Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to decidim
free open-source participatory democracy for cities
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. decidim launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A platform for coordination of peaceful civil disobedience.
2019 · its alternatives →
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Crowd-voting for elections. Turn your one vote into many
2016 · its alternatives →
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2015 · consumerfinance.gov · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! We're a small team in Kyoto building a website called dédédé (https://dedede.de/en) that invites people to share the various positives, negatives, oddities, etc. they find in urban spaces. The project grew out of an earlier effort where we'd built an app that assisted participatory urbanism workshops run by local nonprofits. With the new platform, we're trying to build something similar but more casual and hopefully with broader appeal, that'll be fun to use even outside of formal workshop situations. We'd love to hear your thoughts!
2025 · dedede.de · its alternatives →
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Liquid democracy - The blockchain is coming for your vote 👊
2017 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! We're Parth and Faza and we'd like to introduce you to Gitopia - https://gitopia.com/. Our vision with Gitopia is to create a decentralized platform for open-source code collaboration that is both resilient against censorship and promotes free exchange of ideas. To make this vision a reality, we've developed tools that foster community-led governance and incentivize active participation. Our journey into the open-source world started with Google Summer of Code, where we contributed to syslog-ng and GDAL, respectively. It was a transformative experience that truly…
2023 · gitopia.com · its alternatives →
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Hi, I am an intern working for a town council election campaign. Our democracy thrives on robust civic engagement, yet too often, public discourse becomes mired in ideological battles rather than focusing on solutions that truly benefit the community. Our candidate’s core message is that local issues must be approached non-partisanly: we need to put people over politics. This approach aligns with the very essence of active citizenry. As civic leader Baratunde Thurston compellingly argues, to ‘citizen’ means to: - Participate: Show up for each other and publicly participate in ways that…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · dissoc.xyz · its alternatives →
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2019 · linkedin.com · its alternatives →
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