Top 23 Government Open-Source Projects

• uswds

  78 6,642 9.7 SCSS

  The U.S. Web Design System helps the federal government build fast, accessible, mobile-friendly websites.

  

Project mention: Firefox on the brink? | /r/webdev | 2023-12-06

Now and then I stumble upon the USWDS (the article mentions it) and am surprised how good that thing actually is.

• decidim

  13 1,392 9.8 Ruby

  The participatory democracy framework. A generator and multiple gems made with Ruby on Rails

  

Project mention: DemocracyOS | /r/greece | 2023-06-08

• SurveyJS

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  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• zarf

  6 1,194 9.5 Go

  DevSecOps for Air Gap & Limited-Connection Systems. https://zarf.dev/

  

Project mention: Zarf: K8s in Airgapped Environments | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-11

• factbook.json

  7 965 7.8

  World Factbook Country Profiles in JSON - Free Open Public Domain Data - No API Key Required ;-)

  

• openstates-scrapers

  18 834 9.8 Python

  source for Open States scrapers

  

Project mention: A's Stadium Bill Passes Senate | /r/vegaslocals | 2023-06-13

• covid-policy-tracker

  20 760 8.4

  Systematic dataset of Covid-19 policy, from Oxford University

  

• courtlistener

  15 476 10.0 Python

  A fully-searchable and accessible archive of court data including growing repositories of opinions, oral arguments, judges, judicial financial records, and federal filings.

  

Project mention: Ask HN: Looking for a project to volunteer on? (January 2024) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-04

- https://github.com/freelawproject/bigcases2/

Languages: Python, Django, JavaScript, Browser extensions

Free Law Project is a small non-profit that uses technology to make the legal sector better. We operate at a big scale (about 300M items in our DB and a lot of traffic), and need help scaling, operating, expanding, fixing, modernizing, and maintaining our stack.

One high priority project is adding a CDN to our site due to the crush we just got on the latest Epstein docs:

Background: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/04/epstein-document-crash-docu...

Issue: https://github.com/freelawproject/courtlistener/issues/917

If you have experience in rolling out a CDN, that's great.

If not, we also have a volunteer backlog where we are always looking for help with our website, browser extensions, etc: https://github.com/orgs/freelawproject/projects/31/views/1

At this point, if you are a Python/Django/Browser extension dev, we could probably use your help!

Get in touch: info at free dot law

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• govuk-design-system

  3 458 9.8 Nunjucks

  One place for service teams to find styles, components and patterns for designing government services.

  

Project mention: The Design System Ecosystem | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-23

The best design system around[0] operates entirely in the open. You can look through the history, discussions, PRs, framework-specific implementations and see why it's geared the way it is - and why it's incredibly successful.

[0] https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system

• design-system

  1 290 9.5 TypeScript

  Open source design and front-end development resources for creating Section 508 compliant, responsive, and consistent websites. (by CMSgov)

  

• code-gov

  3 256 0.0

  An informative repo for all Code.gov repos

  

Project mention: GitHub – GSA/code-gov: An informative repo for all Code.gov repos | /r/hypeurls | 2023-09-11

• datasets-for-good

  1 226 0.0

  List of datasets to apply stats/machine learning/technology to the world of social good.

• dsfr

  7 216 9.1 EJS

  🇫🇷 Official french government's design system (Système de Design de l'État)

  

Project mention: Opening up access to Gov.uk Forms: an online form builder | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-06

• citizenlab

  3 203 10.0 TypeScript

  CitizenLab is a digital democracy platform that facilitates community participation and co-creation. Participants can post ideas, contribute to discussions, or choose to vote and prioritize community projects.

  

• shc-extractor

  18 160 2.4 JavaScript

  Extract the JSON payload from SHC QR codes (i.e Québec Covid Vaccination QR Codes)

• design-ui-kit

  1 159 7.3

  UI Kit Italia è la risorsa del design system .italia per costruire e prototipare siti internet e servizi digitali della Pubblica Amministrazione

  

• caseflow

  3 48 10.0 Ruby

  Caseflow is a web application that enables the tracking and processing of appealed claims at the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

  

• open-source-logiciel-libre

  1 35 3.1 HTML

  Open Source Software Requirements and Guidance (Draft) - Exigences et guides liés aux logiciels libres (Ébauche)

  

• Riksdagskollen

  3 31 5.0 Java

  Repository for development of Riksdagskollen

• NYSenate.gov-D7

  2 28 0.0 PHP

  Designed to increase public participation in the legislative process, this web application serves as the central digital presence of the New York State Senate.

  

• accessibility

  1 27 7.5 JavaScript

  CivicActions Accessibility Site: A collection of resources about digital accessibility and how it aligns with open source, CivicTech and Digital Transformation. (by CivicActions)

  

• gov_can-GEDSMACHINE

  1 7 6.0 JavaScript

  Uses open data from the Government of Canada Open Data portal to draw an org chart for any federal department.

Project mention: I built a tool for us to see the structure of our departments | /r/CanadaPublicServants | 2023-06-14

So once you have an account, you can create a "Team". One may have already been created for you when you signed up. From there, you can click here to add the app to your team. There are some screen-shots and direction for what that process looks like here. I welcome feedback on the onboarding, though, if none of that is super-clear.

• octo-spork-client

  1 3 5.7 TypeScript

  Quickly access info regarding active members of US congress based on district

• HillFacts

  1 2 0.0 C#

  Project to make the process of legislation and other civic activity more accessible. This is currently live at https://hillfacts.azurewebsites.net/

• SaaSHub

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• AI.gov

  2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Oct 2023

• GitHub – GSA/code-gov: An informative repo for all Code.gov repos

  1 project | /r/hypeurls | 11 Sep 2023

• A's Stadium Bill Passes Senate

  1 project | /r/vegaslocals | 13 Jun 2023

• State Assembly moves forward with trio of bills to cut property taxes for the greediest generation (that will be paid for by their grandchildren and great grandchildren)

  1 project | /r/newjersey | 10 Jun 2023

• DemocracyOS

  1 project | /r/greece | 8 Jun 2023

• courtlistener: NEW Data - star count:367.0

  1 project | /r/algoprojects | 3 Jun 2023
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