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24 alternatives to OpenFOIA – local-first FOIA toolkit with entity graphs

FOIA toolkit for journalists and citizens.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   I made a platform for journalists to “open source” their fact checking▲593

   A publication dedicated to full transparency in fact-checking. Every source document is available with annotations to guide the reader, and every fact-checking conversation is out in the open.

   2019 · sourcedfact.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Guardian Open Platform▲89

   Real-time API access to the Guardian's journalism

   2014 · open-platform.theguardian.com · its alternatives →

3. 3WB
   We built an open source tool for journalists to inspect Wikipedia edits▲131

   2014 · blog.twg.ca · its alternatives →

4. 4
   FOIA Mapper▲5

   Access to the world of "hidden" public data

   2016 · speedypaper.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Silk for Journalism▲140

   An all-purpose tool for data journalism

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   disclose.io▲11

   Driving safety & standardization in vulnerability disclosure

   2018 · disclose.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Open Source Intelligence Techniques▲73

   Resources for searching and analyzing online information

   2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Obfuscation▲53

   A user's guide for privacy and protest

   2015 · mitpress.mit.edu · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Fosshub▲79

   An open source for free and open source tools

   2015 · fosshub.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Offshore Leaks Database▲86

    A search engine for Panama papers

    2016 · offshoreleaks.icij.org · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Data Analysis with Open Source Tools▲69

    How to think about data

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12IM
    I made an open-source publishing platform (with minimal JavaScript)▲41

    2021 · zentrum.alles.cx · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Open Measures▲7

    Open source tools to track the spread of information online

    2024 · public.openmeasures.io · its alternatives →

14. 14AC
    A crime map using open data and user reported data▲8

    2015 · snitches.co · its alternatives →

15. 15OS
    Open Source Police Accountability▲6

    2021 · badapple.tools · its alternatives →

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    Open-Source Document Extraction Tool▲13

    Hi, I'm building an open-source self-hostable document extraction tool powered by LLM. There are popular data extraction tools and OCR tools in the market. None of them are open source. Most accounting firms, law firms, insurance, back office, and real-estate folks would like to use a tool like this. You can add PDF documents, Images, and audio files and create columns to answer questions on documents or extract information into tabular format. Access to repo: https://github.com/harishdeivanayagam/rowfill Screenshots:…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17TO
    Typegram – open source publishing platform▲8

    2018 · en.tgr.am · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Sumbli▲7

    Collaborative content

    2018 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Open-source Knowledge Base site▲8

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21OS
    Open-source database and summary data of forced arbitration cases▲8

    2021 · levelplayingfield.io · its alternatives →

22. 22PA
    PressPanda, a journalist search engine▲6

    2016 · presspanda.com · its alternatives →

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    Data guardian▲8

    Advanced Copyright Content Detection Tool

    2025 · share.streamlit.io · its alternatives →

24. 24EO
    Enhanced, Open-Source Google Search for Hackers▲5

    2016 · search.spince.com · 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 →