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The success of an open source project is strongly tied to the community that supports and contributes to it. Our community management articles explore common problems, solutions, and tactics to create vital, productive open source communities.

5 resolutions for open source project maintainers

No matter how you say it, good communication is essential to strong open source communities.

Ben Cotton (Red Hat, Community Moderator) 12 Dec 2018 13 votes 2 comments

Have you seen these personalities in open source?

An inclusive community is a more creative and effective community. But how can you make sure you're...

Laura Hilliger 13 Nov 2018 20 votes 4 comments

Scaling your developer community with plugins

Plugins are an excellent way to get more people contributing code to your project.

Greg Sutcliffe 01 Oct 2018 47 votes

What do open source and cooking have in common?

Learn the tasty way one open source meetup has evolved into a regular cooking meetup, too.

Florian Effenberger 07 Sep 2018 87 votes

5 questions to answer before building a community

Understanding the different types of communities and how they can help your organization is the key...

Michael Hall 19 Jul 2018 43 votes 1 comment

3 big steps toward building authentic developer communities

How do you build community while also meeting the needs of an organization? These three steps can...

Leslie Hawthorn 18 Jul 2018 47 votes 4 comments

Open community, gardeners and food co-op

Is BDFL a death sentence?

A few days ago, Guido van Rossum , creator of the Python programming language and Benevolent...

Jason Baker (Red Hat) 16 Jul 2018 47 votes 2 comments

Projects that make their rules explicit would see more participation

New research indicates that more projects and communities are making their governance models more...

Javier Canovas 03 Apr 2018 69 votes 1 comment

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