# decidim/decidim

The participatory democracy framework. A generator and multiple gems made with Ruby on Rails

Repository: https://github.com/decidim/decidim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/decidim
Homepage: https://decidim.org/
Language: Ruby
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: decidim, democracy, community, government, civic-tech, civictech, ideation, collective-intelligence, participation, citizen-participation, govtech, stakeholder-engagement, digital-public-goods, digital-public-infrastructure, dpg
Last push: 2026-08-26T01:42:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3668, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 34, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 32}
- flags: no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1808, forks 476 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:39.293978+00:00)

## What it is
Decidim is a free, open-source participatory democracy framework built as a Ruby on Rails application generator and set of gems. It lets cities, institutions, NGOs, and other organizations configure digital participation spaces such as participatory processes, assemblies, initiatives, consultations, and participatory budgeting.

## Use cases
- run participatory budgeting for a city council
- host citizen consultations and initiatives online
- manage assemblies and working groups with agendas and meetings
- collect proposals and votes from community members
- set up a public engagement platform for an NGO or university
- self-host an open-source civic participation website

## When to choose
- you need a proven, feature-rich platform for structured democratic participation at any scale
- you want free software with transparency, traceability, and strong community governance
- your organization (city, NGO, cooperative, university) needs configurable participatory processes
- you want a Rails-based, modular, self-hostable solution with an active global community

## When to avoid
- you only need a simple survey or polling tool without governance workflows
- your team cannot maintain a Ruby on Rails application or self-hosted server
- you need a lightweight SaaS with no deployment or administration overhead
- your use case is commercial community engagement rather than democratic decision-making

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, self-hosted, workflow-automation, auth
- domain: e-government, web-development, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: ruby, self-hosted
- tags: participatory-democracy, civic-engagement, participatory-budgeting, rails, consultations, assemblies, open-government, web-server, linux

## Member repositories
- decidim/decidim (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.293978+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:21:22.029061+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: https://decidim.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:29.286216+00:00, sha 019ae34f6be4)
  - site_page: https://decidim.org/features (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:29.295183+00:00, sha 265ad5760457)
  - site_page: https://decidim.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:29.297213+00:00, sha 3c649da29c7d)
  - site_page: https://decidim.org/installations (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:29.299483+00:00, sha 6ccc8d03334f)
  - site_page: https://decidim.org/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:29.303802+00:00, sha 67d1913a7fb1)
  - site_page: https://decidim.org/faqs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:29.305771+00:00, sha 866b39941532)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.