Decidim

About Decidim

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

We want to contribute to the democratization of society through the construction of technology, methodologies, practices, standards, actions, narratives, and values, in a free, open, collaborative and reflective way.

Our values

From the beginning, Decidim has a social contract that includes the values of the project.

All members of the Decidim Free Software Association undertake to respect this contract.

Read the social contract
Compromise and responsibility
Equal opportunities and quality indicators
Open content to share and cooperate
Free software to enable autonomy
Compromise and responsibility
Equal opportunities and quality indicators
Open content to share and cooperate
Free software to enable autonomy
Compromise and responsibility
Equal opportunities and quality indicators
Open content to share and cooperate
Free software to enable autonomy
Compromise and responsibility
Equal opportunities and quality indicators
Open content to share and cooperate
Free software to enable autonomy
Compromise and responsibility
Equal opportunities and quality indicators
Data confidentiality
Transparency, traceability and integrity
Continuous improvement and collaboration between organizations
Data confidentiality
Transparency, traceability and integrity
Continuous improvement and collaboration between organizations
Data confidentiality
Transparency, traceability and integrity
Continuous improvement and collaboration between organizations
Data confidentiality
Transparency, traceability and integrity
Continuous improvement and collaboration between organizations
Data confidentiality
Transparency, traceability and integrity

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

We want to contribute to the democratization of society through the construction of technology, methodologies, practices, standards, actions, narratives, and values, in a free, open, collaborative and reflective way.

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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.

Can I join the Metadecidim community even if I don't live in Barcelona?

Of course you can. People do so through participatory processes, debates, translations, etc. that you might find in Metadecidim. Decidim was born in Barcelona and that is why there is a strong territorial bond with this city, but above all, it's a project for the commons.

What is the Metadecidim community?

Metadecidim is the community of Decidim that collaborates in the design of the platform and the construction of the Decidim project. We meet regularly through the Community Meetings, for issues related to the technological aspects of the platform and the Labs witc are Research oriented meetings. Our annual conference is Decidim Fest. Go to meta.decidim.org to follow the calls closely and if you want to join the community. We'd love to ;-)

What do I need to install Decidim?

Installing Decidim is easy but you need some knowledge and technical requirements. See the documentation for installing Decidim.

Try Online — Play around and explore freely the Decidim platform with our online demo. Online demo