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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.

Projects that make their rules explicit would see more participation

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

03 Apr 2018 Javier Canovas Feed 26 votes 1 comment

Open community, gardeners and food co-op

6 ways a thriving community will help your project succeed

Innovation, research, marketing, support—a community can provide all these things, if you take care...

15 Mar 2018 Alessio Fattorini Feed 37 votes 2 comments

A plan for rebooting an open source project

Here's a simple plan to get your project back on the right path.

13 Mar 2018 Amye Scavarda (Red Hat) Feed 27 votes 1 comment

Community metrics: The challenge behind the numbers

Although metrics are an important way to understand community members' effectiveness, they're only...

26 Feb 2018 Ildiko Vancsa Feed 33 votes

5 rules for having genuine community relationships

Open organizations can benefit from strong, passionate communities—but only if they treat those...

22 Feb 2018 Alessio Fattorini Feed 49 votes 3 comments

Everything I know about open source I learned from SpaceX

Five lessons from the spectacular Falcon Heavy launch for people working on open source projects.

13 Feb 2018 Ben Cotton Feed 44 votes 1 comment

Why building a community is worth the extra effort

Building the NethServer community was risky. But we've learned so much about the power of working...

16 Jan 2018 Alessio Fattorini Feed 54 votes 5 comments

Asynchronous decision-making: Helping remote teams succeed

Better communication with fewer meetings isn't a pipe dream. Here's how asynchronous decision-...

12 Dec 2017 Bertrand Delacretaz Feed 59 votes 2 comments

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