Decidim

First steps with Decidim

Decidim is a digital platform
for citizen participation

It’s a free/libre and open-source web-based software, maintained by an extense and active community. You can use Decidim in a public or private organisation, with hundreds or thousands of potential participants, such as a city council, an association, a university, an NGO, a trade union, a neighbourhood association or a cooperative...
For technologists
Installing Decidim

You can install it yourself or find someone to help you with tech support.

For organizations
The right tool for you

For big or small organisations, discover how Decidim can cater to your needs.

For governments
Decidim in your city

If your city is thinking of deploying participatory policies, find out how you can convince them to do it.

Is Decidim the right tool for you?

Decidim’s flexible features are designed to serve both small and large collectives, public and private organisations, with hundreds or thousands of potential users.

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Procesos participativos
Textos participativos
Conferencia
Encuestas
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Comentarios
Procesos participativos
Textos participativos
Conferencia
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Comentarios
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Textos participativos
Conferencia
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Textos participativos
Conferencia
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Páginas y blogs
Notificaciones
Boletín
Órganos
de participación
Votings
Iniciativas
Páginas y blogs
Notificaciones
Boletín
Órganos
de participación
Votings
Iniciativas
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de participación
Votings
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Páginas y blogs
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de participación
Votings
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Encuentros
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Backed by technology, democracy and experience

City of Helsinky
Ayuntamiento de Helsinki

We evaluated seven different kinds of participatory budgeting options to find the right platform to support...

Read the case study
European Commission
European Commission

The digital platform was launched on 19 April 2021 and was open to contributions until 9 of May 2022. During this...

Read the case study

Read more case studies on our blog

Who’s behind the platform?

Metadecidim is the community that collaborates in the design of the platform and the development of the project. Together we design and create new features and report bugs for continuous improvement of the platform.

The Decidim Free Software Association is a democratic association for the governance of the Decidim community.

FAQs
What is Decidim?

Decidim is a Free Open-Source participatory democracy platform for cities and organizations. But Decidim is more than a digital platform: it’s a common's free and open project and infrastructure involving code, documentation, design, training courses, a legal framework, collaborative interfaces, user and facilitation communities, and a common vision.

How can I become a member of the Decidim Association?

Now the people involved in the project can be partners. Here we explain in detail how you have to do it

What can a participant (user) of Decidim do?

Decidim makes it possible for thousands of people to organize themselves democratically by making proposals, attending public meetings, fostering decision-making discussions, deciding through different forms of voting and monitoring the implementation of decisions.

What is Decidim's trademark policy?

Decidim and the Decidim logo are registered by the Association, they cannot be used as a commercial product nor cannot be sold. If used, the credit has to be referenced to the project. You can read more about this in our Trademark policy.

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