Update: the OSI has published a page dedicated to maintainers.
May is Maintainer Month once again, a time for the Open Source community to recognize, support, and celebrate the maintainers who keep critical digital infrastructure running. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is proud to join GitHub and a global community of contributors in honoring the individuals who steward and sustain Open Source projects.
Open Source powers modern infrastructure, research, education, government, cloud computing, AI, and nearly every software stack used today. Yet many of the projects underpinning this infrastructure are maintained by small teams – or even individuals – working with limited time and resources.
From reviewing pull requests and triaging issues to mentoring contributors, coordinating releases, and responding to security vulnerabilities, maintainers are the people behind the projects we all rely on every day. Their work is often invisible, but its impact is everywhere.
How the OSI protects maintainers
