https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist

The Rails app behind iNaturalist.org
https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist

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The Rails app behind iNaturalist.org

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist
• Owner: inaturalist
• License: mit
• Created: 2009-09-04T02:26:52.000Z (over 16 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-16T23:07:21.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-17T02:59:32.850Z (11 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: http://www.inaturalist.org
• Size: 251 MB
• Stars: 710
• Watchers: 39
• Forks: 200
• Open Issues: 541
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: MIT-LICENSE

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• Open-Source-Ruby-and-Rails-Apps - iNaturalist - iNaturalist is a social network of naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists built on the concept of mapping and sharing observations of biodiversity across the globe. (Happy Exploring 🤘)
• awesome-rails - inaturalist - A community app for nature and related stuff (using Rails 6.1). - [:earth_africa:](https://www.inaturalist.org) (Open Source Rails Apps / Articles)
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README

          
## iNaturalist [![Build Status](https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/workflows/inaturalist%20CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/actions)

Open source Rails app behind [iNaturalist.org](https://www.inaturalist.org/)

Want to help out? Fork the project and check out the [Contributing Code to iNaturalist](https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) (might be a bit out of date, contact [kueda](http://github.com/kueda) if you hit problems getting set up).

Thinking about running your own version of iNaturalist? Consider joining the [iNaturalist Network](https://www.inaturalist.org/sites/network) instead of forking the community.

### Attribution

Use of the Time Zone Geometries feature with the recommended source data will include information from [Timezone Boundary Builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder), which is made available under the [Open Database License (ODbL)](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/).

This project is tested with BrowserStack.