Citizen OS Claimed

Open source platform for collaborative decisions and e-democracy applications.
Active
Since 2014
In Tallinn
Open-source (https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

Citizen OS is an open source e-decisionmaking tool and platform. It enables collaborative discussion and voting, when getting everyone together into the same room or online at the same time is not an option. Inhabitants of a village. Citizens of a country. Members or employees of a multinational NGO from different cities and timezones. Spontaneous activist movements. Anyone, who wants to decide together.

E-democracy. E-meetings. E-assemblies. E-discussions. E-decisionmaking. Citizen OS – the choice is yours.

Citizen OS is run as a social enterprise.

Founders:

Ahti Heinla

Citizen OS
Org. type: Non-profit / charity / foundation
Project type: Tool or platform
Features: Translation
Used by: We have a wider range of users, including: Civic movements, local communities, a variety of organisations & associations, political parties as well as public institutions (ministries, universities, local governments). Partnerships (for example) 1. https://citizenos.com/news/our-new-government-partnership-for-youth-e-engagement-in-indonesia/ 2. https://citizenos.com/news/apply-ai-for-sustainable-societies/
Employees: 7

Projects by Citizen OS:

Evidence of impact:

  • 12374 Users, 1249 Project participants, and 77 Volunteers have held 5025 Discussions and cast 19847 Votes across 719 Groups on Citizen OS (Source, 2025-04)

Funding details:

  • 2018-10-02: $45,000 by Open Estonia Foundation / EEA Grants
  • : Angel investor
Last modified: Jan 26, 2026 Added: Jun 22, 2021
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