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General Purpose Open Source Tools

Explore 77 projects in the General Purpose Open Source Tools category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

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https://cloud68.co/Active

Cloud68.co

Reliable open source digital infrastructure!

Tallinn
2019
General purpose open source tools, Open source, Web hosting
https://twake.app/en/ActiveOpen-source

Twake Workplace

Privacy-First Open Source Workplace

Paris
Digital sovereignty, Ethical tech and responsible tech, General purpose open source tools
https://aaif.io/Active

Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF)

The AAIF provides a neutral, open foundation to ensure this critical capability evolves transparently, collaboratively, and in ways that advance the adoption of leading open source AI projects

2025
Agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence (AI), General purpose open source tools, Open source, Open source AI, Trade groups
https://hedgedoc.org/ActiveOpen-source

HedgeDoc

HedgeDoc (formerly known as CodiMD) is an open-source, web-based, self-hosted, collaborative markdown editor.

General purpose open source tools, Open source
https://lasuite.coop/Active

LaSuite.coop

La boite ร  outils libres, open source et modulable pour les organisations collaboratives !

France
2025
Digital sovereignty, Engagement tech, Ethical tech and responsible tech, General purpose open source tools, Open source, Organize events
https://www.thunderbird.net/Active

Thunderbird

Open source email client

Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA
General purpose open source tools
https://meshtastic.org/ActiveOpen-source

Meshtastic

An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices Learn More Get Started Donate

Connectivity, Decentralization, General purpose open source tools, Mesh networks
https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/ActiveOpen-source

Docs

Docs is the result of a joint effort lead by the French ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿฅ–(DINUM) and German ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿฅจ governments (ZenDiS).

Western Europe
2025
Ethical tech and responsible tech, General purpose open source tools, Govtech, Open source
France (national government)
https://www.limesurvey.org/ActiveOpen-source

LimeSurvey

Free (and open source) Online Survey Tool

Hamburg
General purpose open source tools, Surveys & polling