What is Open Source City?
Open Source City is a Web3 platform on Solana that lets anyone design, remix, and tokenize parts of a real-world city—no CAD or 3D skills needed. Build your city. Deploy your future.
Problem
Users face challenges in designing and tokenizing real-world city components due to requiring CAD or 3D modeling skills, limiting participation to experts and hindering decentralized urban innovation.
Solution
A Web3 platform on Solana enabling users to design, remix, and tokenize city parts without technical expertise. Example: Users can prototype a park and mint it as an NFT for community voting.
Customers
Urban planners, architects, Web3 enthusiasts, and civic tech innovators seeking decentralized city-building tools.
Unique Features
Combines no-code city prototyping with blockchain tokenization, allowing real-world asset fractional ownership and community-driven governance via Solana’s ecosystem.
User Comments
Simplifies urban design for non-experts
Exciting use of Web3 for civic projects
Needs more real-world city partnerships
Tokenization adds tangible value
Collaboration features are limited
Traction
Launched on ProductHunt in 2024 (exact metrics unspecified). Comparable Web3 urban projects like CityDAO raised $20M+ in 2022.
Market Size
The global smart cities market is projected to reach $1.3 trillion by 2028 (Fortune Business Insights 2023), with blockchain solutions gaining traction in urban development.
