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No such thing. They have to be programmed by people, whom are partisan by nature.
It shouldn't be hard to design something fairly nonpartisan (i.e. where the House popular vote approximately mirrors the number of seats each party gets):
- Districts should be contiguous and as square-shaped as possible.
- No consideration should be given for the demographic composition of the area, nor for the residences of specific people.
- A computer draws up 9 different maps. Each party gets to eliminate the 4 that they dislike the most. Whatever is left is the new district map.