A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted
the IRS recently open sourced most of Direct File, a tax tool it has been working on for a few years now. unfortunately, due to recent events, the IRS isn't working on it anymore. I decided to pick up where they left off and I'm trying to get it ready for next tax season the work behind Direct File is really interesting and I made a lot of it available online to read as well - https://docs.openfile.tax/en/latest/
A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted launched on June 30, 2025 with 244 votes, #128 of 7,999 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
This is a self-hosted continuation of the IRS's Direct File tax filing tool, which the agency open-sourced after discontinuing development. A developer picked up the project to prepare it for the upcoming tax season, building on the IRS's original work. The project includes comprehensive documentation explaining the technical infrastructure behind Direct File, making the codebase accessible for developers who want to understand or contribute to the tax filing software.
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From the sources
A free tax tool based on IRS Direct File. Contribute to openfiletax/openfile development by creating an account on GitHub.
OpenFile is a free tax tool forked from IRS Direct File. More information at https://docs.openfile.tax/en/latest/reference.html . This project makes no guarantees of accuracy. As of November 2025, the official Direct File project is indefinitely suspended . git clone https://github.com/openfiletax/openfile.git --recurse-submodules docker compose up -d The OpenFile client will start at localhost:3000/df/filefrom github.com
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