What is the ReadME Project

The ReadME Project amplifies the voices of the open source community: the maintainers, contributors, and developers whose powerful contributions move the world forward every day. In lifting up their personal and professional challenges, stories, insights, and lessons learned, we hope to continue to build a more sustainable open source ecosystem, together. Learn more about The ReadME Project

What is an open source community?

People often think coding is a solitary activity, but it’s actually the world’s largest community effort led by a small group of open source maintainers and teams. These invisible heroes often work endless hours without funding, support, or thanks, and the ratio of consumers to maintainers can be as unbalanced as 2,000 to 1.

The ReadME Project

How the Open Source Community Came Together to Fight COVID-19 Feature Story

Meet the people building the software you love. The ReadME Project amplifies the voices of the developer community: the maintainers, leaders, and teams whose contributions move the world forward every day. Learn more Featured Topic

State of the Octoverse

Exploring the impact 2020 had on developer lives, the global open source community response to COVID-19, and securing the world’s software.

Feature Story

How InfoSec Pros Keep Open Source Safe--And How You Can Help

Security pros talk about what keeps them up at night--and what they’re doing about it.

Feature Story

How Open Source Maintainers Can Maintain Balance in Turbulent Times

Open source maintainers are working harder than ever. Here’s how to maintain your passion during trying times. Stories by topic ●State of the Octoverse // ●Black in Tech // ●Veterans in Tech // ●DevOps

Community Stories

Meet the maintainers and developers whose contributions move the open source world forward every day.

Kath Korevec

Chasing challenges to ship developer solutions

Location San Francisco, CA Brian Douglas

Taking a chance on others, and yourself

Project open-sauced Location Oakland, CA Angie Jones

My differences are my superpowers

Project applitools Location New Orleans, LA Safia Abdalla

Dream big, and follow through even bigger

Project nteract Location Redmond, WA See all Community Stories

Feature Articles

Stories showcasing the projects and people building on GitHub to solve the world’s most intractable problems.

Feature Story

Black voices bring much needed context to our data-driven society

Black communities are working together to democratize data and make the field more inclusive.

Feature Story

Veterans mobilize to help each other break into tech

Veterans face significant barriers to getting into tech. So they’re tapping their greatest resource: each other. See all Feature Articles

Community Contributions

Expert developers and teams share best practices in software engineering, collaboration, and culture.

Joe Lust // mabl

Walking the walk: bringing end-to-end automation and testing to internal teams

George Swan // Autodesk

Transforming productivity with a ‘whole product’ CI/CD pipeline

Kevin Mo // Front

Boosting speed and scalability with continuous deployments

Austin Hemmelgarn // Netdata

Connected by collaboration: unifying DevOps and open source

See all Community Contributions

About The ReadME Project

Coding is usually seen as a solitary activity, but it’s actually the world’s largest community effort led by open source maintainers, contributors, and teams. These unsung heroes put in long hours to build software, fix issues, field questions, and manage communities. The ReadME Project is part of GitHub’s ongoing effort to amplify the voices of the developer community. It’s an evolving space to engage with the community and explore the stories, challenges, technology, and culture that surround the world of open source. Nominate a developer

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The GitHub Stars program offers impactful developers an opportunity to showcase their work, reach more people, and shape the future of GitHub. The ReadME Project ●Community Stories // ●Feature Articles // ●Community Contributions Help GitHub plan the future of The ReadME Project by taking a short survey.

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State of the Octoverse

How InfoSec Pros Keep Open Source Safe--And How You Can Help

How Open Source Maintainers Can Maintain Balance in Turbulent Times

Community Stories

Chasing challenges to ship developer solutions

Taking a chance on others, and yourself

My differences are my superpowers

Dream big, and follow through even bigger

Feature Articles

Black voices bring much needed context to our data-driven society

Veterans mobilize to help each other break into tech

Community Contributions

Walking the walk: bringing end-to-end automation and testing to internal teams

Transforming productivity with a ‘whole product’ CI/CD pipeline

Boosting speed and scalability with continuous deployments

Connected by collaboration: unifying DevOps and open source

About The ReadME Project

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