https://github.com/newjerseystyle/litepolis

The package manager of a Customizable e-democracy opinion collection and insight mining system. Built using Python and optimized for scalability and performance.
https://github.com/newjerseystyle/litepolis

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The package manager of a Customizable e-democracy opinion collection and insight mining system. Built using Python and optimized for scalability and performance.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/newjerseystyle/litepolis
• Owner: NewJerseyStyle
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-04-20T17:04:30.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-12T06:14:02.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-11T13:49:19.502Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: civic-tech, data-science, deliberative-democracy, litepolis, package-manager, participatory-democracy
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 440 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# LitePolis

Infrastructure for E-democracy  

![](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-alpha_test-orange) ![](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-developer_facing-yellow) ![PyPI - Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/litepolis)

## Overview

LitePolis is an advanced, Python-based infrastructure designed for building **customizable opinion collection systems**, extending beyond the capabilities of the original [Polis](https://github.com/compdemocracy/polis). It offers a **developer-friendly** environment focused on flexibility and power.

Built with a modular, microservice-like architecture, LitePolis is **distributed by default**, leveraging the [Ray framework](https://www.ray.io/) for inherent **auto-scaling** capabilities right out of the box. This ensures your applications can handle large groups and high traffic volumes efficiently.

The core of LitePolis is a central package manager that discovers and orchestrates various components – API Routers, Middleware, and UI Packages. This modularity allows developers and data scientists to easily build, deploy, and iterate on sophisticated data-driven e-democracy tools and other opinion-gathering applications.

[![Video about LitePolis](image_with_play_button(1).png)](https://www.canva.com/design/DAGkKYnWMIE/acGGYFVWpYpFA-t65YcyWw/watch?embed)

## Quick start

### 1. Install the LitePolis CLI

The `litepolis-cli` is your main tool for creating, managing, and deploying LitePolis packages.

  * Needs Python (3.12 recommended) and pip installed.

```bash

pip install litepolis

```

### 2. Explore Packages for Deployment

![Awesome-LitePolis scans GitHub everyday for available LitePolis packges (including work in progress repositories)](https://newjerseystyle.github.io/Awesome-LitePolis/)

### 3. Deploy

Add features you want in LitePolis

```bash

litepolis-cli deploy list-deps

# remove packages if you don't need default packages that provides Polis functionality

litepolis-cli deploy remove-deps litepolis-router-default

# add packages that you need

litepolis-cli deploy add-deps litepolis-router-simple-api

litepolis-cli deploy init-config

# setup password etc.

nano ~/.litepolis/config.conf

# start serving

litepolis-cli deploy serve

```

## Next Steps:

* Use StarRocks as database [WIP#todo]

* Deploy to Google cloud with autoscale [WIP#todo]