DataCompass

DataCompass is our GovHack 2025 project: an AI-powered search engine for Australian government data.

Overview

The frontend is built in Next.js, designed with a clean UI that resembles ChatGPT for natural language queries.
The backend is written in Python, which connects to the ABS API, processes results, and uses the OpenAI API to summarize and present the information clearly.

Features

• Ask questions in plain English
• Discover datasets from ABS and other agencies
• Get summaries and simple charts
• Direct links to the original data sources

Getting Started

1. Clone this repo
2. Run npm install && npm run dev in /frontend
3. Run python app.py in /backend

Goal

Make government data easy to find, understand, and use.