/awesome-oss-maintainers-tools-list

The list of tools and resources that can be found useful by open source project maintainers.

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A curated list of tools and resources that can be found useful by open source software maintainers.

Awesome List of OSS Maintainers Tools

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Contents


Guides

  • Guides By GitHub - A collection of resources for individuals, communities, and companies.
  • Documentation By Google - A copy of our internal open source documentation of Google, with a few exceptions.
  • Guides By TODO Group - Developed by the TODO Group in collaboration with The Linux Foundation and the larger open source community.
  • Guides For The Enterprise By Linux Foundation - Leverage best practices for starting and running an open source project in your organization.
  • One Community - Resources and solutions for all aspects of sustainable and globally-regenerative living.
  • Choose a license - Helps you to choose a license.
  • Documentation by Zalando - For Zalando employees, on how to adopt, modify and release Open Source code.
  • CHAOSS - A Linux Foundation project focused on creating analytics and metrics to help define community health.
  • Best Practices by 10up - This guide is written with groups releasing smaller-scale open source software in mind.
  • Keep A Changelog - A guide to create a changelog file.

Documentation Tools, Helpers And Publishers

Project Promotion

  • Promote Open Source Project - Summarizes important steps you should follow to promote your project.
  • Awesome Linux Software - A collection of AWESOME Linux applications and tools.
  • Hackernoon - An Independent Tech Media Site.
  • Hacker News - Website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship.
  • Open Source on Reddit - A subreddit for everything open source related.
  • Up For Grabs - A list of projects which have curated tasks specifically for new contributors.
  • CodeTriage - A communutiy tool to gather maintainers and possible contributors.
  • First Timers Only - A community tool for listing very easy issues to get the first timers to the project.
  • 24 Pull Requests - The site suggests open projects, highlights tickets that are good for new contributors.
  • FixMe - A platform maintained by the Open Source Students Network affiliated to Mozilla.

Funding And Finance Management

  • Open Funding - A guide for researching ways of funding projects.
  • Open Collective - A transparent process that everyone can donate and track the money.
  • xs:code - Turn your project into a revenue source while keeping your code free.
  • IssueHunt - A platform for owners and contributors to get financial support.
  • Flattr - Provides subscriptions that you divide between the creators you want to support.
  • GitHub Sponsors - GitHub Sponsors is generally available to developers and projects with bank accounts in many countries.

Project Management

  • Tidelift - Keep your open source dependencies trouble-free and enterprise-ready.
  • Jitsi - A video conferencing tool.
  • Taiga - A project management tool for multi-functional agile teams.
  • Matrix - An open standard and lightweight protocol for real-time communication.

Talks, Blog Posts And Interviews

  • Awesome Maintainers - An AweSome list of talks, blog posts, and interviews about the experience of being an open source maintainer.