Our Story
Public Works Digital was born from a simple observation: cities across America are getting a raw deal on technology. They're paying millions for software that doesn't work, can't be fixed, and locks them into relationships with vendors who have no incentive to improve.
We witnessed this firsthand through dysfunctional systems like parking violation apps that charge $24,000 a year just for "cloud storage" while remaining perpetually broken. Systems where a single developer holds cities hostage, where transparency is non-existent, and where citizens have no voice in the technology that governs their daily lives.
We knew there had to be a better way. And we found it in the open source model that has already transformed industries from banking to aerospace. Now, we're bringing that revolution to government.