toolsforactivism
github.com/drewrwilson/toolsforactivism ↗growing list of digital tools for activism things
Use this list with your AI agent
Add the Context Awesome MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client, then ask:
"Show me software as a service: resources from toolsforactivism"
Installation instructions →What's inside
Software as a service:
- Action Network
A nonprofit digital organizing toolset for progressive organizations. Includes petitions, advocacy, fundraising, mass email, and more for free or cheap.
- Change.org
- CiviWiki
An open-source, non-profit community, working to develop a democratic engagement web system.
- Contact Congress (FFTF)
Used to send emails to members of the US Congress. This is Fight for the Future's hosted-version of the open sources Contact Congress. Ideal for organizations that send a lot of emails to congress, but who don't have tech staff who can install and maintain their own version of the open source software.
- ControlShift
Distributed petitions, events and local groups for progressive advocacy organizations. Tools to help make campaigns more participatory.
- Democracy.io
Send messages to members of the US Senate and House of Representatives.
Browsers:
- Brave Browser
- Tor Browser
Free software for enabling anonymous communication. It prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location, and it lets you access sites which are blocked.
Open-source host-it-yourself:
- Call Congress
Coordinate call-in days to US Congress, the President, or local or corporate targets. Original project from Fight for the Future and Taskforce.is, but with lots of development from
- CiviCRM
Contact management system for non-profit / activist sector, including donations, memberships, events, SMS, bulk mail & full CRM.
- Contact Congress (Open Source)
Send emails to members of the US Congress. This was developed by EFF as an open source project. They use it for their own campaigns internally. There is also a hosted version run by Fight for the Future (see below).
- Countdown
A quick & simple tool for making your own webpage with a countdown to your upcoming event.
- Crowdring
web app where people around the world can place a free missed call to sign a petition
- Self Starter
roll your own crowdfunding site
Projects to keep an eye on (ie projects in development)
- Code Corps
code corps hopes to provide tools that connect people to projects that have a social impact, facilitate crowdfunding, and provide support for those working on projects
- Day of Action
very rough tool used to coordinate a day of action for high school students. the starting point for a more generalized tool to run a day of action campaign
- Stencil Validator
a design tool for determining if your artwork is a valid stencil
- Umbrella App
an open source Android App with lessons and checklists on digital and physical security topics ranging from sending a secure mail to dealing with physical surveillance and attending a protest safely. Also includes forms for responding to security incidents and feeds to ensure users are up to date with the latest security information for their area. Also available in Spanish and Chinese.
- Where@
a mobile app to help protesters communicate with each other in realtime during marches
Operating Systems:
- Tails
A live media, Linux-based operating system that is designed to allow the use of a computer without leaving a digital footprint.
The Graveyad
- Thunderclap
use this to coordinate a group sharing the same message on social media at the same time. You write a tweet, make a campaign, and ask people to pledge to support your campaign. When you reach your goal of a certain number of pledgers, your tweet will automatically be posted to each pledger's social media.
Showing a sample of 28 resources. View the full list on GitHub →