Decidim

Primeros pasos con Decidim

Decidim is a digital platform for
democratic participation and
community governance

It’s a free/libre and open-source web-based software, maintained by an extensive and active community. It’s designed to help governments, organizations, and communities to engage people in transparent, structured decision-making processes.
Para organizaciones
Community Governance

For big or small organisations, discover how Decidim can help you to implement a democratic governance model.

Para gobiernos
Democratize Public Decision-Making

If your government is considering the implementation of participatory policies, discover how Decidim can help you make the case and turn those ideas into reality.

Is Decidim the right tool for you?

Decidim’s flexible features are designed to serve both small and large collectives, public and private organisations, with hundreds or thousands of potential users, such as city councils, associations, universities, NGOs or cooperatives.

With Decidim you can:
Collect proposals from participants, enriched with geolocation and attachments, merge similar ones, and set a workflow for official approval or rejection.
Prioritize proposals using various voting methods, such as setting minimum and maximum thresholds, weighted voting, or participatory budgeting.
Organiza reunionespresenciales o en remoto, gestiona las inscripciones y publica el orden del día.
¡Y mucho más!
Procesos participativos
Collaborative texts
Conferences
Encuestas
Sorteo
Comentarios
Páginas y blogs
Procesos participativos
Collaborative texts
Conferences
Encuestas
Sorteo
Comentarios
Páginas y blogs
Procesos participativos
Collaborative texts
Conferences
Encuestas
Sorteo
Comentarios
Páginas y blogs
Procesos participativos
Collaborative texts
Conferences
Encuestas
Sorteo
Comentarios
Páginas y blogs
Procesos participativos
Collaborative texts
Notificaciones
Boletín
Debates
Presupuestos participativos
Órganos
de participación
Elections
Conferences
Notificaciones
Boletín
Debates
Presupuestos participativos
Órganos
de participación
Elections
Conferences
Notificaciones
Boletín
Debates
Presupuestos participativos
Órganos
de participación
Elections
Conferences
Notificaciones
Boletín
Debates
Presupuestos participativos
Órganos
de participación
Elections
Conferences
Notificaciones
Boletín

Ya usan Decidim

Learn how cities, governments, and organisations are already using Decidim in different ways and scenarios, with diverse purposes and stories. Check out some inspiring successful cases!

Presupuesto participativo 2020-2023 en Barcelona
Presupuesto participativo 2020-2023 en Barcelona
Lee el caso práctico
Ayuntamiento de Helsinki
Ayuntamiento de Helsinki
Lee el caso práctico
Comisión Europea: Conferencia para el futuro de Europa
Comisión Europea: Conferencia para el futuro de Europa
Lee el caso práctico

How to Start Using Decidim

To start using Decidim, you must install the application on a server. Because Decidim is built with Ruby on Rails, the installation requires a developer with experience in this framework.

You can get started in two ways:

Your organization has developers:

They can install Decidim by following the steps in the official documentation site.

Read the installation guide
Your organization does not have developers:

You’ll need a tech company to install, configure, and maintain Decidim. We recommend working with a local provider or choosing one from our official partners page.

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How to start Decidim

¿Quién está detrás de la plataforma?

Metadecidim is the community that collaborates in the design of the platform and the development of the project. Together we design and create new features and report bugs for continuous improvement of the platform.

The Decidim Free Software Association is a democratic association for the governance of the Decidim community in charge of maintaining the source code.

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