What Codeando México does

Codeando México is a non-profit civic technology organization founded in 2013 and headquartered in Mexico City that builds open-source digital tools to strengthen citizen participation, open data, and public service delivery in Mexico. The organization operates a portfolio of products organized around four strategic pillars: digital skills development (Escuela Digital), participatory mapping (Mapeos Participativos), digital citizen participation (Participación Ciudadana), and open data (Datos Abiertos). Core products include Data MX (an open data publication platform), SocorroBot (a WhatsApp chatbot that guides families searching for missing persons through reporting procedures), Mapatón Ciudadano (a collaborative public transport mapping application originally created by the Xalapa chapter), Hub de Datos de Transporte Público (a centralized repository for GTFS and GTFS Realtime feeds), and Ni una muerte vial (an AI-assisted journalism tool that extracts structured traffic accident data from news articles using ChatGPT and Beautiful Soup). The technology stack relies heavily on open standards and third-party services including Decidim for participatory democracy, OpenStreetMap for geospatial data, TextIt and Twilio for chatbot delivery, Airtable for data management, and the OpenAI API for NLP extraction.

The organization serves government agencies (Monterrey, CDMX, Zitácuaro, and other municipalities), civil society organizations (search collectives for missing persons, road safety advocacy groups), journalists, and citizens through a community-driven go-to-market model involving civic hack nights in 16+ Mexican cities and a volunteer base of 250+ contributors mobilized during the 2017 earthquake response. Revenue derives entirely from grants and foundation funding rather than commercial contracts — confirmed funding includes the Embassy of Canada through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) for SocorroBot. As a member of the Code for All international network of 31 civic technology organizations, Codeando México operates without a traditional ownership structure and distributes all tools, code, and data under open-source licenses, positioning itself as a builder of digital public infrastructure rather than a vendor.

Name

Codeando México

Legal name

Codeando México

Website

https://codeandomexico.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Codeando México is a Mexico City-based non-profit founded in 2013 that builds open-source civic technology tools for government agencies, civil society, journalists, and citizens, focusing on open data platforms, participatory budgeting, collaborative transit mapping, and digital public infrastructure across Mexico and Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Technology

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Inclusion & Civic Tech (Connectivity, GovTech for Social Good) (BPAGALAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance (BPADAEAL), Open-Source & Developer Communities (BPAMABAM)

Keywords

• Civic technology
• Open source software
• Open data platforms
• Citizen participation
• Participatory budgeting

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexico City

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Grants and Foundation Funding: Codeando México operates as a nonprofit organization that sustains its operations through grants, foundation funding, and international cooperation funds. The organization has received support from entities such as the Embassy of Canada through the CFLI (Fondo de Canadá para Iniciativas Locales).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Codeando México develops and maintains open-source civic technology platforms and tools used by governments, civil society organizations, journalists, and citizens in Mexico. Core offerings include open data platforms (Data MX), WhatsApp-based guidance chatbots (SocorroBot), collaborative transport mapping applications (Mapatón Ciudadano), participatory budgeting deployments (Decidim), and public transit data infrastructure (GTFS/GTFS Realtime hub). The organization also provides training, technical accompaniment, and implementation support to government and civil society teams across four strategic lines: digital skills (Escuela Digital), participatory mapping (Mapeos Participativos), digital citizen participation (Participación Ciudadana), and open data (Datos Abiertos).

Product overview

Codeando México is a non-profit civic technology organization that operates a portfolio of open-source products organized around four strategic pillars: digital skills development (Escuela Digital), participatory mapping (Mapeos Participativos), digital citizen participation (Participación Ciudadana), and open data (Datos Abiertos). The core products include Data MX, a civic open data platform; SocorroBot, a WhatsApp chatbot for searching for missing persons; Guía de Apertura de datos para los Cuidados, an open data guide for care economy measurement; Mapatón Ciudadano, a collaborative transit mapping application; and the Hub de Datos de Transporte Público en México, a GTFS transit data hub. The ecosystem also includes educational resources (Awesome Open Data, Awesome Civic Tech, the Hacking Cívico course), the COVID Estados tracking tool, the Ni una muerte vial automated journalism tool, and Decidim-based digital participation implementations for municipal governments. All products are developed and delivered openly and collaboratively with government, civil society, journalists, and citizens.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Data MX: Civic data platform for open data in Mexico where any organization or government can publish datasets in open formats
• SocorroBot
• Mapatón Ciudadano
• Guía de Apertura de datos para los Cuidados

