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Predecessors Pioneers

Explore 50 projects in the Predecessors Pioneers category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

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https://april.orgActive

April

Depuis 1996, l'April est animée par une conviction : « logiciel libre, société libre ».

Paris
Digital rights, Open internet, Open source, Open source networks, Predecessors & Pioneers
https://www.candidats.frActive

Candidats.fr

À l'occasion des élections municipales et communautaires des 15 et 22 mars 2026, l'April propose aux personnes candidates de signer le Pacte du Logiciel Libre afin de marquer leur engagement, si elles sont élues, à promouvoir et défendre une priorité aux logiciels libres et aux formats ouverts au sein de leurs collectivités.

France
Digital rights, Open internet, Open source, Predecessors & Pioneers, Specific campaigns
https://internetidentityworkshop.com/Active

Internet Identity Workshop

The Internet Identity Workshop has been finding, probing and solving identity issues twice every year since 2005.

Mountain View, CA, USA
Identity, In-person meetings, Meet the others, Predecessors & Pioneers
https://framasoft.orgActive

Framasoft

Framasoft is a not-for-profit popular educational organization, a group of friends convinced that an emancipatory digital world is possible, convinced that it will arise through actual actions on real world and online with and for you!

Decentralization, Digital sovereignty, General purpose open source tools, Open source, Open source networks, Predecessors & Pioneers
https://www.ietf.org/Active

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), founded in 1986, is the premier standards development organization (SDO) for the Internet.

Foundational layers, Internet governance, Predecessors & Pioneers
https://data.europa.eu/ActiveOpen-source

The European Data Portal (data.europa.eu)

The official portal for European data

European Union (EU)
Civic data, Open data publishing platforms, Open government data, Predecessors & Pioneers
https://www12.senado.leg.br/ecidadania/sobreActive

Portal e-Cidadania

O e-Cidadania é um portal criado em 2012 pelo Senado Federal com o objetivo de estimular e possibilitar maior participação dos cidadãos nas atividades legislativas, orçamentárias, de fiscalização e de representação do Senado.

Brasília - Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil
Communicating with the government, Debate, Engagement tech, Ideation, Legislation trackers, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Participatory democracy, Predecessors & Pioneers
http://www.occupywallst.org/Active

Occupy Wall Street

NYC Protest for World Revolution

99 Wall Street NY
Direct action, Distributed campaigns, Mutual aid, Organize campaigns, Predecessors & Pioneers, Specific campaigns
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/Active

Google Summer of Code

Google Summer of Code is a global, online program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development.

Mountain View, CA, USA
Build something, Civic teams at tech companies, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, Open source, Open source developer networks, Predecessors & Pioneers