Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Open Source Police Accountability launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1OS
   Open-Source Ratemyprofessor for the Police▲7

   2020 · clarity.onrender.com · its alternatives →

2. 2IB
   I built an unstoppable database for reporting police misconduct▲11

   2020 · policeaccountabilitynow.org · its alternatives →

3. 3
   SecureDrop▲70

   Open-source whistleblower submission system

   2014 · securedrop.org · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Hidden Brain - Broken Windows▲76

   How a theory of crime policing was born & what went wrong

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5AC
   A crime map using open data and user reported data▲8

   2015 · snitches.co · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Add a License Please▲87

   The open source vigilante bot that is cleaning up Github.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Thousand▲103

   Git-backed docs for humans and agents

   Aug 2026 · usethousand.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Securing Democracy▲79

   A "disinformation dashboard" tracking Russian propaganda

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   OpenFOIA – local-first FOIA toolkit with entity graphs▲7

   FOIA toolkit for journalists and citizens.

   Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Open Source Intelligence Techniques▲73

    Resources for searching and analyzing online information

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Regunow▲63

    Turn regulatory research into actionable compliance audits

    17d ago · regunow.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    judged.systems▲69

    The judgment API platform for support systems.

    15d ago · judged.systems · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Social Cops▲63

    Powering world's decisions through data from the grassroots

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    disclose.io▲11

    Driving safety & standardization in vulnerability disclosure

    2018 · disclose.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    PAN Protocol▲3

    An unstoppable protocol for tracking police misconduct

    2020 · its alternatives →

16. 16OP
    Open Proofs: An Open Source Badge Standard Using ERC 721 (NFTs)▲5

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

17. 17FF
    Fixbounty – Find security issues in open source projects▲8

    2021 · spatcher.io · its alternatives →

18. 18OS
    Open Source Taxes▲5

    2015 · opensourcetaxes.com · its alternatives →

19. 19OS
    Open-source database and summary data of forced arbitration cases▲8

    2021 · levelplayingfield.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Open Measures▲7

    Open source tools to track the spread of information online

    2024 · public.openmeasures.io · its alternatives →

21. 21EO
    Enhanced, Open-Source Google Search for Hackers▲5

    2016 · search.spince.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Sumbli▲7

    Collaborative content

    2018 · its alternatives →

23. 23OS
    Open Synthesis – open platform for CIA-style analysis of current events▲9

    2016 · open-synthesis-sandbox.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Policing the Police with Scraped Data – Started on Reddit/HN▲11

    This is a guide for using the Police Data Access Point and associated tools, and contributing data or code.

    2021 · docs.pdap.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →