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date: 2018-03-01T00:00:00-00:00
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  cta_label: "Get started"
  cta_url: "/software/"
  caption: "Photo credit: **Carl Hartung**"
excerpt: "The Open Data Kit community produces free and open-source software for collecting, managing, and using data in resource-constrained environments."
intro:
- excerpt: "**Open Data Kit tools help millions of people around the world collect, manage, and use their data.** <br><br> Our users include [Google](https://www.google.com/earth/outreach/success-stories/chief-almir-and-the-surui-tribe-of-the-amazon/), [WHO](http://www.emro.who.int/som/somalia-news/somalia-to-conduct-second-round-of-focused-polio-vaccination-activity-in-banadir-and-lower-and-middle-shabelle-regions.html), [CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/ophss/chiic/projects/2014/ideas/using-open-data-kit-odk-for-rapid-data-collection-transport-visualization-and-management-of-malaria-data-in-siaya-county-kenya.html), [USAID](https://www.agrilinks.org/blog/partnership-open-source-technology-opens-door-improved-survey-data), the [Red Cross and Red Crescent](http://www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-media/news-stories/americas/bolivia/bolivian-red-cross-and-ifrc-visits-border-between-bolivia-and-brazil--72334/), the [Carter Center](http://blog.cartercenter.org/2012/08/06/carter-center-on-leading-edge-of-technology-use-in-election-observation/), the [Jane Goodall Institute](http://www.janegoodall.org/2016/11/21/monitoring-forests-2/) and [many others](https://forum.opendatakit.org/c/showcase). <br><br>From [monitoring rainforests](http://www.amazonteam.org/act-pilots-open-data-kit-odk-enable-indigenous-partners-seamlessly-collect-field-data-their-native) to [observing elections](http://democracyinternational.com/resources/2017-final-monitoring-report-of-the-albanian-assembly-elections) to [tracking outbreaks](https://news.cs.washington.edu/2014/11/18/paul-g-allen-tackles-ebola-with-10000-odk-equipped-smartphones/), Open Data Kit is the standard for mobile data collection."
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  - image_path: /assets/images/design.png
    alt: "Collect the data you need to make decisions"
    title: "Collect the data you need to make decisions"
    excerpt: "From text to pictures to location, collect the data you need to make the right decisions. Our tools also support complex branching, answer validation, multiple languages, and offline work!"
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    alt: "Use out of the box or build your own"
    title: "Use out of the box or build your own"
    excerpt: "Use our mobile, server, and desktop tools as they are, or customize them so they support your workflows in the field, in the office, or anywhere in between."
  - image_path: /assets/images/visualize.png
    alt: "Easy to start and even easier to scale"
    title: "Easy to start and even easier to scale"
    excerpt: "Our tools are simple enough for anyone to use and robust enough for international organizations to rely on. [Get started!](/software/)"
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    alt: "How we do it"
    title: "How we do it"
    excerpt: "Open Data Kit is made by a community of people just like you. We value open communities and open source. We are user-focused and deployment-centric. No matter your background, talent, or skill, you can help make our community and tools better. [Join us!](/community/)"
    url: "/community/"
    btn_label: "<i class='fas fa-users'></i> Join the community"
    btn_class: "btn--primary"
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