DemoChoice Downloads

The software is written mostly in PHP. An optional C++ version of the counting engine is provided. Pie charts require PHP's graphics extension. It is optimized so that it performs well for large-scale polls (more than 100,000 votes). Also, it works well on a wide range of browsers, including text-only browsers like Lynx.

Use DemoChoice in your presentation or convention!

The best reason to download DemoChoice is to run it on a laptop for use in a presentation or at a convention table. Install xampp (a self-contained version of apache and php) on your USB memory stick or laptop, copy the DemoChoice files in a folder named "dc" to the xampp/htdocs folder, and run the apache-start.bat file in the xampp folder (leave the window open). Then send your browser to http://localhost/dc and you should be in business. The xampp "lite" package is recommended, and your memory stick should be 256MB or more. Of course, web server installations other than xampp can work too.

Note: In most cases, it's easier to just create a poll here and link to it.

August 2006 Release
This contains the ballot, tally, and results scripts, and a few support and sample ballot files.

Download 282k zipped or 239k gzipped tar version

Windows version (400k zipped file with precompiled C++ engine)

This release contains about 2 dozen files. The tar file can be expanded using the unix command

unzip dc8aug06.zip