Awesome Open Source

A curated list of awesome resources on Open Source itself

Contents

• Alternatives
• Badges
• Foundations
• Groups
• Organizations
• Platforms
• Practices

Alternatives

List of open source alternative sites.

• AlternativeTo - Crowdsourced software recommendations
• OpenSourceAlternative.To - Open Source Alternative To Proprietary Software
• OPENSOURCE Builders - Open-source alternatives

Badges

List of qualitative and quantitative open source badges.

• OpenSSF Best Practices - The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Best Practices badge is a way for Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects to show that they follow best practices
• Shields.io - Quality metadata badges for open source projects

Groups

List of groups that drive Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs).

• OSPO Alliance - platform for sharing and promoting world class materials on good governance for Open Source Program Offices.
• TODO Group - talk openly, develop openly

Foundations

• Apache Software Foundation - a 501(c)3 non-profit public charity organization incorporated in the United States of America
• Eclipse Foundation - The Community for Open Innovation and Collaboration
• Linux Foundation - Decentralized innovation. Built on trust.
• FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe

Organizations

• APELL - Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre is Europe’s Open Source Business Association.
• CH Open - Verein zur Förderung von Open Source Software und offenen Standards in der Schweiz
• CNLL - Le CNLL, aussi appelé Union des entreprises du logiciel libre et du numérique ouvert, a vocation à représenter la filière du Logiciel Libre et du Numérique Ouvert en France.
• COSS.fi - Suomen avoimien tietojärjestelmien keskus
• GFOSS - Open Technologies Alliance (GFOSS) is a non-profit organization founded in 2008, 37 Universities and Research Centers are shareholders of GFOSS.
• OSBA - Open Source Business Alliance - Bundesverband für digitale Souveränität e.V.
• OSSBIG - Open Source Software Business Innovation Group
• Open Source Initiative - As a steward of the Open Source Definition, we set the foundation for the Open source Software ecosystem
• Open Source Sweden - Föreningen Leverantörer av Öppen Programvara i Sverige Open Source Sweden

Platforms

List of platforms aggregating open source information.

Insight

• analyzemyrepo.com - Get In-Depth Insights into adoption, contributions, diversity, community governance and more.
• Open Hub - Discover, Track and Compare Open Source.
• OSS Insight - Open Source Software Insight.

Ranking

• OSCI - Open Source Contributor Index - Open Source Contributor Index tracks and measures open source activity on GitHub by commercial organizations.
• Swiss OSS Benchmark - Ranking of Swiss Institutions Releasing Open Source Software.

Practices

List of open source practices.

• InnerSource Patterns - Best Practices in pattern format - Easy to understand, evaluate, and apply
• Open Practice Library - iterative process model practices for rapidly developing digital products

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