This is a collaborative metadata registry of unencumbered public-domain software projects. That encompasses all projects using the Unlicense, Creative Commons Zero (CC0), or a plain old public-domain dedication.
Project metadata are described in JSON format, one file per project, utilizing the terms from the DOAP (Description of a Project) schema.
The current plan is that this project metadata will be made available in HTML, JSON, and JSON-LD format at Unlicense.org going forward.
Note
The project showcase on the Unlicense.org front page is meant as a curated collection of popular, high-quality software projects. The inclusion of a project in this registry is no guarantee of getting listed as a showcase.
See projects/sqlite.json for an example of how to describe a project:
{
"name": "SQLite",
"homepage": "https://sqlite.org",
"shortdesc": {
"en": "The most used database engine in the world."
},
"repository": {
"browse": "https://sqlite.org/src",
"location": "http://sqlite.org/cgi/src"
},
"license": "https://sqlite.org/copyright.html"
}A: To just suggest a project addition, kindly tweet at @bendiken on X (formerly known as Twitter). We do not want a long backlog and clutter of unimplemented, drive-by issues here; hence this repository accepts only pull requests, not issues.
A: No, as these are not public-domain dedications but rather maximally-permissive copyright licenses. Please see Licensed, License-Free, and Unlicensed Code.
A: No, not in this registry. Consider submitting non-software projects to johnjago/awesome-uncopyright instead.
- nothings/single_file_libs: single-file public-domain C/C++ libraries with minimal dependencies
- johnjago/awesome-uncopyright: a curated list of works in the public domain (our fork)
Tip
All material in this repository is itself placed in the public domain.