Open by default

Development Seed is “open by default.” We work with open-source technology to make the tools we build and use more broadly accessible.

Open Source

We are contributors, developers, maintainers, and users of open-source tools

We collaborate with organizations and communities eager to address some of the world's most challenging problems. Take a look at some of our repositories to get a sense of what we do. Want to make a contribution? Make a pull request!

Featured Repositories

It is no accident that open source is at the core of our business strategy. With over 1500 public GitHub repositories, we firmly believe in making things people can share and reuse. By utilizing open components, this approach aggregates software investments into a collective public good. By adopting open licensing, we provide flexibility in tool utilization instead of burdening organizations with software license fees. At the heart of it all, we take immense pride in our work, always eager to present, share, and learn. We're not just creating software; we're fostering a community. We invite you to use our work, contribute to projects that resonate with you, and join us on this open-source journey.

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You'll also find us at these events

FOSS4G
30 August - 05 September 2026 · Hiroshima, Japan
- By
  Pete Gadomski
  Engineering
  The modern STAC software ecosystem
- Pete Gadomski & Anthony Lukach
  Engineering & Engineering
  From Ingestion to Access Control: Building a Production STAC API with eoAPI (workshop)
- By
  Firza Riany
  Engineering
  Accelerating Climate Action: Building GIS Dashboards with openEO and titiler
- By
  Anthony Lukach
  Engineering
  Multistore: An S3-compliant data distribution API
- By
  Kyle Barron
  Engineering
  Browser-based raster reprojection with GPU-accelerated pixel resampling
  Fast, interactive, customizable raster data visualization in Python & the browser with deck.gl-raster
- By
  Sajjad Anwar
  Engineering & Growth
  Open Standards and Tools to Accelerate Global Crisis Response
  The Great Retooling

Community Building

SatSummit

SatSummit convenes leaders in the satellite industry and experts in global development for two days of presentations and in-depth conversations on solving the world's most critical development challenges with satellite data.

Go to the SatSummit website

Devseed Labs

We drive innovation forward through DevSeed Labs

Development Seed hires some of the smartest, most passionate people eager to solve the planet's toughest problems, usually collaborating with mission-driven partners.

While we're compensated for most tasks, we also pursue self-funded projects that align with our values, such as maintaining open-source tools, staying updated with technological advancements, and creating solutions for environmental and humanitarian needs.

Our Labs feature both experimental and established open-source tools. We advocate for transparent development and welcome collaborations. If you have earth data-related challenges, we are always looking for compelling problem statements and real, hard problems to solve!

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Love open source? Join our team!

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We're looking for mission-driven individuals eager to address some of the world's most challenging problems.

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