Open Source Software Library

Mattermost is an open-source, self-hostable online chat service with file sharing, search, and integrations. Designed as an alternative to Slack, it was founded by a Canadian-led team and is widely used by enterprises and governments for secure communications.

Lagoon is an open-source application delivery platform built for Kubernetes and Docker. It automates DevOps workflows, enabling teams to define their entire infrastructure as code. Developed by amazee.io with strong Canadian roots.

OpenHMD is a free and open-source API and drivers for immersive technology such as head-mounted displays (VR/AR). Canadian developers have been central contributors, and the project supports a wide range of VR headsets on Linux.

The B.C. Design System gives design and software development teams the building blocks to deliver intuitive, accessible digital services.

Aries Verifiable Credentials Registry (VCR), part of the Hyperledger Aries family of Digital Trust technologies, provides a searchable public directory based on Verifiable Credentials (VCs). It was historically known as both OrgBook (which is actually a deployment of Aries VCR) and Indy Catalyst. Aries VCR is actively developed by the British Columbia Government’s Digital Trust Team in Canada, and the most well-known live example is OrgBook BC. In an instance of Aries VCR, credentials can be issued from a variety of authorities about subjects in the instance. A core set of credentials are issued by an authority responsible for “creating” the subject. Other credentials can then be issued against the subject of these core credentials. All credentials are stored in a secure digital wallet and accessed via its website or the public API. This means an instance of Aries VCR can be an authoritative public registry of any referenceable information.

Registry tooling for platform services and product teams.

Developer experience resources and tooling for B.C. government teams.

The most popular tool for teams to coordinate mapping on OpenStreetMap. With this web application, an area of interest can be defined and divided up into smaller tasks that can be completed rapidly. It shows which areas need to be mapped and which areas need a review for quality assurance. You can see the tool in action: log into the widely used HOT Tasking Manager and start mapping. This is Free and Open Source Software. You are welcome to use the code and set up your own instance. The Tasking Manager has been initially designed and built by and for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, and is nowadays used by many communities and organizations.

YARA is an open-source software project focused on security, malware, analysis. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Aries Verifiable Credentials Registry (VCR), part of the Hyperledger Aries family of Digital Trust technologies, provides a searchable public directory based on Verifiable Credentials (VCs). It was historically known as both OrgBook (which is actually a deployment of Aries VCR) and Indy Catalyst. Aries VCR is actively developed by the British Columbia Government’s Digital Trust Team in Canada, and the most well-known live example is OrgBook BC. In an instance of Aries VCR, credentials can be issued from a variety of authorities about subjects in the instance. A core set of credentials are issued by an authority responsible for “creating” the subject. Other credentials can then be issued against the subject of these core credentials. All credentials are stored in a secure digital wallet and accessed via its website or the public API. This means an instance of Aries VCR can be an authoritative public registry of any referenceable information.

Tools and policy checks that help Government of Canada teams evaluate IBM Cloud deployments against common cloud guardrails. It is useful for repeatable compliance reviews, documentation of security expectations, and sharing implementation patterns across departments.

Open Policy Agent guidance and configuration examples for checking Google Cloud Platform services against Government of Canada cloud guardrails. The repository documents recommended settings and gives teams a reusable starting point for compliant GCP deployments.

Terraform and infrastructure templates for accelerating Government of Canada service delivery on Google Cloud Platform. The project packages reusable baseline patterns so teams can start cloud projects with consistent security and operational defaults.

Infrastructure and policy examples for checking Oracle Cloud deployments against Government of Canada guardrails. It provides reusable guidance for teams that need to document cloud compliance controls in Oracle environments.

Draft Government of Canada guidance on open standards, policy-as-code and technology decision-making. It helps public-sector teams document standards, reuse technology choices, and align digital services with open-by-default practices.

Minimum guardrails and practical guidance for preventing ransomware in Government of Canada environments. The project is useful as a policy and control reference for security teams reviewing digital services.

