Open Source Community
Build tools that protect civil rights
The Foundation provides the infrastructure, quality standards, and governed architecture. The community provides the reach, the domain expertise, and the speed that no single organization could achieve alone.
How It Works
Everything funded by the Foundation is released under permissive open-source license.
The NORA Framework provides the governed architecture — anyone can build domain-specific tools on top of it.
Contributors are vetted through the Foundation's quality standards to maintain high-assurance integrity.
Tools are freely distributed. No paywalls. No premium tiers for individuals.
What You Can Build
Document analysis tools for specific legal domains (housing, employment, child welfare).
Evidence verification pipelines with cryptographic provenance.
Pattern detection systems that identify systemic failures across jurisdictions.
Adversarial validation models that stress-test legal arguments before deployment.
Volunteer →
Contribute your professional skills — development, legal research, data science, design, advocacy.
Partner →
Law firms, nonprofits, research institutions, and advocacy organizations working in aligned domains.
Contribute Code →
Join the codebase. Core framework, domain tools, infrastructure, adversarial validation — pick your lane.