Appropedia is a wiki-based website that contains content relating to poverty, environmental degradation and international development.

[4] Despite "pedia" in the title, the site is not an encyclopedia, but a collection of various types of content, including original research.

[4] Like other wiki based websites, the content can be navigated in multiple ways, using tags to indicate themes.

[4] The rules for content acceptance and editing on Appropedia vary from Wikipedia due to having different goals.

[6] Michigan Technological University faculty Joshua Pearce used Appropedia to share hundreds of designs for cost saving.