Product and source catalog

Open tools your team can inspect. Support when the work gets serious.

Nat Ford publishes and packages useful building blocks for planning, GIS, drone data, modeling, AI workflows, business operations, and planner training. Use the public source where it is published. Hire us when you need deployment, customization, integration, onboarding, or a 24-hour response support lane.

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What you can inspect

Source, demos, docs

What we support

Deployment + custom forks

First paid step

Fit audit or scoped sprint

Inspectable where public

Public repos let people and agents inspect the method, run the code, and adapt the tool without waiting on a sales call. Release-track products are labeled clearly instead of pretending every artifact is already public source.

Forkable by design

We would rather see a useful custom fork than a brittle plugin system pretending every edge case is generic.

Supported when serious

Paid work starts when uptime, governance, training, security, data migration, and custom workflows matter.

Selected catalog

Products Nat Ford is building on.

Repository pages are the source of truth when a public repo is available. Release-track and commercial-guide entries are labeled separately so the catalog stays useful without overstating source availability.

Planning softwareActive buildoutPublic source

OpenPlan

Demo GitHub

Free, open-source planning software for rural RTPAs, counties, agencies, consultants, and public-interest planning teams — with projects, funding, maps, reports, evidence, and implementation work kept in one spine.

Readiness

Active buildout

License

Apache-2.0

Contribution path

Use GitHub issues / forks

Moving quickly; best for pilots, custom forks, and teams comfortable shaping the tool.

Useful primitives

  • • Planning workspace
  • • shared project spine
  • • funding and program records
  • • GIS/data context
  • • grant/report workflows
  • • evidence packets
  • • AI-assisted drafting with review gates

Hire Nat Ford for

Managed deployment, custom county/RTPA/agency editions, hosting/admin, role design, staff onboarding, GIS/data setup, agency-specific RTP/ATP/grant templates, support, and planning services.

Source code is licensed under Apache-2.0 unless the repository marks a specific file or asset otherwise; see LICENSE-NOTICE for exclusions.

Discuss OpenPlan deployment Inspect repo Fork it Issues / roadmap
GeospatialUsable alphaPublic source

OpenGeo

GitHub

AI-native drone-to-insight geospatial platform built with Next.js, Supabase, PostGIS, MapLibre, and AI SDK patterns.

Readiness

Usable alpha

License

AGPL-3.0-only

Contribution path

Use GitHub issues / forks

Installable or inspectable now, with scope and hardening still evolving.

Useful primitives

  • • Map workspace
  • • PostGIS-backed data model
  • • AI-assisted geospatial workflow
  • • MapLibre interface

Hire Nat Ford for

Custom geospatial deployments, PostGIS setup, map workflows, hosted administration, data migration, and internal tool integration.

Source code is licensed under AGPL-3.0-only unless the repository marks a specific file or asset otherwise.

Scope OpenGeo support Inspect repo Fork it Issues / roadmap
Aerial intelligenceActive buildoutPublic source

Aerial Intel Platform

GitHub

Open aerial data processing and planning-intelligence platform using an ODM-composed architecture for drone workflows.

Readiness

Active buildout

License

Apache-2.0

Contribution path

Use GitHub issues / forks

Moving quickly; best for pilots, custom forks, and teams comfortable shaping the tool.

Useful primitives

  • • Mission intake
  • • ODM processing hooks
  • • dataset extraction
  • • QA workflow
  • • planning-ready outputs

Hire Nat Ford for

Drone program setup, mission processing workflows, hosted operations, QA packets, map deliverables, and staff onboarding.

Source code is licensed under Apache-2.0 unless the repository marks a specific file or asset otherwise; see LICENSE-NOTICE for exclusions.

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ModelingActive buildoutPublic source

ClawModeler

GitHub

AI-orchestrated, local-first transportation scenario modeling for small and rural agencies. Python engine plus Tauri desktop UI.

Readiness

Active buildout

License

Apache-2.0

Contribution path

Use GitHub issues / forks

Moving quickly; best for pilots, custom forks, and teams comfortable shaping the tool.

Useful primitives

  • • Scenario modeling engine
  • • desktop interface
  • • local-first workflows
  • • transportation analytics

Hire Nat Ford for

Model setup, local data preparation, scenario calibration, rural agency training, support, and custom modeling extensions.

Source code is licensed under Apache-2.0 unless the repository marks a specific file or asset otherwise; see LICENSE-NOTICE for exclusions.

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OperationsUsable alphaPublic source

Marketing & Planning Analytics Software

Demo GitHub

Ad and operations automation lineage for Google, Meta, and LinkedIn workflows, adaptable to planning and business reporting.

