This #ForkloreFriday meet Mohammed Zubair A. and Mattermost! Mattermost is an open-source collaboration platform for secure team communication, project coordination, and workflow integration. Think Slack, but without that nagging feeling that maybe Salesforce is […] [Original post on mas.to]

You survived 3 weeks of bugs, blockers, and bad commit messages. Don't let week 4 be the one where you ghost us. https://fossunited.org/c/fosshack

Our #2 FOSS Hack builder profile call just wrapped! Missed it? No worries, you can still watch it here → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cif_fyZMr9g Also, MapLibre is on our partner project list, so if something from the call sparked your interest, go contribute! Happy weekend y'all 🙂

This week in Forklore, meet Sathiya Moorthi Periasamy Thuran and Webi! Webi provides hassle-free, predictable installs for quick dev environment setups, practically a one-stop vending machine for all tools you'll need. Head to Forklore, check out the project in […] [Original post on mas.to]

Builder Profiles #2 is here! 🛠️ Ramya Ragupathy joins our weekly builder call to talk about her journey, what she's built, and what keeps her going. If you're building something (or thinking about it), you don't want to miss this. 🗓️ 14th March, 11:00 AM 🔗 katb.in/wipajadimom

For today's issue of #indiarunsonfoss, meet KG Hospital Established in 1974 in Coimbatore by the K. Govindaswamy Naidu Medical Trust, KG Hospital (KGH) is a self-financed super-speciality facility with a staff of roughly 2,500. Here's their FOSS story (1/n)

Got an Arduino project? Want to bring Arduino into your classroom? Either way, FOSSEE Arduino Day 2026 has you covered, 23-25th March 🔗 arduinoday26.fossee.in

Join us tomorrow (7 March) at 11 AM to listen to @contrapunctus talk about @OSMIndia - https://fossunited.org/c/fosshack/2026-builders-1 Every Saturday this month (March), we’ll be listening to builders from the Indian FOSS ecosystem as part of the @fossunited FOSS Hack 2026! #fossunited #osm […]

This #ForkloreFriday, meet Aravinda VK and, among other things, Chitra! Chitra is a 2D graphics library that lets you write simple D code to generate 2D graphics! With Forklore, we bring you confessions, quirks, and the occasional rant from India’s open source […] [Original post on mas.to]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@audiodevcon/116011281817277493 Calling all audio developers! 🎧 ADCX India 26 is happening on 29 March 2026 in Bengaluru — an in-person + live-streamed experience for audio devs, programmers, and enthusiasts. Now accepting talk proposals — apply by 13 Feb 2026 🔗 […]

Last 5 days to apply! FOSS United is offering full scholarships for technologists who want to pursue the Policy in Action program offered by Young Leaders for Active Citizenship. Read more here […]

Okay fine. FINE. March 8th is the new deadline for FOSSHack 2026 registrations. This is the last time we're being nice about it. https://fossunited.org/fosshack/2026 #FOSSHack 2026 #unitedbyfoss #fossunited

We literally handed you the problem statements, and the partner projects, and a month to build. What else do you want, a personal invitation? (okay fine. consider this your personal invitation. livestream tomorrow 👀) Join here […] [Original post on mas.to]

This week in Forklore, meet Nishant and 🍅 a solid, clean pomodoro app to keep you from turning into a squirrel. Head to Forklore, check out the profile in full! https://forklore.in/maintainers/nsh07 #UnitedByFOSS #forklorefridays

What if your March wasn't just another month? FOSS Hack 2026's Partner Projects Programme puts you inside real FOSS projects, the kind that power tools people actually use every day. you're not building a demo. you're not shipping a prototype that dies after the […] [Original post on mas.to]

These communities decided FOSS Hack 2026 was worth showing up for. And we think that's pretty cool. 👀 https://fossunited.org/hack/fosshack26 #FOSSHack 2026 #unitedbyfoss #fossunited

This week, nasscom announced the Makers Honour winners, and we've got quite a few familiar names in the list! - We have FOSS United's co-founder, Rushabh Mehta, with Frappe winning across the Open Source category! - Next, we have @shoaibmerchant with @mechasystems winning the Innovator […]

RE: https://mas.to/@fossunited/116125333413588130 Loved putting this show together with @mozilla !

Last week, we wrapped up the Mozilla x FOSS United meet-up in Bangalore! A jam-packed agenda with a series of short talks, unconference sessions with a sweet AMA at the end. Thank you to the good folks of the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla AI team who joined us […] [Original post on mas.to]

FOSS Hack 2026 is going places. Literally. (Part 2/2) And that's a wrap on our localhost announcements! Here are the final 3 venues joining the party. 8 campuses. 1 massive hackathon. Find a localhost near you. Build something. Ship something. Win something (maybe) […] [Original post on mas.to]

We extended registrations till 28th Feb because turns out, people need more time to decide if they want to spend March doing cool stuff 🤷‍♀️ You can hack in-person at 8 locations (we lost 2 hosts but gained more time for registrations, fair trade?) or join remotely […] [Original post on mas.to]

This Friday the 13th, we bring you three for one! | #forklorefridays Meet Arya K. with Project Segfault, Mozhi and Internet Chowkidar! https://forklore.in/maintainers/aryak

For today's issue of #indiarunsonfoss, we meet Pocket ATM! 1/3

I love PDF? I love privacy too. This #ForkloreFriday, meet BenToPDF and Alam! BentoPDF is a privacy-first PDF toolkit that runs entirely in YOUR browser. It’s self hostable and allows you to manipulate, edit, merge, and process PDF files without any server-side […] [Original post on mas.to]

Hosting a BoF on “FOSS in India” at 1100, Ua.4228 #fosdem. Come join or catch me later at the @fossunited.mas.to.ap.brid.gy stand in K.2.

