Pol.is

More organic than a survey, lighter than a focus group, built for the moments when a community suspects it agrees more than it argues. Open source (AGPL-3.0) from the Computational Democracy Project; listed in Metagov's gallery for eliciting, deliberating, and reflecting.

Neighborhood use: a "listening wall" for one question your neighborhood is sitting with, seeded with a dozen starting statements, open for two weeks, flyer with a QR code on every corner. The consensus report becomes the agenda for the in-person conversation.

Remix pattern: a single-conversation listening wall: one neighborhood question, statement voting with agree/disagree/pass, neighbors add their own statements, a live view of where the block agrees, and a printable consensus summary for the next meeting.

Connects: The Flyer localizes Pol.is conversations to one neighborhood, on paper first. Talk to the City can read a Pol.is export and write the plain-language report. vTaiwan's pattern: opinion map online, then work the hard parts face-to-face.

Details

• maker: The Computational Democracy Project
• stages: eliciting, deliberating, reflecting
• license: AGPL-3.0
• repo url: https://github.com/compdemocracy/polis
• image url: https://texakzqqenzpxawktbgx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/studio-library/tool-screenshots/delib-polis-2026-08.jpg
• remix idea: A single-conversation listening wall for one neighborhood question, with a printable consensus summary.
• practice kind: tool
• metagov listed: true