rrantsa/open-source-madagascar

Open Source Madagascar is a curated list of open source projects that are useful for Madagascar. It is not a software product in itself. The repository acts as a directory, pointing to other repositories, datasets, libraries, and starter kits that are either built by Malagasy developers or adapted to the local context. The README frames it as a starting point for a shared digital commons. The stated goal is to make it easier to find, reuse, and improve work that already exists, instead of duplicating effort across separate teams. The categories listed in the README cover areas the maintainers see as important for Madagascar, including payments, delivery and addressing, education, public services, health, agriculture, mobility, civic tech, Malagasy language and AI, datasets, and offline-first applications. Each category has its own Markdown file under categories/. The project pairs the human-readable README with a machine-readable data file at data/repositories.json, validated against a JSON schema in the same folder. A statistics block in the README is generated from that JSON and currently reports 26 listed repositories across 14 of the 18 categories, with licence breakdowns and an activity status for each entry. There is also a companion site published through GitHub Pages that presents the same catalogue in a browsable form. The README is mostly about contribution rules rather than code. It links to a contribution guide, a roadmap, a product requirements document, a canonical Markdown format for new entries, a maintainer review checklist, a label guide, and a manual pull request validation workflow. New project submissions are expected to follow the entry format and must be open source and clearly relevant to Madagascar. Documentation may be in English, French, or a mix of both.