent, and allow the public to provide feedback more easily. With the Citizen Budget, you can cut or increase spending in various cat...

since 2013
Civic data, Data visualization, The Tech
Commonplace
commonplace.is

Commonplace

Boost understanding, get consensus and deliver projects that people love with our all-in-one citizen engagement platform.

London
since 2013
Communicating with the government, Engagement tech, Govtech
Memria
memria.org

Memria

MEMRIA uses the power of voice to help our partners further their missions.

Civic Hall, West 22nd Street, New York, NY
Advocacy tech, Hyperlocal news and citizen media, Narrative tech
Facebook Ad Archive
facebook.com/ads/archive

Facebook Ad Archive

The Ad Library provides advertising transparency by offering a comprehensive, searchable collection of all ads currently running from across Facebook Products.

Palo Alto
Archives, Build something, Civic data
Facebook
The Fight Against Disinformation in the U.S.: A Landscape Analysis
shorensteincenter.org/the-fight-against-disinformation-in-the-u-s-a-landscape-analysis

The Fight Against Disinformation in the U.S.: A Landscape Analysis

a map of the disinformation initiatives currently in play to undergird newsrooms and improve media literacy at this challenging moment for the free press

Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School, Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
Fight disinformation, Media, The Tech
reports
Stay the Fuck Home dot com
staythefuckhome.com

Stay the Fuck Home dot com

The Self-Quarantine Manifesto

Communicating with the people, COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
COVID-19, health, Good health and well-being
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