The ReadME Project amplifies the voices of the open source community:
the maintainers, developers, and teams whose contributions move the world forward every day. Learn more
- students
- journalists
- parents
- authors
- activists
- business owners
- podcast hosts
- public speakers
- musicians
- chefs
- self-starters
- partners
- photographers
- immigrants
- mediators
- gamers
- freelancers
- 9-5ers
- 5-9ers
- board members
- grandparents
- volunteers
- educators
- community-builders
- developers
- contributors
- maintainers
Meet the people behind the projects you love.
Mariatta Wijaya
Project
Python
Location
Vancouver, BC
Marc Cornellà
Project
Oh My Zsh
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Robby Russell
Project
Oh My Zsh
Location
Portland, OR
Wes McKinney
Project
Apache Arrow
Location
Nashville, TN
David Nolen
Project
clojurescript
Location
New York
Chrissy LeMaire
Project
dbatools
Location
North of France
Benjie Gillam
Project
Graphile
Location
Southampton, UK
Gift Egwuenu
Project
RubyGems
Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Alex Ellis
Project
OpenFaaS
Location
United Kingdom
Issy Long
Project
Homebrew
Location
London, UK
Jordan Harband
Project
TC39
Location
Hillsborough, CA
Samson Goddy
Project
Sugar Labs
Location
Nigeria
Henry Zhu
Project
Babel
Location
New York City
Dirk Lemstra
Project
ImageMagick
Location
The Netherlands
About The ReadME Project
Coding is usually seen as a solitary activity, but it's actually the world's largest community effort led by a small group of open source maintainers, contributors, and teams. These unsung heroes put in long hours to build software, fix issues, field questions, and manage communities, often without funding or recognition. The ratio of consumers to maintainers can be as unbalanced as 2,000 to 1.
The ReadME Project is part of GitHub's ongoing effort to amplify the voices of open source software: We want the world to know these inspiring people, hear their stories, and understand what drives them.
Get involved
Support the community
Recognize and support the community working behind the scenes and help them get the resources they need with GitHub Sponsors.
Nominate a person or project
Nominate inspiring open source developers and projects you think we should include in The ReadME Project (it could be you!).
Advance your journey
Grow your skills, complete hands-on projects, and get helpful feedback with GitHub Learning Lab.