Leverage freely available open source solutions that help solve common government problems, including solutions for messaging, payments, citizen identity, online forms, content management, procurement marketplaces, data visualization tools, and more.

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Use open source software to build the digital foundation of government services

Most public facing government services use similar functional components. Providing these components once, for all services to share, builds a strong digital foundation and enables innovation and experimentation to rapidly develop public services.

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    • United Kingdom

      GOV.UK Frontend

      GOV.UK Frontend contains the code to start building a user interface for UK government platforms and services.

      Website | GitHub

    • Italy

      Designers Italia

      Designers Italia is the reference point for the design of digital public services for municipalities and and schools: models, kits and guides to facilitate design processes centered on citizens' needs.

      Website | Github

    • United States

      United States Web Design System

      The United States (US) Web Design System for the US federal government to build accessible, mobile-friendly websites for the public.

      Website | GitHub

    • France

      French Government Design System

      Guidance and resources for designing French Government websites.

      Website | Github

    • Canada

      Canada.ca design system

      Templates, patterns, and design principles by the government of Canada.

      Website

    • Brazil

      Design System do Governo Federal

      The government of Brazil's user interface design standards and templates for creation of digital services.

      Website

    • United Kingdom

      Design System

      GOV.UK Design System provides styles, components and patterns for users that want to make their services consistent with GOV.UK.

      Website

    • Scotland

      Digital Scotland Design System

      The Digital Scotland Design System provides static web assets for websites and web applications for the Scottish Government and other Scottish public sector bodies.

      Website

    • United Kingdom

      Hackney Design System

      Hackney Design System contains everything needed to build user interfaces for Hackney Council platforms and services.

      Website | Github

    • United Kingdom

      National Health Services (NHS)…

      The UK National Health Services (NHS) manual design system to build consistent, accessible user interfaces.

      Website

    • Australia

      New South Wales (NSW) Design…

      The NSW Design System is a toolkit of styles, patterns, standards and guidance for creating digital products and services.

      Website | Github

    • Canada

      British Columbia Government…

      The B.C. government design system is a collection of digital resources and tools including a library of reusable UI/interface components and design patterns. Components are collectively built by the government community, meet accessibility standards and are open for input and improvement.

      Website | Github

    • Canada

      Web Experience Toolkit

      Front-end framework from the Canadian Government for building websites that are accessible, usable, interoperable, mobile friendly and multilingual.

      Website | Github

    • United Kingdom

      Brighton & Hove City Council…

      The Brighton & Hove City Council website design guidelines and pattern library.

      Website

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    • United Kingdom

      GOV.UK Notify

      GOV.UK Notify application enables central government, a local authority, or the National Health Service to send emails, text messages and letters to their users via an integrated API.

      Website | GitHub

    • Canada

      Notify

      The Canadian government’s Notify application allows government departments to send emails and text messages to people who use their services.

      Website | GitHub

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    • Singapore

      FormSG

      FormSG is a self-service open source digital form building solution that allows public officials in the Singapore government to build and publish customized forms in minutes.

      Github

    • United Kingdom

      XGovFormBuilder

      XGovFormBuilder is an open source online forms solution allowing you to quickly and easily design, prototype, and deploy high quality digital forms.

      Github | Sandbox

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    • India

      Sunbird Obsrv

      Sunbird Obsrv provides microservices and data products to capture metrics and perform analytics using telemetry data emitted by Sunbird building blocks and a reports configurator tool to create custom dashboards.

      Github

    • Brazil

      Datalake

      Datalake gathers data from multiple departments and agencies, harmonizes it with other datasets and makes it highly available for internal and external partners to develop data-oriented public policies.

      Github

    • Mexico

      Mexico City Open Data Portal

      An open data portal built with open source that allows users to find data, visualize it, cross-reference and build stories, as well as upload their own data and interact with public data.

      Website

    • United States

      GSA Digital Analytics

      U.S. Federal Agency digital analytics to help government agencies understand how people find, access, and use government services online.

      Website | GitHub

    • United Kingdom

      Ethnicity Facts and Figures

      Governnment data about the UK’s different ethnic groups.

      Website | GitHub

    • Argentina

      Buenos Aires Obras

      Provides data and visualizations about the progress of planned construction works in the City of Buenos Aires.

      Website | GitHub

    • Australia

      National Map

      The Digital Transformation Authority (DTA) National Map provides easy access to government spatial data and can compare multiple datasets by linking them through information about their location.

      Website | GitHub

    • United Kingdom

      Open source package for probabalistic record linkage at scale developed by the UK Ministry of Justice.

      Website | GitHub

    • Canada

      GC InfoBase

      GC InfoBase is an interactive data-visualization tool, transforming complex federal data into simple visual stories for Canadians.

      Website | Github

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    • India

      Sunbird RC

      Sunbird RC (Registry and Credential) is used to rapidly build and deploy next-generation electronic registries by providing a low-code framework, microservices, and reference tools.

      Github

    • Estonia

      XRoad

      X-Road® is open-source software and ecosystem solution that provides unified and secure data exchange between organizations.

      Website | GitHub

    • France

      Data Pass

      The Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs (DINUM) has implemented a centralized tool to manage access permissions to data apis providers. This tool simplifies and standardizes the authorization procedure between government agencies.

