Our Open Source Projects

Websites & Applications

TransparencyData.com projects

These projects either power or are powered by TransparencyData.com.

  • datacommons - A web application that provides an API and web interface to explore various low-level influence data (powers Transparency Data).
  • brisket - Provides a high-level user interface to explore state and federal influence data (powers Influence Explorer).
  • poligraft - Poligraft Using data from TransparencyData.com and Influence Explorer, Poligraft allows you to connect the dots between money and politics in Congress.
  • Chutney - A bookmarklet to recognize corporate entities in banking websites, powers Checking Influence.
  • oxtail - Prototype project to add contextual influence information to GMail messages.

Labs Olympics

These projects were created as part of the 2010 Sunlight Labs olympics, they aren't necessarily related to our mission but were just a bit of fun.

  • foodtrucks - a map of all of the food trucks in the DC area
  • coleslaw - coleslaw
  • sunlight-2d - A QR code printer and digital scrapbook for the Sunlight office.
  • bdad - Better Draw a District

National Data Catalog

Mobile Apps & Roku Channels

Various Scrapers

Libraries

Python

Ruby

  • ruby-sunlightapi - Ruby wrapper for the Sunlight API
  • ruby-datacatalog - Ruby wrapper for the National Data Catalog API
  • ruby-drumbone - Ruby wrapper for the Drumbone API (now deprecated).
  • sinatra_resource - Ruby framework for writing RESTful APIs using Sinatra and MongoMapper
  • ruby-unindentable - Tiny Ruby library for unindenting string. Replaced by ruby-outdent. [minor]
  • ruby-outdent - Tiny Ruby library for unindenting strings [minor]
  • ruby-tcorps - Ruby library for TransparencyCorps (now inactive).
  • rack-chromeframe - Rack middleware that adds support for Google Chrome Frame
  • rack-honeypot - Rack middleware that adds a honeypot to forms to attract and filter out spammers.

Django

Other

Internal Projects

These are projects that we've found useful for managing internal assets but that others may find valuable as well.

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