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---
layout: landing
title: Welcome
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<div class="hero">
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    <h1><span>Run your own</span> Freedom of Information website</h1>
    <p>Alaveteli helps you lower the barriers that prevent citizens asking questions of those in power</p>
    <p class="action-buttons"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/getting_started/" class="button">Get started</a> <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/" class="button">Learn more</a></p>
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<div class="what-is-alaveteli">
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        <h2>What is Alaveteli?</h2>
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                <div class="what-is-alaveteli__item what-is-alaveteli__item--foi">
                    <p>An open-source platform for making public freedom of information requests to public bodies.</p>
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                <div class="what-is-alaveteli__item what-is-alaveteli__item--help">
                    <p>Built to help citizens request information, and view and comment on other people’s requests</p>
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                <div class="what-is-alaveteli__item what-is-alaveteli__item--published">
                    <p>All requests made through Alaveteli, and their responses are published online for everyone to see.</p>
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                    <p>Used all over the world to open up governments and other public bodies. </p>
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        <div class="what-is-alaveteli__international-reach-position">
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                <p class="message">Alaveteli has helped citizens make over <strong>200,000 Freedom of Information requests</strong> in <strong>18 jurisdictions</strong></p>
                <p><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}deployments/">See all deployments</a></p>
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<div class="how-does-it-work">
    <div class="how-does-it-work__slide">
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            <div class="how-does-it-work__content">
                <h2>How Alaveteli works</h2>
                <p>Make a public request for information by finding the relevant authority</p>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}assets/img/alaveteli-demo-screen-find.svg" class="alaveteli-demo-screenshot"/>
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    <div class="how-does-it-work__slide">
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            <div class="how-does-it-work__content">
                <h2>How Alaveteli works</h2>
                <p>You write a request for information from the authority</p>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}assets/img/alaveteli-demo-screen-ask.svg" class="alaveteli-demo-screenshot"/>
            </div>
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    <div class="how-does-it-work__slide">
        <div class="container">
            <div class="how-does-it-work__content">
                <h2>How Alaveteli works</h2>
                <p>The request and all responses are published online for anyone to view</p>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}assets/img/alaveteli-demo-screen-view.svg" class="alaveteli-demo-screenshot"/>
            </div>
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<div class="features">
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        <h2>What does Alaveteli do?</h2>
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                    <h3>Supports many, many devices out of the box</h3>
                    <p>Alaveteli works beautifully on a wide range of devices, including smartphones and tablets, thanks to a flexible responsive design.</p>
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                <div class="features__item features__item--primary features__item--messaging">
                    <h3>Messaging, notifications, and follow ups</h3>
                    <p>Alaveteli controls the workflow of every request, notifying, and reminding  public bodies and requesters at every stage.</p>
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                    <h3>Fully customisable</h3>
                    <p>Use our code as a starting point to add your own functionality, or country-specific requirements</p>
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                    <h3>Multilingual</h3>
                    <p>Available in twenty languages and counting, and you can translate it to your own</p>
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                    <h3>Active</h3>
                    <p>Alaveteli is always in development and the code is open source, so you can help make it better</p>
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                    <h3>Simple</h3>
                    <p>Alaveteli hides the complexity behind the FOI process and makes it easy for citizens to use their rights</p>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="get-started">
  <div class="container">
    <h2>Get started</h2>
    <div class="get-started__grid-unit get-started__grid-unit--wide">
        <div class="get-started__item get-started__item--primary">
            <p>From team members to maintenance, our get started guide will walk you through the process of planning, starting and running your own Alaveteli website</p>
            <p><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/getting_started/" class="button">Get started</a></p>
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            <h3>Get the code</h3>
            <p>Alaveteli is open source and available to view, download and modify on GitHub</p>
            <p><a href="https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/" class="button">Github</a></p>
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            <h3>Speak to us</h3>
            <p>Need some help? Tell us about your plans</p>
            <p class="push-top"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}community/" class="button">Get in touch</a></p>
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