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Code4Humanity

A directory of open source projects that benefit humanity, and are open to contributors.

Tmorrow

https://github.com/tmrowco/tmrowapp-contrib

Tomorrow automatically calculates the climate impact of your daily choices by connecting to apps and services you already use. https://www.tmrow.com
JavaScript

Github Social Impact Collection

https://github.com/collections/social-impact A showcase of open source repos including:

GliaX / Stethoscope

A research-validated stethoscope whose plans are available Freely and openly. The cost of the entire stethoscope is between $2.5 to $5 to produce
Ruby

HospitalRun / hospitalrun-frontend

Ember front end for HospitalRun
JavaScript

get-alex / alex

Catch insensitive, inconsiderate writing
JavaScript

coralproject / talk

A better commenting experience from Vox Media
JavaScript

hotosm / tasking-manager

Tasking Manager - The tool for coordination of volunteers and organization of groups to map on OpenStreetMap
Python

OptiKey / OptiKey

OptiKey - Full computer control and speech with your eyes
C#

ifmeorg / ifme

Open source app to share mental health experiences with loved ones
Ruby

RefugeRestrooms / refugerestrooms

REFUGE restrooms indexes and maps safe restroom locations for trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming individuals.
Ruby

hurricane-response / florence-api

Fork of https://github.com/sketch-city/harvey-api for Hurricane Florence
Ruby

Terrastories / terrastories

Terrastories is a geostorytelling application built to enable local communities to locate and map their own oral storytelling traditions about places of significant meaning or value to them.
Ruby

rubyforgood / diaper

Diaperbase is an inventory system for diaper banks, to aid them in tracking their inventory and providing statistics about their inventory flows.
Ruby

rubyforgood / diaperpartner

Diaper Partner is the companion application to Diaper Base tracking diaper bank partners.
CSS

rubyforgood / playtime

Supporting children and families experiencing homelessness in Washington, DC. Live app - https://wishlist.playtimeproject.org Ruby

rubyforgood / demand-progress

Ruby

ebimodeling / ghgvc

Ecosystem Climate Regulation Services Calculator
Ruby

IEEEKeralaSection / rescuekerala

Website for coordinating rehabilitation of people affected in the 2018 Kerala Floods
Python

Data4Democracy / ethics-resources

civicdata / civicdata.github.io
HTML

Greenstand / Development-Overview

Tree Tracking Fighting Poverty and Climate Change - This repository contains Contributing, Project Overview, Roadmap, etc

Awesome tech for good directory

https://github.com/TechforgoodCAST/awesome-techforgood
It includes the open source projects listed below. It also covers a wide range of additional resources for tech for good initiatives.

A11Y

community-driven effort to make web accessibility easier.

Alidade

open source interactive tool that guides users to fit tech strategically into social change projects, and creates a structured PDF document for project planning.

CharityBase

comprehensive database of 350,000 charities + an open source API.

Chayn DIY Online Safety Guide

open source guide to help protect online accounts against harassment and stalkers.

Code for America

making Government work for the people, by the people, in the 21st century.

Find That Charity

search engine for UK charities, with elasticsearch back end.

Free Code Camp nonprofit email service

helping nonprofits manage their email campaigns without having to use third party services.

HelpText

open source app for SMS managment in nonprofit organisations.

Humanitarian Open Street Map

open, free map data for humanitarian aid and development.

KoBoToolbox

Simple, robust and powerful tools For data collection in demanding contexts.

Luftdaten.info

International citizen science project to build particulate matter sensors cheaply and network the results. Map, GitHub

Open Bionics

open source initiative for the development of affordable, light-weight, modular robot and prosthetic hands.

Open Data Kit

Free and open-source set of tools for collecting data in challenging environments

Open Knowledge Foundation

helping civil society groups access and use data to take action on social problems.

Rapid SMS

open source framework for building interactive SMS applications, integrating with Django to provide a rich reporting interface. Created by the Innovation Team at UNICEF.

Smart Elect

SMS voter registration, plus web and mobile tools that improve data accuracy, transparency, and visual reporting across the elections process.

Tech Forward

collection of tech-focused projects organisations and tools working for social progress.

Wayfindr

open standard of audio navigation for vision impaired people (+ demo iOS app).

Wevolver

hardware projects repository hosting service. Robotics, drones, 3D printers etc.

WikiHouse

an open-source, collaborative R&D project to bring about a digital revolution in the way we make homes.

SocialTech.org

https://www.socialtech.org.uk *A huge database of projects. Can be filtered for open source options. Open source projects include: *

DAILWATCH

Irish citizens engaging in direct dialogue with Ireland's parliament.

DATA INNOVATION CHALLENGE

Encouraging data innovation through a challenge in the US

DATAKIND

Tackling the world's biggest problems through data science .

DEMOCRACY CLUB

Building digital infrastructure for a 21st century democracy in the UK

DIASPORA

Anonymising social network users and giving them control of their personal data

DIGITAL GREEN

Sharing knowledge through video

DIGITAL MATATUS

Collaboratively mapping Nairobi’s informal transit network

DISRUPT DISABILITY

Making wheelchairs more accessible with open-source design

DOPPELLAB

Providing an insight into the way buildings are used.

