Equal Power
One eligible member, one equal vote is the default democratic model.
Open Civic Infrastructure
Direct democracy, designed for any scale.
Govnr is an open platform for groups, organisations, institutions, and communities that want transparent, verifiable, and accessible democratic participation.
Principles
Built around trust, clarity, and participation.
Verifiable Records
Voting and civic actions should be auditable, transparent, and independently checkable.
Human-Centred AI
AI can summarise, draft, compare, and research, but it must not silently make civic decisions.
Status
An old idea, being rebuilt carefully
for the modern age.
Govnr began as an early Rails project exploring direct democracy online. We're rebuilding the core civic concepts and platform around a modern API, clean domain model, verifiable ledger, and accessible user experience. You can help shape the project's development too.