Readiness

Usable alpha

License

Apache-2.0

Contribution path

Use GitHub issues / forks

Installable or inspectable now, with scope and hardening still evolving.

Useful primitives

  • • Channel sync patterns
  • • reporting automation
  • • AI-assisted operations review
  • • cross-platform workflow glue

Hire Nat Ford for

Custom analytics dashboards, campaign operations automation, CRM/reporting integrations, and support for non-planning companies.

Source code is licensed under Apache-2.0 unless the repository marks a specific file or asset otherwise; see LICENSE-NOTICE for exclusions.

Scope analytics support Inspect repo Fork it Issues / roadmap
OperationsRelease trackSource release pending

ClawChat

Discuss access

Hybrid multi-agent operating system backbone for planning-company operations: control plane, councils, workflow templates, simulation, and MCP/A2A integration patterns.

Readiness

Release track

License

Source release pending

Contribution path

Private release track / contact Nat Ford

Useful product lane with source/package release details handled deliberately rather than dumped onto the web before it is ready.

Useful primitives

  • • Agent control plane
  • • bounded expert councils
  • • workflow templates
  • • simulation lanes
  • • MCP/A2A integration

Hire Nat Ford for

Multi-agent operations design, workflow automation, internal QA councils, AI governance, and practical agent operating systems for planning teams.

ClawChat is currently a release-track Nat Ford system. Public source and redistribution terms will be published only after the release boundary is approved.

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Training productCommercial guidePaid guide bundle

AI-Assisted Planning Workflows

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Premium practical guide and template bundle for planner-led AI workflows across ATP/RTP content, grant criteria, GIS summaries, outreach synthesis, board materials, and QA.

Readiness

Commercial guide

License

Commercial guide

Contribution path

Buyer feedback / implementation workshops

Paid educational product; built from Nat Ford planning practice rather than a public code repository.

Useful primitives

  • • PDF guide
  • • template bundle
  • • pilot examples
  • • QA checklists
  • • disclosure language

Hire Nat Ford for

Team workshops, template rollout, AI-use policy setup, QA checklists, pilot workflow selection, and implementation support for planning firms and agencies.

Commercial educational product; release package is distributed as a paid PDF/HTML/template bundle, not as a public code repository.

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Paid implementation offers

Free software still needs operators.

Most teams do not fail because the code was unavailable. They fail because nobody owned deployment, data quality, permissions, training, support, and the last-mile workflow. That is where we help. Engagements typically range from a $3.5K fit audit to $18K+ managed deployments and custom forks.

Engagement package

Open-source fit audit

Teams that want to know whether one of these repos can solve a real workflow before committing to a build.

A short recommendation memo: self-host, supported deployment, custom fork, or no-build/avoid.

Engagement package

Managed deployment sprint

Agencies or companies that want a working hosted tool without becoming DevOps maintainers.

Configured deployment, environment setup, admin notes, smoke test, and handoff checklist.

Engagement package

Custom fork / internal edition

Teams whose workflow is too specific for generic software but too important for spreadsheets.

A supported fork with local data model, permissions, branding, workflows, and reporting outputs.

Engagement package

Operator support lane

Teams running open-source tools in public, production, or deadline-sensitive environments.

Ongoing support lane for triage, upgrades, release notes, QA checks, and monthly improvement review.

Managed open-source deployment

We install, host, configure, monitor, and administer an open-source tool so your team can use it without becoming the maintainer.

  • Vercel/Supabase deployment
  • domain and environment setup
  • backups and monitoring
  • release management

Custom fork / agency edition

We fork the base project and adapt the workflows, data model, branding, permissions, and reporting outputs to your actual work.

  • custom modules
  • local data schemas
  • agency report templates
  • merge-forward maintenance

Team onboarding and identity planning

We plan and configure the unglamorous but essential parts: roles, access, staff onboarding, training, and governance. SSO or identity-provider work is scoped only when the deployment actually needs it.

  • role/access setup
  • identity-provider scoping when needed
  • staff onboarding
  • admin documentation

Priority support and operations

For teams that need confidence, we provide a scoped operator lane for urgent fixes, QA, uptime checks, and release triage.

  • agreed priority-response terms
  • bug triage
  • security patch support
  • monthly improvement review
Security and confidentiality boundary

Open source is not an excuse to leak client work.

We publish reusable code, public methods, schemas, templates, and demo data. We do not publish client confidential information, credentials, privileged internal operations, or sensitive deployment details.

Talk about a supported deployment

Bring the open-source base. We will help make it operational.

Start with a scoped implementation conversation for a custom fork, managed deployment, data migration, staff onboarding, or support agreement.

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