This is a list of all active open source software projects that Creative Commons maintains.
Please read the Contributing Code page for general information on how to get involved. Contribution guidelines specific to an individual project can be found in the README and the CONTRIBUTING files in the root folder of every repository. If you have any questions, don't hesistate to reach out to us through one of our community forums or open a GitHub issue.
This is a complete list of active Creative Commons software projects. Archived projects are not documented here and can be found on the CC Archive GitHub organization.
| # | Name | Description | Language | License | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
.github
|
Default templates and guidelines for Creative Commons GitHub repositories. | MIT License | Github | |
| 2 |
candela-utility
|
Candela helper plugin to manage additional config and bootstrapping, used on CC Certificates website | PHP | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Website Github |
| 3 |
cc-license-chooser
|
Creative Commons JavaScript license selector in the form of a JavaScript widget | XSLT | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Github Slack |
| 4 |
cc-licenses
|
New license infrastructure for Creative Commons | Python | MIT License | Github |
| 5 |
cc-licenses-data
|
HTML | Not specified | Github | |
| 6 |
cc-link-checker
|
Automated link checker for legalcode and license URLs | Python | MIT License | Github Slack |
| 7 |
cc-resource-archive
|
Collection of resources on CC tools and other open topics | MIT License | Website Github | |
| 8 |
cc-wp-theme
|
WordPress theme used on creativecommons.org | Hack | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Github |
| 9 |
cc.api
|
Legacy API to integrate the Creative Commons licensing engine into third party applications | Python | MIT License | Website Github |
| 10 |
cc.engine
|
Python app that runs part of the license engine on CC's website | HTML | MIT License | Website Github |
| 11 |
cc.i18n
|
Localization data for CC's deeds and license chooser | Python | MIT License | Github |
| 12 |
cc.license
|
Python app that runs part of the license engine on CC's website | Python | MIT License | Website Github |
| 13 |
cc.licenserdf
|
RDF describing Creative Commons licenses | Python | MIT License | Website Github |
| 14 |
cccatalog
|
Note: Project is discontinued. Mapping the commons towards an open ledger and cc search. | Python | MIT License | Github Slack |
| 15 |
cccatalog-api
|
Note: Project is discontinued. The Creative Commons Catalog API allows programmatic access to search for CC-licensed and public domain digital media. | Python | MIT License | Website Github |
| 16 |
cccatalog-dataviz
|
Data visualizations of CC-licensed works across the internet. | HTML | MIT License | Website Github Slack |
| 17 |
cccatalog-frontend
|
Note: Project is discontinued. CC Search is a search tool for CC-licensed and public domain content across the internet. | Vue | MIT License | Website Github Slack |
| 18 |
CCID-cas
|
RubyCAS customizations for CCID (Creative Commons ID) | HTML | Other | Website Github |
| 19 |
CCID-MediaWiki
|
Script to add CCID users to MediaWiki | PHP | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Github |
| 20 |
ccos-scripts
|
Scripts used to maintain various pieces of CC's open source presence. | Python | MIT License | Github |
| 21 |
ccrel-guide
|
A guide to using the Creative Commons Rights Expression Language (CC REL) | HTML | MIT License | Website Github |
| 22 |
ccsearch-browser-extension
|
Cross-Browser extension to search, filter and use images in the public domain and under Creative Commons licenses. | JavaScript | MIT License | Website Github Slack |
| 23 |
certificates-landing-page-theme
|
Theme for CC Certificates website landing page | CSS | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Website Github |
| 24 |
certificates-themes-plugins
|
Themes and plugins for the Certificates WP site. | CSS | Other | Website Github |
| 25 |
chooser
|
[WIP] The new and improved CC license selection tool. | JavaScript | MIT License | Website Github |
| 26 |
commoners
|
Creative Commons Global Network website | PHP | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Website Github |
| 27 |
creativecommons-base
|
Base WordPress theme for Creative Commons websites. | PHP | MIT License | Github Slack |
| 28 |
creativecommons-certificate
|
WordPress theme for the CC Certificate Website | PHP | MIT License | Github |
| 29 |
creativecommons.github.io-source
|
Source files for CC Open Source website | HTML | MIT License | Website Github |
| 30 |
