CivicByte is a student-led organization building free technology tools that make public data accessible and actionable for underserved New York City communities.
Every tool we build is free, open-source, and designed with community partners who need it.
Interactive dashboard mapping per-pupil spending, Title I funding, and PTA contributions across 1,800+ NYC public schools. Built with NYC DOE open data.
View dashboard →Searchable directory of free and low-cost services—food pantries, legal aid, after-school programs—organized by neighborhood and transit accessibility.
Visualization tool mapping NYC 311 complaint data to reveal patterns in municipal service gaps across boroughs and council districts.
Public data should serve the public. Too often, the communities that need government transparency the most have the least access to it.
Our developers are high school students who build real tools deployed at real URLs—not hackathon demos that disappear after a weekend.
Every project starts with a conversation with a community partner—a PTA, a neighborhood nonprofit, a community board—who identifies the problem.
All of our code is public on GitHub. We believe civic technology should be transparent, forkable, and owned by everyone.
CivicByte is looking for high school developers, designers, and community organizers across NYC. No experience required—just curiosity and commitment.