A Government of Canada guidance repository that supports technical architecture decisions around cloud adoption. It is best used as reference material for teams aligning infrastructure work with public-sector cloud practices.

Reusable PowerShell and infrastructure assets that help Government of Canada teams bootstrap Azure-based services. The repository collects patterns intended to speed up delivery while keeping deployments aligned with shared standards.

Static site repository for stories and insights about the design of Canada.ca. The content is useful for teams studying public-sector UX decisions, service patterns, and Canada.ca publishing practices.

Accessibility-focused Canada.ca repository used to share HTML examples, guidance and checks. It supports public-sector web teams working to make digital services conformant, usable, and easier to test.

Reusable infrastructure templates and examples for accelerating Government of Canada service delivery on AWS. The repository provides cloud starter patterns for teams seeking standardized deployments.

Jekyll boilerplate for building sites with Canada.ca templates and WET-based layouts. It helps teams produce static websites that follow Canada.ca styling and publishing conventions.

Main application for a Government of Canada developers exchange, intended to help public servants find tools, guidance and shared development resources. It supports collaboration and reuse across digital teams.

Terraform module that deploys a managed Microsoft SQL instance on Azure. It helps Statistics Canada and other teams create repeatable database infrastructure with version-controlled configuration.

Terraform module for provisioning managed MSSQL servers in Azure. The project separates server-level infrastructure concerns so teams can compose larger cloud-native data platforms.

Terraform module for per-environment Azure configuration in Statistics Canada Advanced Analytics Workspaces. It helps platform teams keep analytics workspace environments reproducible and easier to audit.

Archived testing repository for containers used in Kubeflow-based Advanced Analytics Workspaces. It demonstrates build and test patterns for data-science images used by public-sector analytics teams.

Terraform module for deploying kube-prometheus-stack into Kubernetes clusters. It gives platform teams a reusable way to install observability components for cloud-native analytics services.

Tiny lookup utility that helps CDS teams find service IDs in the Government of Canada service inventory. It is a simple support tool for connecting digital products to service-management metadata.

Collection of tools used by the Canadian Digital Service to support confidentiality, integrity and availability of applications. It includes shared security automation and reference material for operational teams.

Companion documentation for Veterans Affairs Canada’s Find Benefits and Services product. It captures product context, research and operating guidance that can be reused by service teams.

Go wrapper for serving static content from an AWS Lambda environment. It gives teams a lightweight way to deploy simple static assets through serverless infrastructure.

Public repository for opportunities to participate in CDS-facilitated user research. It supports transparent recruitment and helps teams publish research activities in a reusable format.

Analytics dashboards for GeoBC authorization tools, helping teams understand usage and operational patterns. The repository supports evidence-based improvements to geospatial access services.

Shared Mend Renovate configuration for automated dependency updates across B.C. Government repositories. It helps project teams keep packages current while applying consistent policy and review settings.

Wildfire Predictive Services application for prevention, preparedness, response and recovery decision support. It combines Python, React and geospatial data to help wildfire teams analyze weather and risk.

Repository for storing Looker production dashboards with Gazer to support editing, testing, backup and restoration. It helps analytics teams manage business-intelligence assets as code.

Guidelines for designing, documenting and operating APIs in the B.C. Government. The repository gives teams a shared reference for consistent, reusable and developer-friendly public-sector APIs.

Scripts, demos and examples produced by the B.C. Government Developer Experience team. It helps internal and partner developers adopt platform tools, workflows and open-source practices.

Demonstration project for the B.C. Government OpenShift quickstart experience. It provides a sample TypeScript application and deployment path that teams can copy when starting platform work.

Reusable service for hosting and managing forms across B.C. Government programs. It helps teams collect structured data without building a bespoke form platform for every service.

Plugin work around inbound routing for Aries Cloud Agent Python deployments. It helps digital-trust teams operate agent networks and route messages in verifiable credential ecosystems.

