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Open knowledge

Explore 59 projects in the Open knowledge category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

"Open knowledge (or free knowledge) is knowledge that is free to use, reuse, and redistribute without legal, social, or technological restriction.[1] Open knowledge organizations and activists have proposed principles and methodologies related to the production and distribution of knowledge in an open manner." - Wikipedia

59 projects

Software Heritage

Software Heritage preserves software source code for present and future generations.

Paris

Reagent Collaboration Network (Reclone)

Reclone (Reagent Collaboration Network) is an open-science network that stewards and distributes open-source DNA plasmids and molecular-biology reagents to researchers worldwide under open material transfer agreements.

Institute for Worldmaking (IWM)

The Institute for Worldmaking (IWM) is a global cultural research lab and public platform developing tools for imagining and building dynamic futures for and from the Arab world.

Lebanon

Gussuri Sleep Well

A sleep diary project started in collaboration with researchers from the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry and other institutions, along with medical professionals.

Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵

SAVEPOINT

A Japanese version of the Civic Tech Graveyard platform, preserving projects that didn't succeed for future reference.

Japan

aCURE

aCURE.info is a deterministic search platform that can run hundreds of integrated, weighted-context queries simultaneously.

https://cosmik.networkActiveOpen-source

Cosmik

Building tools and networks for collective sensemaking

Cambridge, MA
2026
https://semble.soActiveOpen-source

Semble

Follow your peers' research trails.

Cambridge, MA
2026

#semanticClimate

Liberating knowledge from climate-related reports