Open Source Kigali is a community-driven initiative that showcases and supports open source projects built by developers from Rwanda and across Africa.
Our goal is to make open source visible, accessible, and collaborative.
- Promote open source contribution in Rwanda and across Africa
- Help developers showcase their open source projects
- Enable collaboration between beginners and experienced engineers
- Connect local projects to the global open source ecosystem
Projects are grouped by domain:
- EdTech – Education & learning platforms
- AgriTech – Agriculture & farming solutions
- FinTech – Payments, banking, financial tools
- JobTech – Hiring, HR, career platforms
- HealthTech – Healthcare & medical solutions
- GovTech – Public services & civic tech
- Cloud & DevOps
- AI & Data
- Open Tools / Libraries
- Others
All community projects are listed in PROJECTS.md
Each project includes:
- Project name
- Short description
- Tech stack
- GitHub repository link
- Project maintainer
👉 Browse the list to find a project to learn from or contribute to.
- Fork this repository
- Open PROJECTS.md
- Add your project under the correct category
- Commit your changes
- Open a Pull Request
- The Open Source Kigali team will review and merge 🎉
If you’re new to GitHub:
- Go to Issues
- Click New Issue
- Select “Add a new project”
- Fill in the form
- A maintainer will add the project for you
- Project must be open source
- GitHub repository must be public
- The project repository must include a README
- Be respectful and collaborative
- Students
- Developers
- Startups
- Tech communities
- Anyone building open source
- GitHub: https://github.com/Open-Source-Kigali
- Email: opensourcekigali@gmail.com
- Website: coming soon
- Star this repository
- Share it with your community
- Invite others to contribute
“Open source is not just about code — it’s about people, learning, and impact.”