Ushahidi Platform
Built by Ushahidi
Open-source platform for crowdsourcing, mapping and visualising crisis and civic reports, first built in Kenya during the 2008 post-election violence. Written primarily in PHP, it powers deployments for election monitoring, disaster response and human-rights reporting across Africa and worldwide. Actively maintained by the Nairobi-based Ushahidi organisation.
- Category
- Open Source
- Pricing
- Free / open-source
- Country
- 馃嚢馃嚜 Kenya
- Last verified
- 5 Jul 2026
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