Meet the people building the software you love.
The ReadME Project amplifies the voices of the developer community:
the maintainers, leaders, and teams whose contributions move the world forward every day. Learn more
Featured Topic
Women in Software Development
Celebrating individuals, companies, and open source teams making a difference for women in deveopment.
Feature Story
Creating opportunity for women in development
Now is the time to remake the workplace.
Lorena Mesa // pyladies
Building a globally diverse, welcoming Python community
Lorena finds the sweet spot between Python, politics, community governance and open source.
Jory Burson // jquery
Setting the right bar for open source standards
Jory takes matters into her own hands and asks the tough questions to optimize collaboration.
Marcy Sutton // whatwg
Making accessibility in tech the rule, not the exception
Marcy on the power of advocacy to normalize accessibility and bring more voices to open source.
Kath Korevec
Chasing challenges to ship developer solutions
Armed with research, conviction and user empathy, Kath is determined to find answers.
Stories by topic
Community Stories
Meet the maintainers and developers whose contributions move the open source world forward every day.
Brian Douglas
Project
open-sauced
Location
Oakland, CA
Angie Jones
Project
applitools
Location
New Orleans, LA
Safia Abdalla
Project
nteract
Location
Redmond, WA
Caleb Porzio
Project
Laravel Livewire
Location
Buffalo, NY
Feature Articles
Stories showcasing the projects and people building on GitHub to solve the world’s most intractable problems.
Feature Story
How the open source community came together to fight COVID-19
As the pandemic raged, open source developers sprang into action to leverage data for the greater good.
Feature Story
How InfoSec pros keep open source safe--and how you can help
Security pros talk about what keeps them up at night--and what they’re doing about it.
Community Contributions
Expert developers and teams share best practices in software engineering, collaboration, and culture.
About The ReadME Project
Coding is usually seen as a solitary activity, but it’s actually the world’s largest community effort led by open source maintainers, contributors, and teams. These unsung heroes put in long hours to build software, fix issues, field questions, and manage communities.
The ReadME Project is part of GitHub’s ongoing effort to amplify the voices of the developer community. It’s an evolving space to engage with the community and explore the stories, challenges, technology, and culture that surround the world of open source.
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