decidim
The premium Open Source alternative to CitizenLab
🎯 Best for:Public institutions requiring transparent and auditable civic participation.
What is decidim?
A modular participatory democracy framework for cities and organizations to facilitate civic engagement. It enables secure voting, proposal drafting, and collaborative decision-making through a Ruby on Rails engine.
Tech Stack
RubyCommunity & Events
Why decidim?
- • Highly extensible architecture
- • Strong focus on data privacy
- • Auditable democratic processes
Limitations
- • High server requirements
- • Complex Rails configuration
- • Requires technical maintenance
3/5/2026
Last Update
460
Forks
381
Issues
AGPL-3.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on CitizenLab)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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