DPLA

One of the largest and most diverse digital library collections.

E-NABLE

Affordable 3D printed prosthetics

EARTH OS

Aspiring to be “civilization in a box”

EL NIÑO MONITORING INITIATIVE

Using phones and drones to monitor how El Niño changes the California coast

ENABLED BY DESIGN

Improving and developing independent living products and services.

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA EXCHANGE

Innovating with environmental data

EVENTBRITE

Providing an online ticketing service for event organisers to plan and promote events.

EYEWATCH

The world’s most advanced personal safety solution

FLATTR

Pay-as-you-go micropayments for content creators

FLUENCY

Training young British people in the skills they need to enter the digital economy.

FLUXTREAM

Mining personal data from fitness apps and wearable technology

FOIA MACHINE

Accessing government documents covered by the Freedom of Information Act

FOL LEVIZJA

Creating transparency and reducing corruption in the fledgling democratic republic of Kosovo.

FOLLOW THE MONEY

Tracking aid money through citizen activism

FOOD TRADE MENU

Become a part of the food revolution

FORMHUB

Conducting Excel surveys on any Android device, without needing a data connection.

FURENEXO

A device that helps deaf users detect danger

GITHUB

Forking its way into open source legend.

GLOBAL VALUE EXCHANGE

Providing better transparency in environmental and social projects (SROI)

GLOBAL VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION SET

Allowing DIY fabrication of 50 industrial machines for a sustainable civilization.

GOOD GYM

Getting fit and doing good, at the same time.

GOTEO

Supporting projects that generate new opportunities for the improvement of society

GOVERNMENT OF ESTONIA

Making a profound commitment to government openness.

GOVTRACK

Serving as a model for legislative transparency websites around the world.

GREENIVERSITY

A UK skills-share scheme for people to teach or learn ‘green skills’.

GUARDIAN PROJECT

Developing open source mobile security software for high-risk situations

GUDRAS GALVAS

Letting Latvia's citizens communicate directly with their government ministers and lawmakers.

GUOKR

Bringing together the largest community of young scientists in China

HACK NORTH KOREA

Bringing about new ways to engage with North Korean citizens

HAPPIN!

Geotagging disruptive events in Lebanon

HELLO SUNDAY MORNING

Changing Australians’ alcohol consumption with a teetotal pledge and blogging.

HELSINKI REGION INFOSHARE

Accessing open data sources for R&D, visualisation, data-journalism and app development.

HORSESMOUTH

Providing a safe, moderated, online forum for informal one-to-one mentoring.

HOT - WEST AFRICA EBOLA EPIDEMIC

Rapidly delivering accurate maps to field workers

I CAN MAKE

Making and learning with 3D printing

I WANT YOU TO WANT ME

Building a barometer of modern attitudes towards desire, each other, and ourselves.

IFIXIT

A ‘make do and mend’ movement for the age of built-in obsolescence

INFOAMAZONIA

Interactive maps about environmental changes in the Amazon rainforest

INTERNATIONAL OPEN GOVERNMENT DATASET SEARCH (DEMO)

Opening, translating and linking international government data-sets using the ‘semantic web’.

INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

Pioneering agricultural research to alleviate poverty in developing countries.

IOTA

Creating a level playing field for building and testing digital projects.

KA LITE

Open-source education to bridge the digital divide

KDE

Developing free applications with open source software

KEPLER

Bringing American BA degrees to Africa

KHAN ACADEMY

Providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere.

KOBOTOOLBOX

Making data collection easier in a crisis

LIQUIDFEEDBACK

Promoting the use of electronic media for democratic processes.

LITERACY BRIDGE

Sharing knowledge on agriculture and health by using a Talking Book.

LONDON DATASTORE

Freeing London's data for wider use

LOOMIO

Providing an open source decision making platform

MAILPILE

The 'holy grail of email' – user-friendly but encrypted.

MAKE THINGS DO STUFF

A 21st Century ‘Why Don’t You’ for British youth

MAKER FAIRE

A SXSW for the Maker Movement, the Glastonbury of DIY

MAPKIBERA

Creating the first free and open digital map of urban slums.

MARTUS

Keeping sensitive information and the people who are collecting it safe

MENDELEY

Changing the way we carry out research

METABOLIC FOUNDATION

DIY Fab Lab Workshop

MOVEMAKER

Making it easy for social housing tenants to swap their homes

MUSIC MEMORY BOX

Helping dementia sufferers to access their memories through objects and music.

MWATER

Big data improves access to clean water

MYSOCIETY

Providing simple digital tools to put power in the hands of the people.

NIGHTSCOUT

Cloud sharing helps Type 1 diabetes sufferers share glucose levels

OPEN CORPORATES

Provides data from official sources about how global companies operate.

OPEN GOVERNMENT

Strengthening the hand of citizens when faced with open data.

OPEN HEALTH CARE UK

Combining health and technology expertise to develop products for health professionals.

