







Africa's Largest Volunteer Driven Open Data Platform. openAFRICA aims to be largest independent repository of open data on the African continent.
The Paradox of Open
Numerous organisations and initiatives have been launched with a belief in openness and free knowledge. Their proponents placed their bets on the combined power of networked information services and new governance models for the production and sharing of content and data. We – as members of this broad movement – were among those who believed it possible to leverage this combination of power and opportunity to build a more democratic society, unleashing the power of the internet to create universal access to knowledge and culture. For us, such openness meant not only freedom, but also presented a path to justice and equality.
Center for Open Science
At the Center for Open Science, our mission is to increase openness, integrity, and reproducibility of scholarly research. Promoting these practices within the research funding and publishing communities accelerates scientific progress

Matadisco: Can We Bootstrap Public Data Discovery with ATProto?
Let's talk about a system for universal data discovery, that doesn't depend on any single institution staying funded or online.

Open Science Needs Open Compute
Why independent science will depend on compute, not just funding, and why providing it is the best bet we can currently make.

Open Science Needs Open Compute
Why independent science will depend on compute, not just funding, and why providing it is the best bet we can currently make.

Common Crawl - Open Repository of Web Crawl Data
We build and maintain an open repository of web crawl data that can be accessed and analyzed by anyone.
third-party apis: community infrastructure on atproto - Keith's Thoughts
you can just build things from an open set of tools
OWID Homepage
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.
Sovereignty Is Not Solitude: Open Source as Canada’s Third Path in AI
True artificial intelligence (AI) sovereignty isn't about building a Canadian fortress; it’s about mastering the open-source ecosystems that power the world.

Home | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit
A toolkit for open source researchers


OpenCola
Build trust networks that give you control of your personal data and the flow of information around you.

OpenSanctions: Supreme Data on Supreme Leaders
The open-source database of sanctions, watchlists, and politically exposed persons — aggregating hundreds of sources and relied on by compliance teams, investigators, and journalists.

I expected better from Google
Nico, Minitap’s CEO, shares what the team found in Google’s Artemis repository and why attribution matters for the open-source community.

Nicholas Vincent | Data Leverage & Public AI
Prof. Nick Vincent is an Assistant Professor in Computing Science at Simon Fraser University. He studies the content ecosystems and data supply chains that fuel