5 days left! Apply for a booth now! #indiafoss2026 kuruk.am/booth-26

Every maintainer has a story to tell. Meet Lakshmipathi Ganapathi and the journey behind the tools that have helped thousands learn GNU/Linux. #NotesfromaMaintainer #unitedbyfoss#notesfromamaintainer1/n

It’s community call time! Join us on July 20th to hear about Foss United’s annual report and stick around for an open Q&A section where we discuss everything digital commons. See you there :) Date: Monday, July 20th, 2026 Time: 7 PM IST onwards […] [Original post on mas.to]

Happy #forklorefridays! 🌻 Meet Anand Bagmar, creator of Teswiz, and hear his take on the joys, quirks, and chaos of maintaining open source. Read the feature in full on the website, and check out more!

Ever wondered what’s up with the #08B74F, #1A1A1A and #fafafa#1a1a1a#08b74folours in FOSS United’s website, events, socials and campaigns. In this community call, we'll get to have a peek on what happens in Design @ FOSS United. This will be followed by a general Q&A. 1/n

#forklorefridays are so back! This time we feature Vishnu Sanal T, creator of Amaze File Manager and RemindMe. Read the feature in full on the website, and check out more!

Sleep is temporary, the deadline is not. hit submit. it's time : https://fossunited.org/dashboard/cfp/apply/indiafoss/2026

chat has the panic set in yet? We hope you win this race against time, deadlines wait for no one. apply! apply! apply?! : https://fossunited.org/dashboard/cfp/apply/indiafoss/2026

Open source grows stronger when more people can participate. Every contribution helps make IndiaFOSS more accessible and every new perspective makes the community better. Become a Diversity Sponsor 💚 to donate visit https://rzp.io/rzp/fMSIgnmJ

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The wait is finally over, grab your student tickets now! Tickets available at https://kuruk.am/if26-tickets.

The deadline strikes back, it does. Ready your talks, workshops, and ideas. 5 days left. https://fossunited.org/dashboard/cfp/apply/indiafoss/2026

For the maintainers that held projects together, the designers that got devs to finally care about UX, the hardware enthusiasts that got their board blinking on the seventh go, the writers who made codebases make sense to thousands of strangers, and for everyone in […] [Original post on mas.to]

FOSS Awards are here, nominate someone (or yourself) now! https://fossunited.org/indiafoss/2026/foss-award-nomination/new

You cracked the willow, asked for more time on your #IndiaFOSS proposal. WISH GRANTED. the sinister price to pay, is that now you actually have to write one! Deadline extended to June 28th! 1/n

Deadline extended! In case you've not heard about it yet, the Call for Proposals for #IndiaFOSS 2026 is now due on June 28th! See you on the other side? https://fossunited.org/indiafoss/2026

For the underrepresented communities at IndiaFOSS, we've got you. Applications are open for the India FOSS 2026 Diversity Scholarship. Apply here: https://fossunited.org/indiafoss/diversity/new

Proposing a talk at IndiaFOSS? Have second thoughts and questions and some more? Join us for the first Proposal Jam for IndiaFOSS 2026. Bring your queries and your worries, talk to us! for further details visit : https://fossunited.org/c/indiafoss/proposal-jam-june

Some people talk about building in the open. These folks just did it. Congratulations to our FOSS Hack partner project winners! #FOSSHack #opensource

May is over, maintainers meetups aren’t. Maintainers Meetup is coming to Mumbai this weekend, we can’t wait to see you there! :) RSVP Here: https://fossunited.org/c/mumbai/maintainers-meetup 13th June, 4-7pm, Frappe Technologies!

FOSSHack 2026 is officially a wrap. To everyone who showed up and stayed up to turn chaotic ideas into meaningful projects, thank you, you all made history! #FOSSHack2026 #fossunited

FOSSHack 2026 reminded us why open source feels so special. People from completely different places came together to build, collaborate, help each other debug at impossible hours, and somehow turn chaotic ideas into real tools. 1/n

RE: https://mas.to/@fossunited/116633821581324076 Happening today! Join us!

