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.

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.

Vanilla Forums is an open-source community forum software designed for ease of use and extensibility. Founded in Montreal, it powers thousands of community platforms worldwide, with a strong plugin ecosystem and modern design.

CANARIE manages the Canadian Access Federation (CAF), which provides open-source Shibboleth identity federation infrastructure enabling single sign-on for over 300 Canadian universities, colleges, and research institutions. Their open tools and configuration guides are publicly available.

SageMath is a free open-source mathematics software system. The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), a consortium of Canadian universities, provides infrastructure and hosting for SageMath and has been a key institutional backer of open mathematical software in Canada.

OpenStax provides free, peer-reviewed open-source textbooks. Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and several other Canadian institutions are active contributors to the platform's open educational resources and have helped adapt content for Canadian curricula.

Developed by the National Research Council of Canada, the NRC Word-Emotion Association Lexicon (EmoLex) is a widely-cited open linguistic resource mapping words to emotions and sentiments. It is freely available for research and has been used in thousands of NLP studies worldwide.

TypeScript module for removing personally identifiable information from text.

Web application to link legacy user accounts to CanadaLogin.

Self-service application for managing CanadaLogin profiles.

Terraform and configuration for a platform identity provider.

CKAN extension for storing resources with cloud storage providers.

Shareable custom schema extension for CKAN, widely used in Canadian open data work.

Guidance for Ontario open data processes and practices.

Verifiable-credential directory for organizations in British Columbia.

Digital identity and Hyperledger Indy catalyst project from B.C. government.

Plugins supporting Aries Cloud Agent Python deployments.

Common single sign-on service components for B.C. government.

Blob-level caching solution for ActiveRecord models.

Cloud and desktop IDE platform with Canadian enterprise contributions.

Kubernetes-native cloud development environment with Canadian contributors and users.

AAW Vault Sidecar Injector is an open-source project or repository maintained by Statistics Canada in Canada.

Ontario Identity Prototype is an open-source project or repository maintained by Government of Ontario in Canada.

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.

Government of Canada digital playbook content covering accessibility, service design, collaboration, data and open standards. It acts as a reusable guide for public servants building user-centred digital services.