Civic Tech Field Guide
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https://protomaps.com/ActiveOpen-source

Protomaps

Protomaps is a free, customizable map of the world, deployable as a single static file on cloud storage.

Civic data, Civic data APIs, Mapping, Mapping platforms
https://gephi.org/ActiveOpen-source

Gephi

Makes graphs handy

13 rue de l'université, Paris, Ile-de-France, 75007, France
2009
Civic data, Data visualization, Media, Media and social media analysis, Network visualizations, The Tech
commercial
https://serenata.ai/ActiveOpen-source

Operation Serenata de Amor

An open project that uses data science - the same technologies used by giants like Google, Facebook and Netflix - for the purpose of monitoring public spending and sharing information in a way accessible to everyone.

Brazil
2016
Advocacy tech, Emerging tech, Emerging Tech Report Projects, Government transparency, Procurement oversight, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency, Watchdogging government
https://liquidfeedback.org/Active

LiquidFeedback

Decisions made easy.

Johannisstraße 12
2009
Digital participation platforms, Engagement tech, Group decision making, Participatory democracy, The Tech
https://www.democracy.earth/ActiveOpen-source

Sovereign

Governance for a Post Nation-State world. For everyone, anywhere.

2015
Blockchain, Emerging tech, Liquid democracy, The Tech
https://github.com/eticasai/eticas-auditActiveOpen-source

Eticas Audit library

An open-source Python library designed to assist developers in calculating fairness metrics and assessing bias in machine learning models.

2025
AI Auditing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ethical tech and responsible tech, Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT)
https://every-door.app/Active

EveryDoor

EveryDoor is an OpenStreetMap editor for POIs and entrances.

Crowdsourcing, Mapping, Mapping tools, Open knowledge
https://socorrobot.orgActive

SocorroBot

SocorroBot is an interactive guide designed to assist individuals in the process of reporting a missing person in Mexico.

Mexico
Bots, Crowdsourcing, Legal tech, Participatory aid
WhatsApp, missing people
https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/ActiveOpen-source

Docs

Docs is the result of a joint effort lead by the French 🇫🇷🥖(DINUM) and German 🇩🇪🥨 governments (ZenDiS).

Western Europe
2025
Ethical tech and responsible tech, General purpose open source tools, Govtech, Open source
France (national government)