Tool | Description | Platforms supported | Orgs using |
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KoBo | Customised version of ODK for the humanitarian community, with a more-advanced forms editor. Forms are compatible with the ODK Android client. OCHA hosts a free KoBo server (for collecting forms data) at https://kobo.humanitarianresponse.info | Android, Web | |
Open Data Kit (ODK) | The dominant open-source mobile data-collection toolkit, supporting offline mobile forms on smartphones and tablets (as well as online forms over the web). Widely used inside and outside the humanitarian community. Affiliated with the OpenRosa project for standardising XML-based forms definitions (also supported by CommCare). | Android, Web | |
Dimagi CommCare | |||
Dharma | |||
Magpi | |||
Ushahidi | (Swahili for "witness".) Mobile tool specialised for incident/event reporting. Originally started for reporting eye-witness accounts of violence after the Kenyan 2007 elections, but now in general use in many countries. |
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