
Open Source runs the world. But who runs open source? Who is there, day by day, to keeping it all running? Open Source project maintainers make the software we use possible. But project maintenance is intense work - and it doesn’t happen in a vacuum.

Maintainer Month is a reminder for the ecosystem to support, celebrate, and compensate open source maintainers.

Maintainer Month is an opportunity for maintainers to gather and share knowledge and experiences. It’s a time to see how other projects are tackling similar problems. And it’s a time to reflect collectively that the challenges faced aren’t all technical, and the burden on maintainers can come with a lack of boundaries, vacations, or emotional support. Whether you’re celebrating contributions to open source, or reflecting on the particular pains of this line of labor, this is a month to come together.


Welcome to Maintainer Month!

We have a full month of activities

Um evento para mantenedores de código aberto se reunirem, compartilharem e serem celebrados.


GitHub Presente! : Em Português

Daniel Stenberg's code is almost guaranteed to run in your devices, in one way or another. In this Twitter Space we'll chat about the curl project, his years of maintainership and where he got his username. 




Maintainer Twitter Space with curl creator @bagder

Maintainer Twitter Space


For Open Source Friday (June 3rd at 3pm ET), Rizel Scarlett is chatting with Josh Goldberg about his journey to becoming a full time open source maintainer! Join us on Twitter Spaces at this link https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1MYxNnPNqmbxw!


Becoming a Full Time Open Source Maintainer


.NET Rocks! is a weekly talk show for anyone interested in programming on the Microsoft .NET platform.

Hosted by Richard Campbell and Carl Franklin with guests Martin Woodward and Immo Landwerth.


.NET Rocks Podcast



A 100% virtual, completely free event bringing together like-minded application developers, open source project maintainers, 
and the extended network of people who care most about their work.

This year, keynote speakers include Aeva Black of the Azure Office at Microsoft, Deb Bryant of Red Hat, and John Mark Walker of Fannie Mae. 
Attendees will once again have the opportunity to meet maintainers behind the open source tools they use every day and learn from industry legends
developing applications with open source at scale.


Upstream


Join the Distribute Aid dev team to learn more about our open source refugee aid / supply chain tech projects. 

Get help setting up, pick your first issue, and make an impact through your contributions! 

A zoom link will be provided when you signup.


Distribute Aid: OSS Thursdays - Code Jam #1


Join Taylor and Ramón as they triage issues and create plans to onboard new contributors!

Learn where to start contributing and discover the rest of our events during #MaintainerMonth


Distribute Aid: OSS Thursdays - Maintainer Month Kickoff


Dagger provides a portable devkit that enables you to build powerful CI/CD pipelines in ANY CI environment without any of the rewrites. Join Solomon Hykes, founder of Dagger and co-founder of Docker to learn more about building Dagger in public!
Twitter Space URL can be found here: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1dRKZlLOzRQJB


Time Travel Debugger for Web Development

Dagger: A Portable Devkit for CI/CD Pipelines


Recently, Stripe open-sourced Markdoc, the content-authoring system that powers the Stripe docs. You can now freely build documentation, static pages, or tooling with the same tools we use: https://markdoc.io. 
In this Twitch stream, Charlie Gerard will chat with us in detail about Markdoc.


Power Documentation with Markdoc



The Open Source Challenge 2022 aims to support the tech ecosystem in Kenya to contribute to open source projects. Each participant records open source contributions made by submitting links to merged pull requests. At the end of the challenge, the top 5 contributors get rewarded with internet data to support their learning/work and a digital certificate that they can add to their collection or resume. The challenge is open to all participants and is open to all contributions.

OSCA Nairobi Open Source Challenge


Join GitHub users across Africa to talk about open source project maintainership! Special guest and creator of chakra, Segun Adebayo.



GitHub Virtual Meetup: Africa

GitHub Meetup


Join Taylor and Ramón as they work on the Distribute Aid Projects!

Learn where to start contributing and discover the rest of our events during #MaintainerMonth


Distribute Aid: OSS Thursdays - Week 2

Burnout is a relatable issue, almost everyone has been there – and it’s something we see quite often in open source. CHAOSS is hosting an interactive working group session to understand how maintainers manage burnout and talk about how to facilitate conversations about burnout and mental health in their open source communities. We will also discuss the Project Burnout metric from our DEI working group.


