RapidSMS

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RapidSMS
RapidSMSLogo-(blue).gif
Original author(s) UNICEF
Developer(s) UNICEF, ThoughtWorks, Dimagi, Millennium Villages Project, Caktus Consulting Group, Timba Objects
Repository OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Written in Python
Operating system Windows, macOS, Linux
Type SMS
License BSD
Website rapidsms.org   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

RapidSMS is a web framework based on the Django web framework which extends the logic and capabilities of Django to communicate with SMS messages. Initial development was done by UNICEF's Innovation Unit for use in mobile data collection and polls. [1] [2] A side effect of the work was pygsm, a Python library for interacting with GSM modems, including cell phones which handle the Hayes command set. [3] The software has been deployed in numerous countries, including Senegal, Mauritania, Uganda, Somalia, Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria, [4] Malawi, [5] and Ethiopia. [6] [7]

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Awards

Projects

diagram illustrating use of RapidSMS for antenatal care reminders, birth registration, and emergency response RapidsmsMCH.png
diagram illustrating use of RapidSMS for antenatal care reminders, birth registration, and emergency response
Bags full of paper forms replaced by a RapidSMS data collection system RapidsmsBagsOfForms.jpg
Bags full of paper forms replaced by a RapidSMS data collection system
Users with training materials learning how to enter data via SMS instead of paper form RapidsmsTraining.jpg
Users with training materials learning how to enter data via SMS instead of paper form

RapidSMS is the basis for a few notable projects:

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