The Power of the Open Source Community

! The Power of the Open Source Community Kat Fukui
@katfukui Mike McQuaid @MikeMcQuaid

! ⁉ What " Creating Improving

! ⁉ What open source software?

! GitHub today

! 58m repositories % 21m developers GitHub

! 28m public repositories 20% are considered open source software

! nodejs/node 1,356 contributors 17,480 commits django/django 1,409 contributors 24,370
commits rails/rails 3,293 contributors 62,488 commits rust-lang/rust 1,783 contributors 64,186 commits

! What makes a successful open source community?

! What are struggles with the open source community?

! " Creating inclusive open source software communities

! Maintaining Add a Code of Conduct

! Growing First time contributor badge ✨

! Growing Community proﬁle

! Moderating Temporary interaction limits

! Improving open source software community interactions

! ) Good user interactions Expectations from project resources Everyone
helping how they can Prioritise the time of contributors/maintainers

! Good contributor interactions Read and follow project guidelines Defer
to maintainers Go outside comfort zone

! Good maintainer interactions Self-care to avoid burnout Act as
a force multiplier Consider how all changes affect 90% of users

! https://opensource.guide

! ⁉ What " Creation Improving

! Happy Open Sourcing! @katfukui @MikeMcQuaid

The Power of the Open Source Community

The Power of the Open Source Community

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