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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.

Open source doctor.

Analyze community health metrics with this open source tool

Cauldron makes it easier for anyone to use GrimoireLab to learn more about open source communities.
Georg Link 08 Jun 2021
Practicing empathy

6 examples of open source best practices in knowledge-sharing projects

Compare how six different knowledge-sharing communities approach gathering, maintaining, and distributing their best practices.
Deb Bryant 07 May 2021 1 comment
Two diverse hands holding a globe

Ansible emphasizes inclusive language in new release

The project is working to eliminate racism and other harmful prejudices from the project's code and community.
Jill Rouleau (Red Hat) 07 May 2021
UX design Mac computer with mobile and laptop

How we built an open source design system to create new community logos

Learn how Ansible's new logos were developed with stakeholder input to ensure a consistent brand across the entire project.
Fiona Lin (Red Hat) Taufique Rahman (Red Hat) 26 Apr 2021
Green graph of measurements

How to take your open source project to the next level

Merely releasing your SaaS's source code is not enough to make it open source.
Stef Walter (Red Hat) 21 Apr 2021
Practicing empathy

What motivates open source software contributors?

New study finds people's reasons for contributing have changed since the early 2000s.
Marco Gerosa Georg Link Gregorio Robles Anita Sarma Igor Steinmacher Christoph Treude Bianca Trinkenreich Igor Wiese 05 Apr 2021
Two people chatting via a video conference app

My favorite open source tools to meet new friends

Quarantine hasn't been all bad—it's allowed people to create fun online communities that also help others.
Chris Collins (Correspondent) 27 Mar 2021 2 comments
a checklist for a team

Take the first global open source maintainer survey

Tidelift wants feedback about the reality of open source maintainer life.
Josh Simmons 09 Mar 2021

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