We build software for municipalities and civil society: citizen reporting, crowdmapping and digital application processes. Civic Patches GmbH is based in Brühl, Germany.
Mark-a-Spot · AI-powered citizen reporting. Residents report potholes, illegal dumping or broken streetlights, staff route and resolve them. Open-source core since 2010 (GPL-2.0), Drupal backend, progressive web app, Open311 GeoReport v2 API. Documentation
CivicSpot · Self-service crowdmapping on Mark-a-Spot. Municipalities, NGOs, citizen initiatives and research teams set up their own map for location-based reports. Easy setup, free tier to start. Templates: Issue Reporter, Safe Routes, Access Map, Climate Watch, Crisis Map, Construction Watch, Neighbourhood, Trail Watch, Field Research, you name it.
beantragt.ai · Turns PDFs and static forms into digital application processes, with a documented API and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) interface for chatbots.
| Repository | What it is | License |
|---|---|---|
| mark-a-spot | The citizen reporting platform | GPL-2.0 |
| markaspot | Drupal installation profile | GPL-2.0 |
| markaspot-ui-base | Base edition of the frontend | MIT |
| markaspot-mcp | MCP server for Open311 GeoReport APIs | AGPL-3.0 |
We host and operate all of it ourselves, on our own servers in Germany. Everything ships as container images and runs in production both with Docker Compose and on Kubernetes. Run it with us, at a hosting partner or on-premises in your own data center.