This #maintainersmay, FOSS United is bringing you Notes from a Maintainer, a weekly dispatch straight from the trenches. The good, the bad, the ugly: maintainers across the globe, in their own words, just as they are. 1/n

Hello FOSS friends, IndiaFOSS 2026 is here and we’ve got passes waiting with your name on it. Tickets are officially open for 3 days of NO proprietary nonsense and countless talks to get your open source groove on. We have options for all; so pick your fighter and […] [Original post on mas.to]

Community call incoming. On the agenda: FOSS United's education efforts, then an open Q&A on volunteering, grants, and whatever else you've been meaning to ask. 1/n

RE: https://mas.to/@fossunited/116605416766309723 to read in full visit : https://fossunited.org/blog/maintainers/notes-from-a-maintainer-ramya-ragupathy

Week 2 of Notes from a Maintainer is here. This week's maintainer has a lot to say, and we think you should hear it. #maintainersmay

RE: https://mas.to/@fossunited/116594303030558747 Apply here : https://kuruk.am/indiafoss-volunteer

IndiaFOSS needs you - yes, you, the one with 3-4 free hours a week and strong opinions about open source. We’re opening our first call for volunteers to join work groups helping build IndiaFOSS from the ground up. No cape required, just consistency and a deep admiration for FOSS.

RE: https://mas.to/@fossunited/116565998060123816 Don't miss out : https://fossunited.org/c/indiafoss/proposal-jam-may

Proposing a talk at IndiaFOSS? Have second thoughts and questions and some more? Join us for the first Proposal Jam for IndiaFOSS 2026 on 14 MAY 2026, 7.00 PM.Bring your queries and your worries, talk to us!

FOSS United is dedicating May to the maintainers who have been quietly, thanklessly holding the digital world together. #MaintainersMay is our way of going beyond recognition. This month, we are bringing maintainers together IRL, because some conversations need to […] [Original post on mas.to]

RE: https://mas.to/@fossunited/116539755299778574 to read in full visit https://fossunited.org/blog/maintainers/prashanth-udupa

RE: https://mas.to/@fossunited/116539755299778574 Watch Prashanth's IndiaFOSS talk here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBa92zsFwvg

This #MaintainersMay, FOSS United is bringing you Notes from a Maintainer, a weekly dispatch straight from the trenches. The good, the bad, the ugly: maintainers across the globe, in their own words, just as they are. If you're a maintainer who's ever felt like you're […] [Original post on mas.to]

FOSS United Foundation is launching a new program to support Indian FOSS maintainers and creators on their journey from discovery to sustainability. We’re looking for an intern to help us operationalise this brand-new initiative. This is a hands-on role where you’ll […] [Original post on mas.to]

IndiaFOSS, the annual homecoming of the Indian FOSS and digital commons communities, is calling for your proposals! https://fossunited.org/dashboard/cfp/apply/indiafoss/2026 #IndiaFOSS #unitedbyfoss

Meet the Scholars of 11th batch of GCPP Tech + Policy Scholarship. A new cohort has been announced. Applications are open. If you're a FOSS developer ready to find your voice in policy rooms, this seat could be yours. 🔗 Apply before the deadline closes […] [Original post on mas.to]

Host your very own Devroom at #IndiaFOSS 2026! Think a room of requirement, appears for those who really need it (and have filled out the CfP)!! Call for Devrooms: https://forum.fossunited.org/t/call-for-devrooms-for-indiafoss-2026/7587

My theme for the Jan-Mar 2026 season was to imagine differently and my theme for Apr-Jun 2026 season is clarity. So I did a video blog on what I mean by a seasonal theme - https://www.youtube.com/live/DtBuLeDFJMU?si=fEh8aqJbz5u5-zgP - and how I used "imagine differently" to take decisions in my […]

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]