Products and services

• Data MX Civic open data platform for Mexico where any organization or government can publish and discover datasets in open formats. Used by governments, civil society, journalists, and citizens to access and publish public interest data.
• SocorroBot WhatsApp chatbot that guides people searching for missing persons through the reporting and complaint process in Mexico, providing information on authorities, required documentation, rights of searchers, and practical advice. Built with Airtable, TextIt, and Twilio; used by families of missing persons and search collectives.
• Guía de Apertura de datos para los Cuidados Data opening guide and tool enabling governments to visualize and measure the care economy through open data. Built in collaboration with Open Data Charter, SEMUJERES CDMX, and Cívica Digital.
• Mapatón Ciudadano Collaborative public transport mapping project and mobile application that enables citizens to map transit routes, bicycle infrastructure, public spaces, and other urban features. Originally created by Codeando Xalapa; replicated in 4 countries and 10 cities and built on OpenStreetMap.
• Hub de Datos de Transporte Público en México Public transport data hub that aggregates and publishes GTFS and GTFS Realtime feeds for Mexican public transit systems, providing reusable data infrastructure for developers, mobility applications, and government planners.
• Ni una muerte vial (automated journalism tool) Automated news scraping and structured data extraction tool that collects traffic accident reports from Mexican media, extracts key variables using ML/NLP, and outputs structured Excel tables for journalistic analysis and road safety advocacy.
• Decidim implementation for Monterrey Implementation of the Decidim open-source participatory democracy platform for the Municipio de Monterrey's participatory budgeting process. Codeando México configured, deployed, and supported digital citizen participation including both online and in-person mechanisms.

Quantifiable outcome

• 265 citizen proposals submitted in Monterrey participatory budget, with 160 meeting criteria and 30 selected for implementation
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Code for AllcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCodeando México is a member of Code for All, an international network of 31 civic technology organizations worldwide. The network enables knowledge sharing, cross-organizational collaboration, and joint advocacy for civic technology globally.
• Code for AustraliaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner organization within the Code for All network with whom Codeando México has collaborated on projects with regional impact.
• Code for RomaniaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner organization within the Code for All network with whom Codeando México has collaborated on projects with regional impact.
• Code for PakistanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner organization within the Code for All network with whom Codeando México has collaborated on projects with regional impact.
• Open Knowledge BrasilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner organization within the Code for All network focused on open knowledge and open data advocacy in Brazil.
• Quinto Elemento LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner in the development of SocorroBot, bringing expertise in the missing persons issue and connections to affected communities.
• Técnicas RudascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in SocorroBot development, contributing to the chatbot's design and ensuring it meets the needs of families searching for missing persons.
• Yosune ChamizominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndividual contributor to the SocorroBot project, bringing expertise in UX/UI design and conversational flow development.
• Open Data ChartercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Guía de Apertura de datos para los Cuidados project, providing expertise and methodology for data opening with a care economy perspective.
• SEMUJERES CDMXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner for the Guía de Apertura de datos para los Cuidados project, helping to make visible and measure the care economy through open data.
• Cívica DigitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization contributing to the Guía de Apertura de datos para los Cuidados project on care economy data opening.
• Codeando XalapacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal chapter that created the Mapatón methodology, a citizen mapping project for public transportation that has been replicated nationally and internationally.
• WRI (World Resources Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner in the Mapatón Ciudadano project, contributing resources and expertise for collaborative public transport mapping.
• OpenStreetMapcoreTechnology or IntegrationOpen-source mapping platform integrated into the Mapatón methodology, allowing citizen-contributed transportation data to be used globally.
• OEA (Organization of American States)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational organization partner in the Mapatón Ciudadano project supporting collaborative public transport mapping in Latin America.
• Gobierno de AlemaniaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational government partner supporting the Mapatón Ciudadano project for collaborative public transport mapping.
• Ni una muerte vialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoad safety advocacy initiative for whom Codeando México developed an automated data collection tool for journalistic articles about traffic accidents, supporting their mission to document and prevent road deaths.
• Municipio de MonterreycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment client for implementing the first participatory budget process using the Decidim open-source platform, distributing approximately 66 million Mexican pesos.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/codeandomexico
• GitHubgithub.com/CodeandoMexico
• Facebookfacebook.com/CodeandoMexico

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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