It depends. Probably. Maybe? This #forklorefriday meet Ankur Ankan with pgmpy. Head to Forklore, check out the profile in full 🙂 https://forklore.in/maintainers/ankurankan

📣FOSS Hack 2026 is going places. Literally. This year, you can now hack in-person at our localhost venues across the country! We're bringing the hackathon to your city (well, 10 cities actually). Here are our first 5 Local Hosts! Stay tuned for 5 more coming soon […] [Original post on mas.to]

FOSSHack 2026 is around the corner! (more like a month away really) And we are looking for Community Partners! This is an invite to bring your people along to participate in the largest FOSS Hackathon in India, and this time it comes with a twist. #FOSSHack is back […] [Original post on mas.to]

for those who missed the Inaugural #MangaloreFOSS 2026 last week, among other things (like 2 days of incredible talks, the beautiful sea breeze and the banger ghee roasts), fyi :) #IndiaFOSS#mangalorefoss2026

Every good project has that moment where it almost dies. Wrong approach, terrible bug, complete roadblock. FOSShack 2026 needs mentors who can get people past that moment. Help people ship. Apply below. https://fossunited.org/fosshack/2026/call-for-mentors/new

For the opening #ForkloreFriday of 2026, we have Shubham Kumar and Twig! Twig is a terminal-based viewer for JSON and YAML that helps you navigate deeply nested data, almost like a magical magnifying glass for your files, intuitive and fast. Head to Forklore now […] [Original post on mas.to]

FOSSHack 2026 registrations are now open. Join a month-long hackathon focused on real projects, real contributions, and learning by doing. 🔗 Register here: https://fossunited.org/fosshack/2026 #FOSSHack 2026 #fossunited #unitedbyfoss

This week in #ForkloreFriday meet Poorna and Mujeeb Rahman I K Poorna is an open-source Malayalam keyboard layout that supports the full Unicode character set, making typing every Malayalam character easy across platforms. Head to Forklore, check out the project in […] [Original post on mas.to]

March plans? Sorted. FOSSHack 2026 is back and running all month. Registrations soon. #FOSSHack 2026 #FOSSUnited #unitedbyfoss

The DPDPA rules dropped last month, we all had a dozen questions and more. Join us this Saturday for an unpacking session that breaks down the applicability, obligations, rights, ops, penalties, and all things in between. RSVP here […] [Original post on mas.to]

A 1+1 this #forklorefriday, meet Murtaza Aliakbar and Mohammed Hussian of Rethink DNS! https://github.com/celzero/rethink-app 1/3

This week in #forklore, meet Safedep and Abhisek Datta Built to help protect against open source software supply chain attacks, if open-source is a buffet, SafeDep is your food-safety inspector 🙂 Head to Forklore and check out in full :) https://forklore.in/maintainers/abhisek

This week in #indiarunsonfoss, meet Kalvium :) 1/3

This week in #forklore, meet Nikhil Kothari and Raven. Raven is an open-source team chat that actually scales past “hey, check the last message” and effortlessly integrates with your ERP. Head to Forklore, check out the profile in full! https://forklore.in/maintainers/nikkothari22

For today's issue of #indiarunsonfoss, meet Zerodha. 1/3

This week in #forklorefriday, meet Zaturn and Karthik Devan. Zaturn provides tools that enable AI models to run SQL, so you don’t have to. https://github.com/kdqed/zaturn 1/2

So we finally got around to building a proper page for our volunteers. Only took us... well, let's not talk about that. 500+ incredible people are out here making FOSS common sense in India's tech and policy worlds, and they deserve more than just a mention. Check […] [Original post on mas.to]

For today's issue of #indiarunsonfoss, meet Pupilfirst. They built an entire learning platform on FOSS, proving that transparency, trust, and tech can all sit in the same classroom. 1/3

After the govt moved 12 lakh union employee emails to Zoho's workspace, a senior official said it was to stop the use of open source tools that “could compromise security.” In The Hindu, @rahulporuri responds: “Open source does not mean open to vulnerabilities.” […]

Last week for #firstcommit, we were joined by Sreelakshmi Jayarajan, who shared her 5-year open-source journey, from the first commit to mentoring in Python’s GSoC Catch the full conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvS1wWe6Bcw ICYMI: FirstCommit is a FOSS Clubs talk series […]

Join the Industry Readiness Workshop on CFD, organised by FOSSEE, IIT Bombay – Walk towards the CFD industry with confidence! A 4-day online workshop (Nov 11-14) covering OpenFOAM applications across industries, with hands-on sessions and guidance from CFD […] [Original post on mas.to]

" #Arattai vs WhatsApp: The answer to Western Big Tech is not Indian Big Tech" 📰 @rahulporuri#arattaiwrites in the @indianexpress Read read read https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/arattai-vs-whatsapp-the-answer-to-western-big-tech-10299424/

🚀 Tech4SocialGood Hackathon 2025 By Tech4Good Community x OASIS x FOSS United 👩‍💻 Who: Students only (Teams of 2–4) 📅 When: Sep 29 – Nov 15 🧩 3 Challenges: Athlete Management • Tournament Management • Reading Platform 🏆 Perks: Prize money • Showcase @T4GC Summit […] [Original post on mas.to]

Me and the gang at IndiaFOSS 2025! (Post wrap-up pic) Even though it's been atleast 3 years since I started going out(I'm practically a normie by compulsion now), I never, ever thought I'd have this much fun outside the comfort of my home! @fossunited thank you guys so much for organizing this!

"If you don’t define a metric, you will never improve the metric" - Mohammad Zubair shares the Client performance lessons from scaling the matter most app @MattermostFR