Guides and Resources
We collect best practices from the leading companies engaged in open source development and aim to help your organization successfully implement and run an open source program office. For guides tailored to individual contributors, we recommend GitHub’s community guides.
OSPO Guides
To build successful Open Source Program Offices, Open Source initiatives, and for open source program management best practices, start here. All content is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.
Strategy & impact
Build an OSPO, set direction, and demonstrate the value of open source.
Governance & operations
Put policies, tools, and contribution practices into action.
People & community
Grow skills, participation, and inclusive communities.
Project lifecycle
Launch, promote, sustain, and responsibly retire open source projects.
Learn & contribute
Find further reading and help create the next community resource.