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With OpenSpending, Open Knowledge Foundation created the opportunity for governments, civil society organizations and communities to publish and visualize their revenue, budgets, spending and procurements data in an open source platform.</p> <p>The OpenSpending platform consists of a core platform with a large, centralised database that allows for deep analysis across a range of datasets. It is designed, developed and maintained by Open Knowledge Foundation. At the same time, OpenSpending offers tools that enable to establish an ecosystem around fiscal data, which is tailored to the specific aspects and local contexts the data is embedded in.</p> <p>As an open source and a community-driven project, also reflects the valuable contributions of an active, passionate and committed community.</p> <h3>Got it, what now?</h3> <ul> <li>Meet the <a href="/about/tools">OpenSpending tools</a></li> <li>Learn about the <a href="/about/fiscaldatapackage">Fiscal Data Package</a></li> <li>Read other resources about Fiscal Transparency on the <a href="http://www.fiscaltransparency.net/resources/">GIFT website</a></li> <li>Read the <a href="https://docs.openspending.org/en/latest/">OpenSpending documentation</a></li> <li>Learn more about <a href="/about/meta">this website</a></li> </ul></section></article><footer class="bg-slate-50 border-t border-slate-100 py-10"><div class="mx-auto max-w-7xl px-4 sm:px-6 lg:px-8 flex flex-col items-center justify-between md:flex-row"><div class="flex gap-x-2 items-center justify-center mx-auto"><p class="text-base text-slate-500">Maintained by</p><a href="https://www.datopian.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Datopian logo" loading="lazy" width="120" height="30" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="mb-1" style="color:transparent" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fdatopian-logotype.png&w=128&q=75 1x, /_next/image?url=%2Fdatopian-logotype.png&w=256&q=75 2x" src="/_next/image?url=%2Fdatopian-logotype.png&w=256&q=75"/></a></div><div class="flex gap-x-2 items-center mx-auto h-20"><p class="mt-8 text-base text-slate-500 md:mt-0">Built with <a href="https://portaljs.org" target="_blank" class="text-xl font-medium">馃寑 PortalJS</a></p></div></div></footer></div></main></div><script id="__NEXT_DATA__" type="application/json">{"props":{"pageProps":{"source":"### What is OpenSpending?\nOpenSpending is a free, open and global platform to search, visualise and analyse fiscal data in the public sphere. 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