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MuckRock
FOIA Filing and Research Platform
As of 30 August 2026, MuckRock is free to use. MuckRock is a collaborative platform for filing, tracking, and sharing public records requests. Softwr lists it under Government. MuckRock is made by MuckRock Foundation, launched in 2010, available on Web.
Overview
What MuckRock does
MuckRock is a collaborative platform for filing, tracking, and sharing public records requests. The platform helps journalists, researchers, and citizens navigate FOIA processes, share documents, and collaborate on investigative projects promoting government transparency.
What people use it for
- Citizen Services
- Records Management
- Public Safety
- Civic Engagement
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The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about MuckRock.
- MuckRock's core platform, Squarelet identity service, and DocumentCloud are licensed AGPL-3.0, which requires anyone running a modified version as a network service to release their source code
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Pricing
What MuckRock costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Basic
Free
- FOIA Filing
- Request Tracking
- Document Archive
Capabilities
Features
FOIA Filing
Request Tracking
Document Archive
Collaboration
Agency Directory
DocumentCloud
Integration with DocumentCloud
News Organizations
Integration with News Organizations
Research Tools
Integration with Research Tools
Web support
Available on web
Behind it
Who makes MuckRock
- Company
- MuckRock Foundation
- Based in
- Boston, Massachusetts
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Where to go from MuckRock
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Compare MuckRock with
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- CivicPlus
- Granicus
- DocuWare
- NextRequest
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- Socrata
- ClearGov
- iCompass
- Laserfiche
- NEXGEN Asset Management
- Trimble Unity Maintain
- VUEWorks
- American Legal Publishing
- ArchiveSocial
- GovQA
- NextRequest
- Legistar
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