Country State City - Open Source Geo-Data Platform

I maintain the world's most comprehensive open-source geographic database - covering 250 countries, 5,299 states, and 153,765 cities in 11 data formats.

The numbers:

• 9.4k+ GitHub stars, 3k+ forks
• 1.2 billion API requests/month
• 157,000+ tracked changes to keep data accurate
• Used by thousands of developers in production worldwide

What your sponsorship funds

This is a solo-maintained platform. Your support directly enables:

• Data accuracy - Verifying and updating geographic records across 250 countries
• API infrastructure - Keeping the API fast and reliable at 1.2B requests/month
• New packages - npm and PyPI packages, new data formats, SDK development
• Documentation - Mintlify docs site, examples, and integration guides
• Open access - Keeping the core database free and open for everyone

The ecosystem

• Countries States Cities Database - Core database in JSON, SQL, CSV, GeoJSON, XML, YAML, MongoDB, SQLite
• Country State City API - Freemium REST API with tiered pricing
• CSC Export Tool - Bulk data export with credit-based billing
• CSC Docs - API documentation (Mintlify)
• @countrystatecity/countries - npm package (160x smaller than alternatives)
• @countrystatecity/timezones - npm package (427 timezones, 100% IANA coverage)
• countrystatecity (PyPI) - Python package with Pydantic models
• iLoveJSON - JSON conversion toolkit
• ccm - Claude Code Manager

For API access beyond free limits, see countrystatecity.in/pricing.