Start with a First Microproduct

Beginner, no-key sources with a small first project you can finish in an afternoon without paid infrastructure.

Curated by Trilemma Data · Reviewed 2026-08-20

BeginnerSmall

Current U.S. forecasts, observations, and official weather alerts for building local planning tools and operational warning products.

First Project: Flag Risky Hours for an Outdoor Plan

EnvironmentGeoJSON +2No Key

BeginnerMedium

Continuously updated earthquake locations, magnitudes, depths, timestamps, and review status for monitoring seismic activity and spatial patterns.

First Project: Profile the Past Week's Earthquakes

EnvironmentGeoJSON +3No Key

BeginnerTiny

Weekly U.S. outpatient influenza-like illness activity for building seasonal respiratory-illness monitoring tools.

First Project: Compare Recent State ILI Activity Levels

HealthJSON +1No Key

BeginnerTiny

Treasury blocked-party names for building bounded sanctions-screening alerts that stay inside OFAC matching limits.

First Project: Build an Exact-Name SDN Lookup

GovernmentCSV +1No Key

BeginnerTiny

Confirmed in-the-wild software vulnerabilities for building patch-priority alerts, exposure monitors, and remediation queues.

First Project: Monitor Newly Exploited Vulnerabilities

TechnologyJSON +1No Key

BeginnerSmall

Federal disaster declarations, designated areas, incident periods, and authorized programs for building local emergency and recovery trackers.

First Project: Track Recent Declarations for One State

EnvironmentJSON +3No Key

BeginnerTiny

Repeat-sales indexes of U.S. single-family house prices for building local housing-market monitors and regional comparison tools.

First Project: Compare Recent State House-Price Indexes

MarketsCSV +2No Key

BeginnerSmall

Consumer financial product complaints sent to companies for response, for building company, product, and state complaint-monitoring tools.

First Project: Monitor Mortgage Complaints in One State

MarketsJSON +2No Key

BeginnerSmall

Weekly U.S. wastewater viral detections for influenza A and other pathogens for building community-level respiratory-illness monitoring tools.

First Project: Flag Recent Influenza A Wastewater Detections

HealthJSON +1No Key

BeginnerTiny

County counts of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits for building local housing-supply and market-sizing tools.

First Project: Rank Counties by 2025 Authorized Housing Units

MarketsCSV +1No Key

BeginnerTiny

Cross-national education indicators from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics for building country comparison and SDG 4 monitoring tools.

First Project: Compare Primary Completion for Two Countries

DemographicsJSON +1No Key