Burnout and Mental Health in Open Source


Amplication is an open source, low code development tool. It helps you develop quality Node.js applications without spending time on repetitive coding tasks.
With Amplication, you can:

- Easily create data models and configure role-based access control with a simple and intuitive UI or CLI
- Continuously push the generated application to your GitHub repository
- Get a Docker container with your database, a Node.js application and a React client
- Join Michael Solati and @blackgirlbytes on Friday, June 17 at 3pm EDT on Twitter Spaces at: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1RDxlgQqdnzJL


Amplication: Open Source Low Code for Backend


Replay is a screen recorder that enables you to identify bugs and better debug your web applications. Join us on June 17 to learn from Community Lead, Cecilia Martinez about how to debug websites faster with Replay!



Open Source Summit June 21-24 is a conference umbrella, composed of a collection of events covering the most important technologies, topics, and issues affecting open source today. With a focus on furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem, there’s plenty of content and conversations for open source maintainers throughout the events.


Open Source Summit North America


Join Rizel Scarlett (@blackgirlbytes) and Harsh Mishra to learn all about Moja Global, a community backed by the Linux Foundation that supports ambitious climate action by developing pioneering, open-source software!


Open Source Software for Climate Action


Hello and welcome to a special episode of Sustain, where we interview Maintainers as part of GitHub Maintainer Month! On this episode, Richard is interviewing a few open source maintainers to talk about what it’s like to be a maintainer, how awesome they are, and what issues they may have being a maintainer. My first guest is Mike McQuaid, who works for GitHub and is one of the maintainers of Homebrew. Mike tells us all about Homebrew, how you can contribute, and the most fun thing about being a maintainer there. Also joining me is Nina Breznik, another awesome maintainer, Founder of RefugeesWork, Partner and Open Source Developer at Playproject, Community Organizer at Wizard Amigos, and she works on a DatDot project with serapath. Nina shares how it is for her being a maintainer, how she helps other people see it as art, not just science and math, but a more creative thing, and she tells us the project she had the most fun working on.

Sustain Podcast June 24

GitHub Maintainer Month with Mike McQuaid of Homebrew and Nina Breznik of DatDot


Maintaining an open source project is a big responsibility. Join us for a panel discussion with maintainers of some of the most engaging open source communities, as they share key insights and tips and tricks for managing your growing community. They’ll also touch on how to resolve community conflicts, and how to make it easier for others to contribute.



Firsthand stories from maintainers — brought to you by the OpenSearch Project


Hello and welcome to a special episode of Sustain/GitHub Maintainer Month, which is a short series of podcasts where we’re focusing on maintainers of open source, what they do with their experience, and how they contribute to the sustainability of their projects. Our first guest is Marie Kochsiek, who’s a developer and one of the maintainers of drip, a menstrual cycle and fertility tracking app. Marie goes in depth about the drip app, challenges she has as a maintainer, and since the supreme court repealed Roe v. Wade, she shares advice on what people can do with their menstruation trackers to stay safe. Our next guest is Hélène Martin, who’s the CTO of ODK, a platform for offline data collection that’s used by organizations like Red Cross. We’ll hear about ODK’s funding model, how Hélène has transitioned their governance strategy, we learn about their funding model, and she shares advice to maintainers who want to go to a higher level with their projects in open source.

Sustain Podcast June 30

GitHub Maintainer Month with Marie Kochsiek of drip and Hélène Martin of ODK

Upcoming events 2022


This is an open source initiative to bookmark a month to collectively contemplate open source maintainership, whatever form that takes. Various organizations, projects, and companies will be running activities, events, and distributing resources. Submit a PR to list what you’re planning, so that folks can come participate. Anyone can plan or add something. No-one owns Maintainer Month - it’s for everyone.


A month for open source maintainers to gather, share, and be celebrated.

Welcome to Maintainer Month!

What’s going on during Maintainer Month?

How do I get involved?

Upcoming events 2022

We have a full month of activities

Maintainer Month 2024 Advisory Council