# Civic Center — The Democratic Engine

> Open-source civic platform (Civic Center OS) for jurisdictions: branded websites, a resident assistant, administrator insights, and an Applications catalog that closes the loop from resident voice to policy action to measured results.

Civic Center is an independent, non-binding research prototype built at UCR TeCD-Lab (Renato Baccaro; supervision: Prof. Kevin Esterling). It is not a government service. Code is AGPL-3.0; research is CC BY 4.0.

## Built in

- [Built in features](https://civic.center/built-in): Civic Agent (resident assistant), Civic Brain (administrator insights), Pages and News, Public Records, Contact Form, Meetings & Agendas, Service Directory, Events Calendar, Alerts & Subscriptions, Visibility.

## Core applications

- [Town Hall](https://civic.center/applications/townhall): residents raise concerns.
- [Policy Tracking](https://civic.center/applications/policy): what the jurisdiction does about them.
- [Social Results](https://civic.center/applications/socialresults): whether it worked.

## Pages

- [How it works](https://civic.center/how-it-works): the Democratic Engine feedback loop.
- [Applications](https://civic.center/applications): open catalog jurisdictions install on demand.
- [Cases](https://civic.center/cases): demo jurisdiction sites.
- [Team](https://civic.center/team): horizontal team at UCR TeCD-Lab.

## Optional

- [Research paper](https://civic.center/?research=1): Multidimensional Flow Theory of Legitimacy (Baccaro, 2025).
- [Source code](https://github.com/TeCD-Lab/civic-center)
- [Accessibility](https://civic.center/legal/accessibility)
- [Privacy](https://civic.center/legal/privacy)