What are the most widely used open source DAO frameworks?

Question

I am currently researching what are the best open-source on-chain Governance Tools out there (for beginners / intermediates).

I was researching something similar in 2016 / 2017 but I remember the technology was very immature back then, as in, not enough security audits ( see The DAO ) or advanced lack of GUIs.

What are the current open sourced tools / frameworks for creating and governing DAOs today in 2022?

Everybody is talking about Gnosis.io. Is Gnosis any good? Are there any alternatives to Gnosis?

Answer 1

Not in a particular order

• Snapshop is a popular tool for governance voting

• Aragon is an old project that provides tools for DAO governance

• Gnosis Safe is a multi-signature wallet, not a governance tool, though they have SafeSnap integration for DAO governance

• Kleros is arbitration as a service for DAOs

• Enzyme Protocol can be used to provide treasury management services for DAOs

• Sputnik DAO provides DAO governance features on NEAR blockchain

• LiquiFi provides token vesting schedules for DAO members like founders

• DAO-Analyzer can be used to track DAO metrics

• DAOHaus offers DAO exploration and discovery tools

• Gitcoin offers co-ordination with open source developers and bounties

• Immunefi is a bounty platform for security researches and whitehats to get rewarded for discover problems in smart contracts

Answer 2

On top of the excellent list Mikko Ohtamaa already shared, I would add the following:

• Tally is an on-chain alternative to Snapshot
• Coordinape can be used to efficiently reward a large number of contributors
• Sablier enables token streaming, which is ideal for on-chain vesting/payroll/grants (disclosure: I'm part of the team)

Highly recommend checking out DAO Masters if you want to look into other projects/tools related to DAOs/governance.