Smart Cities as enablers of collaborative open-source software development

This poster explores the impact of smart cities on the public sector's engagement in governmental open-source software (OSS) projects, hence in their digital sovereignty. A quantitative survey of OSS community members found significant correlations between higher Smart City Index (SCI) scores and greater participation in supporting tasks such as bug reporting and feature requests. Such engagement fosters innovation and strengthens collaboration within digital public infrastructure. These findings underline the need for further research on how smart cities promote openness, participation, and digital literacy among citizens and public servants.