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
Black in Tech
Honoring the achievements, journeys, and challenges of the Black tech community.
Angie Jones // applitools
My differences are my superpowers
Angie makes a point to stay empathetic, share her knowledge, and give back to the community.
Brian Douglas // open-sauced
Taking a chance on others, and yourself
Bdougie on the pivotal (often heartbreaking) moments that led him to find his true calling.
Safia Abdalla // nteract
Dream big, and follow through even bigger
Safia leverages her position as a maintainer to empower underrepresented contributors
Stories by topic
Community Stories
Meet the maintainers and developers whose contributions move the open source world forward every day.
Caleb Porzio
Project
Laravel Livewire
Location
Buffalo, NY
Gina Häußge
Project
OctoPrint
Location
Obertshausen, Germany
Nick DeJesus
Project
use-shopping-cart
Location
Boston, MA
Shikha Mishra
Project
Magento
Location
Lucknow, India
Feature Articles
Stories showcasing the projects and people building on GitHub to solve the world’s most intractable problems.
Feature Story
Veterans mobilize to help each other break into tech
Veterans face significant barriers to getting into tech. So they’re tapping their greatest resource: each other.
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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