# Petition Software **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 17, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-software/793849 "2017-08-17T03:56:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bardos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bardos/32/1069_2.png) [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-software/793849/1 "2017-08-17T03:56:31Z")
I was wondering if software exists to create one’s own petition on one’s own website instead of having to link to the already established popular ones. Yes? No? maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-software/793849/2 "2017-08-17T05:26:50Z")
There’s the software Obama used to make the White House petition website: > **[GitHub - WhiteHouse/petitions: Drupal installation profile powering We The...](https://github.com/WhiteHouse/petitions)** > > Drupal installation profile powering We The People at petitions.whitehouse.gov - GitHub - WhiteHouse/petitions: Drupal installation profile powering We The People at petitions.whitehouse.gov ---
**Author:** ![bardos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bardos/32/1069_2.png) [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-software/793849/3 "2017-08-17T05:44:30Z")
Thanks for the reply… I notice it’s in “alpha” phase of development. And the government really used this ? ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-software/793849/4 "2017-08-17T05:55:17Z")
I guess? > **[The White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov)** > > President Biden and Vice President Harris promised to move quickly to deliver results for working families. That’s what they’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-software/793849/5 "2017-08-17T06:37:30Z")
> [@bardos](#): > > Thanks for the reply… I notice it’s in “alpha” phase of development. And the government really used this ? Were you under the impression that the government has ever actually completed a software project? ---
**Author:** ![bardos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bardos/32/1069_2.png) [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-software/793849/6 "2017-08-17T06:42:41Z")
I didn’t know it _was_ a government software, but point taken. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-software/793849/7 "2017-08-17T06:48:36Z")
Well, the GitHub username “WhiteHouse” is a good clue. 🙂 If you know how to set up Drupal and MySQL, then adapting that code for your purposes should be pretty straightforward. If you don’t know how to do that, then you’re probably better off using something like [change.org](http://change.org). ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-software/793849/8 "2017-08-17T07:11:37Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Well, the GitHub username “WhiteHouse” is a good clue. 🙂 > > If you know how to set up Drupal and MySQL, then adapting that code for your purposes should be pretty straightforward. If you don’t know how to do that, then you’re probably better off using something like [change.org](http://change.org). I actually thought it was just a random user too. Had to check the real website to see if they used the same platform. Old enough to remember when the White House was a porn site. The government was better then. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-software/793849/9 "2017-08-17T11:06:52Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Old enough to remember when the White House was a porn site. > > The government was better then. 😃