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open software

Posted byby OKFN
June 24, 2025

Join us at The Tech People Want Summit and reimagine tech for real-world needs

In July, OKFN is bringing together non-technical professionals – including data practitioners, communicators, project managers, and advocates – to rethink how technology supports our work in conversational sessions.

Posted byby OKFN
June 3, 2025

Presentation & Expert Roundtable: ‘From Software to Society — Openness in a Changing World’

Join the Open Knowledge Network in a roundtable to discuss the meaning of openness today, starting with a presentation of the recent study “From Software to Society — Openness in a changing world” by Dr. Henriette Litta and Peter Bihr.

Posted byby Lucas Pretti
May 20, 2025

Ivana Feldfeber: ‘There is no evidence that more technology makes people better’

DataGénero co-founder joins us for the fifteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations with over 100 people about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement

Posted byby Lucas Pretti
April 28, 2025

Patricio Del Boca: ‘What we need is concrete tech for the people who need it, and nothing else’

The Open Knowledge Foundation's new Tech Lead joins us for the fourteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the current challenges and the paths of action of the open movement.

Posted byby OKFN
April 21, 2025

[Announcement] Open Data Editor 1.4.0 version release

The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) is happy to announce the release of Open Data Editor (ODE) 1.4.0, the latest version of our new desktop application for data practitioners to detect errors in tables.

Posted byby Sara Petti
April 7, 2025

Frictionless Summit: Review the recording and learn about the next steps for Frictionless Data

Following The Tech We Want vision, the community agreed to follow up on the two macro-topics: one for software simplification and core functionalities, and one for outreach and adoption.

Posted byby OKFN
March 20, 2025

The Tech We Want: Join us to discuss the future of Frictionless Data in a 3-hour online summit

At the summit, we want to promote successful cases and projects using Frictionless, and collectively discuss how such a long-running project adapts to the current context and Open Knowledge’s current vision of technology.

Posted byby OKFN
March 13, 2025

Meet the organisations selected to pilot the Open Data Editor (1st cohort)

ODE in action: A new cohort of pilot organisations will start integrating the application in their work in March on issues as varied as environmental justice, health, peace, and public sector data.

Posted byby Sara Petti
February 11, 2025

CHAOSScon 2025: Key Takeaways on Open Source Health and Metrics

CHAOSScon 2025 reinforced the importance of defining, measuring, and sustaining OSS health. As open source continues to evolve, these discussions provide a roadmap for ensuring sustainability, security, and inclusivity.

Posted byby OKFN
January 24, 2025

A new round of strategic funding to enhance data literacy and accessibility through the Open Data Editor

We are pleased to announce that the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) has been selected as a grantee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation for the second year in a row to continue working on improving the Open Data Editor (ODE) application, making it more accessible and widely used by organisations around the world, and increasing data literacy in key communities.

Open Technology Research Officially Launches to Strengthen Global Research Community

The Road to a Press Freedom AI Commons

Open Knowledge Foundation Priorities for the 2025 OGP

Travis Gerke: ‘Academia is still very supportive of the singular hero scientist. But most things take teams’

Andrés Vázquez: ‘90% of technological problems can be solved with tools that have been around for decades’

Jaya Klara Brekke: ‘Know who runs your infrastructure’

Our Network Contribution to Shape the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy

School of Data Returns: Scaling Digital Literacy Through Trainer Multipliers

Presentation & Expert Roundtable: ‘From Software to Society — Openness in a Changing World’