creativecommons.org
|
Website parent project, legalcode and translations, and GitHub Issues for public help and support | HTML | Other | Website Github |
| 31 |
data-science-playground
|
Jupyter Notebook | MIT License | Github Slack | |
| 32 |
faq
|
Creative Commons FAQ page | HTML | Other | Website Github |
| 33 |
image-crawler
|
A polite image crawler that can thumbnail and extract metadata from images at scale | Python | MIT License | Github |
| 34 |
legaldb
|
CC Legal Database: curated repository of Case Law and Scholarship data from around the world in a Django based website. | HTML | MIT License | Website Github Slack |
| 35 |
licensebuttons
|
Creative Commons badges, license Buttons, etc. | Python | MIT License | Website Github |
| 36 |
magical-pony
|
Helper tool for staging CC license legalcode translations before they are officially published | HTML | Other | Github |
| 37 |
mp
|
Documentation for CC integration into user-generated content platforms | HTML | MIT License | Website Github |
| 38 |
new-creativecommons.org
|
Primary Creative Commons website | PHP | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Website Github |
| 39 |
new-www-plugin
|
creativecommons.org various custom plugins for content types, mostly | PHP | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Website Github |
| 40 |
new-www-theme
|
creativecommons.org theme, to make it look lovely | SCSS | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Website Github |
| 41 |
og-image-generator
|
An open graph image generator for Creative Commons projects. | TypeScript | MIT License | Website Github Slack |
| 42 |
open4us.org
|
open4us.org website | PHP | MIT License | Website Github |
| 43 |
openpolicynetwork.org
|
OPN Website | PHP | MIT License | Website Github |
| 44 |
primary-site-includes
|
Build creativecommons.org primary site includes (scripts, styles, navigation header, and navigation footer) based on WordPress REST API | Python | MIT License | Github |
| 45 |
rdfadict
|
Python | MIT License | Github | |
| 46 |
reversionary-rights
|
International reversionary rights resources site. | HTML | MIT License | Github |
| 47 |
rubycas-client-rails
|
Rails plugin for the RubyCAS-Client | Ruby | MIT License | Github |
| 48 |
scholars-addenda
|
The scholars addenda system. | Python | MIT License | Website Github |
| 49 |
search
|
Legacy Creative Commons Search, no longer under development | CSS | MIT License | Website Github |
| 50 |
sre-salt-prime
|
Site Reliability Engineering / DevOps SaltStack configuration files | SaltStack | MIT License | Github |
| 51 |
sre-wp-pull
|
Creative Commons Site Reliability Engineering WordPress Data Pull | Shell | MIT License | Github |
| 52 |
taaccct
|
Profiles of exemplary workforce training programs supported by the U.S. Department of Labor TAACCCT program. | JavaScript | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | Website Github |
| 53 |
team-open
|
Collection of stories documenting the power of open licensing | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | Website Github | |
| 54 |
termination-of-transfer
|
Termination of Transfer tool | JavaScript | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | Website Github |
| 55 |
vocabulary
|
A cohesive design system & Vue component library to unify the web-facing Creative Commons | JavaScript | MIT License | Website Github Slack |
| 56 |
wp-plugin-cc-global-network
|
PHP | MIT License | Github Slack | |
| 57 |
wp-plugin-creativecommons
|
Official Creative Commons plugin for licensing your content. With Creative Commons licenses, keep your copyright AND share your creativity. | PHP | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Website Github |
| 58 |
wp-plugin-vocabulary-blocks
|
WordPress Plugin that provides Vocabulary component blocks | JavaScript | MIT License | Github Slack |
| 59 |
wp-theme-cc-chapter
|
Creative Commons Chapter site theme (including chapter sites setup, taxonomies, and widget code) | PHP | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Github |
| 60 |
wp-theme-cc-commoners
|
PHP | MIT License | Github Slack | |
| 61 |
wp-theme-cc-sotc
|
WordPress theme for the State of the Commons | CSS | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Github |
| 62 |
wp-theme-cctoolkit
|
Creative Commons - Business Toolkit WordPress theme | PHP | GNU General Public License v2.0 | Github |
| 63 |
wp-theme-creativecommons.org
|
New WordPress theme for Creative Commons website | PHP | MIT License | Github |
| 64 |
wp-theme-openglam
|
[WIP] WordPress theme for openglam.org | PHP | MIT License | Github Slack |
| 65 |
wp-theme-summit
|
PHP | MIT License | Github Slack |