The first light

Portugal

Glocalis begins here — verified, accessible local discovery and the everyday utility of a place, made by Portuguese people, for Portugal.

In build · glocalis.pt · pre-launch

What it is

The trusted, useful map of local life.

Glocalis brings the real, useful information of a place into one verified, accessible home: local entities and services, events, directories and listings, public-interest data, and the small practical things that make a day work.

It is built for Portugal — the mainland, Madeira and the Azores — on real identity, open to every citizen for free, and private by default. Not a feed to scroll. A tool to use.

What it's for

The questions a place asks every day

The everyday utility Glocalis is being built to answer — free, for everyone:

  • Which pharmacy is on duty near me, right now?
  • Where's the nearest recycling point, charger, or potable-water tap?
  • Is this entrance accessible — and how do I get in?
  • What's on this week in my parish?
  • Which local businesses and associations are real, and verified?
  • Where's the beach, the market, the public service I need?

Built on the standard

The promises Glocalis keeps

Portugal is the first place the standard becomes real software.

  • Verified trust
  • Universal accessibility
  • Public utility, free for citizens
  • Made by locals
  • Civic & economic participation
  • Ethical, transparent money
  • Sovereignty, by country
  • Open by design
Read the full standard →

The honest roadmap

Where Portugal actually is

We're building in the open. This is the real order of things — nothing here is finished.

  1. Now

    Foundation

    Phase 0 — preparing the minimum viable platform: identity, accessibility and the data model. No public launch yet.

  2. Next

    Seed the map

    Open public data first — national coverage at low cost — then one deeper pilot region to prove the depth.

  3. Then

    Open to people

    Free verified citizen registration, local entities, and the everyday utility features — opened carefully, region by region.

  4. Later

    Grow & sustain

    Community and commerce features, fairly monetized, with a share returned to the communities — then the next country's sky.

Where it lives

Follow the first light

Glocalis lives at glocalis.pt. The flag was planted there on Dia de Portugal, 2026 — the beginning of this adventure.

Visit glocalis.pt