Overview
Civitas is a website that lets anyone follow the proposals put to a vote in Cardano governance and see where each one stands. The homepage is a searchable list of governance actions, the formal proposals that change rules, spend treasury funds or record a community view, with live vote shares and, on most rows, the share needed to pass1. Each proposal opens to a page showing who voted, how, and why2.
Cardano governance gives three groups a vote under CIP-1694: DReps (delegated representatives who vote for the ADA holders who back them), stake pool operators who run the servers that produce blocks, and the Constitutional Committee, a small panel that checks proposals against the Cardano Constitution3. Civitas puts all three groups' votes side by side. Its About page states the goal as making governance "legible, verifiable, and decision-useful"4.
Key Features
- Find a proposal fast. Search the list, filter by type (treasury withdrawals, parameter changes, hard forks, info actions and more) or by status (active, enacted, expired, dropped), and sort by newest, most votes or largest deposit1. The deposit is ADA that whoever submits a proposal puts down and gets back once the proposal is approved or expires3.
- See how close a vote is to passing. Each row shows the DRep and stake pool operator vote shares, the committee's yes and no count, and the date and epoch (Cardano's five-day accounting period) it expires. Most rows also show the threshold the proposal needs beside the DRep share, and some beside the stake pool operator share; info action rows show the shares alone1.
- Check who voted and why. A proposal's vote list shows each voter's name, vote, voting power and epoch, with a link to the written reasoning, called a rationale, when the voter published one. Filters narrow the list by role, vote or rationale2.
- Know what sits behind a "No". The proposal page shows the ADA behind the DRep Yes, No and Abstain totals, and splits the No side into explicit No votes, No Confidence stake and stake that did not vote2. No Confidence stake is ADA delegated to the predefined No Confidence voting option, which counts as a No except on a No Confidence action3.
- Take part from the same site. The Civitas changelog lists wallet-based DRep registration and a flow for submitting governance actions5.
What to Expect
You land on a table of proposals, with counters at the top for total, active and enacted actions and for any that expire within five days1. The table shows both the calendar date and the epoch for each deadline. Clicking a row opens the proposal page with its submission and expiry epochs, any treasury amount requested, and the full voting picture. When a proposal's linked description document cannot be loaded, the page says the metadata is unreachable2.
For ADA holders who delegate their vote, the per-voter list is a quick way to check how a representative voted and whether they explained it. DReps and committee members can compare their choices with how others voted on the same proposal. Browsing needs no account; a Sign in option covers the wallet-based tools.
The About page describes Civitas as transparent tooling rather than "a black box that tells people what to think"4. Intersect, the member-based organization that coordinates Cardano development and governance work, lists Civitas among the explorers readers can use to follow vote progress6. The proposed CIP-179 format for on-chain surveys and polls also lists Civitas Explorer as an implementer7.
