10. Maintain¶
Finally, you need to keep your project alive. Maintaining an open source project is just as important as creating it. A well-maintained project attracts more users and contributors, while an abandoned project can quickly become obsolete or insecure. The Open Source Guides has many great resources on how to maintain your project (e.g. What does it mean to be a maintainer?).
Resources¶
General
- Open Source Guides | Learn how to launch and grow your project.
- SustainOSS | A Space for Open Source Sustainers
- What is Open Source? | opensource.dev
- Producing Open Source Software
Community
Maintenance
Metrics
Funding