Database schema documentation tooling used by B.C. Government teams. It helps generate browsable diagrams and metadata so applications are easier to understand and maintain.

Registry application for B.C. Government platform services and onboarding. It helps teams manage product metadata, contacts and platform access information in a central place.

Digital analytics platform repository for B.C. natural-resources teams. It supports data ingestion, reporting and platform workflows used to turn operational resource data into decision-ready products.

Jellyseerr is an open-source software project focused on media, requests, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Overseerr is an open-source software project focused on media, requests, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Prowlarr is an open-source software project focused on media, indexer, automation. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Radarr is an open-source software project focused on media, movies, automation. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Sonarr is an open-source software project focused on media, television, automation. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Lidarr is an open-source software project focused on media, music, automation. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Readarr is an open-source software project focused on ebooks, automation, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Bazarr is an open-source software project focused on subtitles, media, automation. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

SABnzbd is an open-source software project focused on usenet, downloader, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

NZBGet is an open-source software project focused on usenet, downloader, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

qBittorrent is an open-source software project focused on bittorrent, download, desktop. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Transmission is an open-source software project focused on bittorrent, download, desktop. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Deluge is an open-source software project focused on bittorrent, download, desktop. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Flood is an open-source software project focused on bittorrent, web ui, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Airsonic-Advanced is an open-source software project focused on music, streaming, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Funkwhale is an open-source software project focused on music, federated, streaming. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Koel is an open-source software project focused on music, streaming, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Ampache is an open-source software project focused on music, streaming, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Mopidy is an open-source software project focused on music, server, python. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Beets is an open-source software project focused on music, metadata, library. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

MusicBrainz Picard is an open-source software project focused on music, metadata, desktop. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Strawberry Music Player is an open-source software project focused on music, player, desktop. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Tauon Music Box is an open-source software project focused on music, player, desktop. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Quod Libet is an open-source software project focused on music, player, desktop. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

MPD is an open-source software project focused on music, daemon, server. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Ncmpcpp is an open-source software project focused on music, terminal, client. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Lollypop is an open-source software project focused on music, player, gnome. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Shortwave is an open-source software project focused on radio, streaming, gnome. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Podman is an open-source software project focused on containers, devops, linux. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Buildah is an open-source software project focused on containers, build, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Skopeo is an open-source software project focused on containers, registry, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

CRI-O is an open-source software project focused on containers, kubernetes, runtime. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

K3s is an open-source software project focused on kubernetes, containers, edge. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

K0s is an open-source software project focused on kubernetes, containers, cluster. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

MicroK8s is an open-source software project focused on kubernetes, containers, cluster. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Minikube is an open-source software project focused on kubernetes, development, containers. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Kind is an open-source software project focused on kubernetes, testing, containers. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Helm is an open-source software project focused on kubernetes, packages, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Kustomize is an open-source software project focused on kubernetes, configuration, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Argo CD is an open-source software project focused on gitops, kubernetes, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Flux CD is an open-source software project focused on gitops, kubernetes, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Tekton Pipelines is an open-source software project focused on ci cd, kubernetes, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Harbor is an open-source software project focused on containers, registry, security. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Distribution Registry is an open-source software project focused on containers, registry, server. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Portainer Community Edition is an open-source software project focused on containers, management, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Rancher is an open-source software project focused on kubernetes, management, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Nomad is an open-source software project focused on orchestration, containers, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Consul is an open-source software project focused on service mesh, networking, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Vault is an open-source software project focused on secrets, security, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Packer is an open-source software project focused on images, automation, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Vagrant is an open-source software project focused on virtualization, development, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

OpenTofu is an open-source software project focused on infrastructure as code, devops, cloud. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Pulumi is an open-source software project focused on infrastructure as code, devops, cloud. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Ansible is an open-source software project focused on automation, configuration, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Salt is an open-source software project focused on automation, configuration, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.