Research
Open-source supply chain census
A research project mapping the open-source software that civic tech and public-data platforms rely on, including maintenance and security signals. Early stage; details to follow as the methodology firms up.
Projects
What we're building.
Open-source tools and open datasets that support civic tech: self-hostable, auditable, and free for anyone to run or build on. We focus on the public-data platforms and dependencies that make trustworthy public systems possible.
Planned
Upstream audit program
Security review work aimed at the widely-used open-source projects civic-tech and open-data portals depend on. Scope and first targets are still being defined.
In progress
Supply-chain observatory
Continuous monitoring of the open-source packages civic tech depends on, surfacing maintenance and security risks early. First pass under way: dependency graphs for the 44 map initiatives with public code show a median of 537 packages per project, and the same small npm utilities turning up in 24 of them.
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Civic tech map
An open, interactive map of 210 organisations and projects building open, accountable public technology, from participation tools and open data to digital rights and the funders behind them. Every entry is checked against its source and links are re-verified monthly.