Overview
CGOV DReps is a directory that helps ADA holders find and compare DReps, short for delegated representatives: people or groups who vote on governance decisions for the holders who delegate to them. Its main page ranks DReps by voting power, number of delegators or votes cast, and also shows each DRep's delegated ADA, share of voting power and how often they changed a vote1. A separate picker narrows the list with filters, or suggests DReps after you answer five questions about governance proposals2.
CGOV DReps, titled DRep Dashboard on the site, is the DRep section of CGOV, an app for following Cardano governance. It is built under Nomos, a group that coordinates the governance work of two Cardano builder teams: Mesh, known for a TypeScript toolkit for making Cardano apps, and SIDAN Lab3. DReps are a voting role that CIP-1694 added to Cardano's on-chain governance. The CGOV frontend code is open source under the Apache 2.0 license4.
Key Features
- See who holds the most voting power. The DRep List shows network totals and how much delegation sits with the top 10, 20 and 50 DReps, above a table you can search and sort by voting power, delegators or votes cast1.
- Find DReps who explain their votes. The DRep Picker filters by how many proposals a DRep voted on, how often they published a rationale (a written reason for a vote), delegator count and voting power, with Low, Medium and High presets2.
- Match your views in five questions. The Match Me quiz asks you to vote Yes, No or Abstain on five governance proposals, then finds DReps whose votes match yours, and no wallet is needed2.
- Charts of where the power sits. DRep Charts draws DReps by voting power or delegators as a bubble map, tree map, donut or scatter plot, for the top 10, 20, 50 or all, plus a curve of how concentrated power is5.
- A DRep's full voting record. Profile pages show a DRep's registration date, rationale rate, split of Yes, No and Abstain votes, voting power over time and a vote history with links to each proposal and rationale6.
What to Expect
If you hold ADA and want to choose a representative, start with the DRep List. The totals at the top count active DReps, leaving out those with no votes cast or no voting power, and the table below has a download button1. A List Builder on the same page lets you put chosen DReps into groups and compare their combined delegators, delegated ADA and share of power1.
People who care more about behavior than size can open the DRep Picker. Its results table adds activity, rationale and flexibility rates, flexibility meaning how often a DRep changed a vote2. The page offers the quiz to people who are not sure which DRep to pick2.
On a DRep's profile page, the voting history can be filtered to votes cast, proposals they skipped or votes they changed, and each row links to the proposal and the DRep's written reasoning6.
Developers and researchers can read the code in the nomos-guild/cgov repository on GitHub. The project's own description lists seven interface languages, among them Japanese, Spanish and Chinese7. Its data comes through CGOV's own backend, which its GitHub page describes as a public good giving open access to on-chain governance data8. The wider CGOV app also covers proposals and the treasury, which sit outside this DRep directory.
