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Research Tools

Explore 72 projects in the Research Tools category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

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https://cibmangotree.org/ActiveOpen-source

CIB Mango Tree

We are a collaborative and open-source project to develop software that tests for coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB) in datasets of online activity.

Washington, DC
Fight disinformation, Media and social media analysis, Research tools
https://pts-project.org/ActiveOpen-source

PiRogue Tool Suite (PTS)

Open-Source Platform for Mobile Device Forensics and Digital Investigations

Paris
General purpose open source tools, Open-source intelligence (OSINT), Research tools
https://www.somo.nl/the-counter/Active

The Counter

SOMOโ€™s global helpdesk for environmental and social justice activists challenging corporate power

Amsterdam
Advocacy tech, Consumer watchdogging, Research tools
https://feed.news/Active

feed.news

A public news feed for anything you careย about.

London
2026
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Hyperlocal news and citizen media, Media, News and Media monitoring, Research tools, Vibecoded
https://docs.tracking.exposed/guardoni/guardoni-intro/ActiveOpen-source

Guardoni

Guardoni is a free software automated web scraper, used to collect data about platforms as Youtube and Tik Tok.

Media and social media analysis, Research tools
TikTok, YouTube
https://pikaosint.pages.devActiveOpen-source

The Pika's OSINT ToolBox

Open Source Intelligence ( OSINT ) is the collection and analysis of data gathered from open sources to produce actionable intelligence.

Cybersecurity, Open-source intelligence (OSINT), Research tools
https://github.com/mysociety/ceuk-markingActiveOpen-source

CEUK scorecards marking tool

This is a tool for crowdsourcing data, initially designed for gathering data about local authority climate actions for https://councilclimatescorecards.uk/

UK
Crowdsourcing, Research tools
https://trends.google.com/trends/Active

Google Trends

Explore what the world is searching

Mountain View, CA, USA
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI, Listening, Media, Media and social media analysis, Narrative tech, Research tools, The Tech
commercial, Google
https://github.com/chrisns/govreposcrapeActiveOpen-source

govreposcrape

Semantic code search over 24,500+ UK government repositories.

UK
Civic data, Fieldwide resources, Govtech, Open government data, Research tools