      Website | GitHub

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    • Italy

      IO, the app for Italian public…

      IO is an open source native mobile application for iOS and Android, providing an interface for citizens to manage their data and their digital citizen profile, receive communications, and complete in-app payments.

      Github

    • United Kingdom

      LocalGov Drupal

      LocalGov Drupal is a collaboratively built open source web publishing platform for local government. It provides a Drupal install profile that each organization can quickly deploy and configure to host their website.

      Github | Documentation | Demonstration

    • Singapore

      GoGovSG is an open source link shortening and file sharing solution. Links and files are checked before publishing to prevent malicious content being shared, and analytics are provided to track click-through rates.

      Github

    • United Kingdom

      GOV.UK Whitehall (CMS)

      Whitehall is a content management application for content published by UK government departments and agencies on GOV.UK.

      Website | GitHub

    • United States

      Government of California

      Official California state government website.

      Website | GitHub

Reuse open source software to help solve common government problems

  • Back-office applications and case management systems for local, regional, and national government teams.
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    • United Kingdom

      BOPS

      Back Office Planning System (BOPS) is an open source data-driven case management system for managing and assessing planning applications.

      Github

    • Canada

      Lottery Licence Manager

      Lottery Licence Manager is an open source application to meet lottery licencing requirements, including flexible reporting options that meet the requirements of municipalities, licence authorities, and inspectors.

      Github | Documentation

    • Canada

      General Licence Manager

      General Licence Manager is an open source application allowing staff to issue and renew licences, search licences and organizations, and export summary reports that assist with monitoring and tracking.

      Github | Documentation

    • United Kingdom

      PlanX

      PlanX is an open source platform for local government planning teams to create and publish digital planning services that are simpler for applicants, agents, and planning officers.

      Github

  • Resources and solutions used by public sector bodies around the world to combat the impact of emergencies like COVID-19.
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  • Solutions and tools for healthcare and clinical settings.
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    • United States

      Open Path

      Open Path is an open source platform to help care providers, governments, hospitals, and insurance companies better serve people experiencing homelessness.

      Github

    • Ivory Coast

      OpenELIS Global

      OpenELIS Global is an open source laboratory information system tailored for low and middle-income country public health laboratories. It supports the functioning of laboratories for best practice and accreditation.

      Github | Documentation

  • Solutions to make it easier for government to buy goods and services from suppliers.
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    • United Kingdom

      Digital Marketplace

      Digital Marketplace helps UK government departments find technology or people for digital projects in the public sector.

      Website | GitHub

    • Australia

      Digital Marketplace

      The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) open platform for government buyers and digital sellers together to simplify the procurement process.

      Website | GitHub

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      Province of British Columbia - Digital…

      Digital Marketplace offers vendors two procurement mechanisms to facilitate collaboration with the government of British Columbia on building innovative digital services.

      Website | GitHub

  • Tools for rapidly building interactive prototypes that look like existing government websites and services.
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  • Tools and solutions aimed at achieving and maintaining sustainable government.
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    • Papua New Guinea

      Lukim Gather

      Lukim Gather enables communities in remote protected areas to share social and environmental information, anonymously report environmental incidents, and communicate with national and local decision-makers.

      Github

  • Tools for delivering efficient, sustainable, and safe transportation systems.
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    • United States

      ActivitySim

      ActivitySim is an open source activity-based travel behavior modelling solution providing planners and policymakers with key inputs for designing resilient, sustainable, and safe transportation systems.

      Github | Documentation

    • United States

      Curb Data Specification

      Curb Data Specification is an open source digital tool that helps cities and companies pilot and scale dynamic curb zones to manage the right of way, and develop policies that create more accessible, useful curbs.

      Github | Wiki

    • United States

      OpenTripPlanner

      OpenTripPlanner is an open source multi-modal trip planner, focusing on travel by scheduled public transportation in combination with bicycling, walking, and mobility services including bike share and ride hailing.

      Github

  • Hubs of open source software and open data created by different governments.
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  • A wide ranging collection of reusable solutions and tools from around the world.
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    • India

      Sunbird Serve

      Sunbird Serve provides a platform for publishing volunteering initiatives, as well as crowdsourcing and managing volunteer cohorts.

      Github

    • India

      DIGIT

      A set of open source APIs, services, and reference implementations providing government entities, businesses, startups, and civil society a digital platform to build solutions.

      Github

    • Brazil

      LGPDJus

      LGPDJus provides citizens with information about Brazilian General Data Protection Law, allows them to receive detailed information about the processing of their personal data, and request changes or removals.

      Github | Documentation

    • Singapore

      OpenAttestation

      An open-source framework to support endorsement and verification of documents using blockchain, and a reliable way to issue and validate tamper-proof certificates.

      Github

    • United Kingdom

      GovWifi

      The Government Digital Service (GDS) GovWifi is a wifi authentication service allowing staff and visitors to use a single username and password to connect to guest wifi across the UK public sector.

      Website | GitHub

    • United Kingdom

      CyberChef - The Cyber Swiss Army Knife

      Built by the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the Cyber Swiss Army Knife is a web app for encryption, encoding, compression, and data analysis.

      Website | GitHub

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