OPEN RIGHTS GROUP

Preserving and promoting citizen's rights in the digital age

OPENBCI

Democratising neurotechnology

OPENITP

Funding the tools that stop surveillance and censorship

OPENLY LOCAL

Providing an open, consistent and comparative picture of UK local authority data.

OPENNEWS

Supporting the next generation of digitally-enhanced journalists

OPENOIL

Imagine an open oil industry

OPENSTREETMAP

Co-creating a free map of the world that anyone can edit

OPENWORM

Accelerating biological research with an open-source 'virtual organism'

OURCITYLOVE

Making disabled-friendly restaurants easy to find

OXFORD FLOOD NETWORK

Managing sensor networks to detect early signs of flooding

PANIC BUTTON

Providing a hidden app for human rights activists at risk in the field.

PE.AMI

Helping the delivery and management of data relating to municipal services and utilities.

PHOTOFOUNDATION

Creating a free image library archive for charities.

PLACE PULSE

Allowing an international comparison of perceptions of place.

PLUME LABS

Urban air quality predictor app

POPLUS

Prefab transparency tools

POWEREDBYDATA

Helping non-profits in Canada to get more out of data

PRAEKELT FOUNDATION

Using mobile phones to provide services to poor and remote communities.

PROJECT DANIEL

3D-printed prosthetics in the most challenging environments

PUBLIC DOMAIN REVIEW

Bringing the 'cabinet of curiosities' concept into the digital age.

PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE

Speeds up formal, scientific communication and allows scientists to use more informal channels.

RAINFOREST CONNECTION

Re-purposing old smartphones to detect illegal logging and poaching

NASA

RANDOM HACKS OF KINDNESS Matching top-flight developers with NGOs

RASPBERRY PI

Helping children all over the world to learn computer programming.

REDECENTRALIZE

Decentralising the net

REFUGEE OPEN WARE (ROW)

Advanced technology for human rights in conflict zones

REFUGEE PROJECTS

Centralising refugee crisis initiatives

RIGHT TO KNOW

Simplifying the process of making and accessing Freedom of Information requests in Australia.

SAFE CREATIVE

Providing real-time information about copyrights

SAFECITY

Empowering women to share stories of harassment

SCOUTBOTS

Developing open hardware technologies to explore and protect the ocean

SCRATCH

Programming interactive stories, games and animations.

SEECLICKFIX

Providing a platform for citizens to report on, and governments to manage, non-emergency issues.

SMART CITIZEN KIT

Monitoring environmental impact by city.

SOCIALSCAPE

Unearthing, mapping and connecting organisations that are delivering social good in a community.

SPACEAPPS CHALLENGE

Harnessing a global network to develop open-source products for life on Earth and in space

STREET JOURNAL

Giving residents an easy way to report problems in their city.

SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION

Holding the US government to account with cutting edge technology

TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE

Cutting edge skills for activists in the global south

TACTILE BOOKS PROJECT

Using 3D printing to bring books alive for visually impaired children

TALK ABOUT LOCAL

Helping individuals to set up their own civic-minded community websites.

TECH4SOCIETY

Convening pioneers and thought leaders focused on social change through technology.

THE ARRAY OF THINGS

Urban-scale sensor and embedded systems pilot project

THE FREE NETWORK FOUNDATION

Supporting cooperatively owned and operated communications networks

THE OPEN AID REGISTER

Providing a clearer view into how aid is used.

THE OPEN MEDICINE PROJECT SOUTH AFRICA

Supporting the adoption of technology to advance healthcare in South Africa

THE OPEN VOICE FACTORY

Free and open voice communication aid

THE THING SYSTEM

Getting your 'things' talking to each other with open source API

THE YIELD

An IoT AgTech company

THINGFUL

The search engine for the Internet of Things

TOM (TIKKUN OLAM MAKERS)

Makers and people with disabilities develop solutions for everyday challenges

TRANS*H4CK

Empowering the transgender community

TRANSLATORS WITHOUT BORDERS

Envisioning a world where knowledge knows no language barriers

TRAVELAI

Helping developers to build context-aware apps

TUNAPANDA INSTITUTE

Bridging the digital divide with free online training

TXTALERT

Providing appointment, medication and health information to patients by text

URBIOTICA

Creating technologies that support more efficient, sustainable or ‘smart’ cities.

VIEŠAI.LT

Presenting all Lithuanian government and public sector expenditure in one place.

VOLUME CARTOGRAPHY

3D scanning technology unwraps secrets from a 2,000-year-old scroll

VOTE COMPASS

Providing an interactive electoral literacy application to increase election participation.

WATERSCOPE

Bringing communities closer to clean water with faster and cheaper testing kits

WEVOLVER

Opening up open hardware for all

WHEELMAP

Mapping places for wheelchair users

WIKIHOUSE

An open source construction system

WIKILEAKS

Gathers sensitive information at scale and protects its sources.

WILDLABS.NET

Technology-enabled solutions to pressing biodiversity conservation challenges

WILDLIFE CRIME TECHNOLOGY PROJECT

Using technology to fight wildlife crime

YOUNG REWIRED STATE

A global network of young programmers.

YOUR PRIORITIES

Pursuing collaborative democracy online

ZOONIVERSE

Enlists volunteers to pursue scientific research.