# FAQ

## What is Romulus?

Romulus is a platform to enable on-chain governance. Any Celo protocol that uses a voting token (e.g. [UBE](https://github.com/Ubeswap/ubeswap-governance/blob/master/contracts/UbeToken.sol)) can create a governance through Romulus. Being on-chain means proposals through Romulus have **no dependency** on the protocol's team. If a protocol's community decides it is a good idea to grant a bounty to a community member, the community does not need any external approval of the idea as long as such a proposal is voted to pass by the community. 

## Why should I use Romulus?

If your token supports voting (e.g. [UBE](https://github.com/Ubeswap/ubeswap-governance/blob/master/contracts/UbeToken.sol)), we highly encourage the creation of governance through Romulus for a few reasons:

1. Leverage security and reliability of a working system rather than reinvent a new one
2. Quickly create a governance system: both smart contracts and interface
3. Use a platform that will become more familiar to other Celo users as more protocols adopt Romulus

## Is Romulus open-source?

Yes! See <https://github.com/Celo-Fi/romulus>.