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First-Time ASF Contributors Help Foster Long-Term Sustainability of Open Source Projects Through Code Writing  

Posted by The ASF July 22, 2025July 22, 2025First Contributions

Well-written code ensures that open source software is functional, understandable, and accessible to contributors, which is essential for fostering collaboration and long-term sustainability. Just as important, ongoing maintenance—fixing bugs, updating dependencies, and improving security—keeps an open source project reliable and relevant in a rapidly evolving technical landscape. Without continuous care, even the most innovative open […]


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First-Time ASF Contributors Identify and Help Fix Bugs to Enhance Software Performance for Users 

Posted by The ASF April 3, 2025April 3, 2025First Contributions

In open source software development, the source code of a project is publicly available, enabling anyone to inspect, debug, and contribute fixes. This allows developers worldwide to help identify and patch bugs, improving functionality, user experience, security, performance, and ensuring regulatory compliance is met. Tools like GitHub Issues and mailing lists are used across ASF […]


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First-Time ASF Contributors Share Technical Chops to Improve User Experience 

Posted by The ASF January 22, 2025January 22, 2025Community, First Contributions

Open source software would not be possible without maintainers who dedicate their time and expertise to writing, maintaining and updating code to ensure software remains functional, secure, and up-to-date. From bug fixes and feature enhancements to regular testing and security enhancements, code contributors are essential to an open source community. This #FirstASFContribution post highlights contributors […]


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Community Collaboration Encourages First-Time ASF Contributors to Continue Their Journey with Open Source Software  

Posted by The ASF October 21, 2024October 21, 2024First Contributions

‘Community over code’ is more than a mantra at the ASF. The Foundation recognizes that, for open source projects to thrive and endure, a healthy community is critical. We also believe that neutrality must be a cornerstone of our work together – ensuring that all individuals are given an equal opportunity to collaborate.  This #FirstASFContribution […]


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ASF Contributors Help ASF Software Remain Functional and Reliable for Users

Posted by The ASF September 10, 2024September 10, 2024First Contributions

Bug fixes are crucial to open source projects because they enhance the stability, and overall performance of the software. Timely bug fixes also help prevent security vulnerabilities from being exploited, while improving user trust and encouraging further contributions to the project.  This #FirstASFContribution blog post showcases ASF contributors who have helped ensure that ASF software […]


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Why Marketing is Important for Open Source Projects

Posted by The ASF June 12, 2024June 12, 2024First Contributions

Even the most brilliant piece of code can struggle to gain traction without effective marketing. Marketing – blogging, social media promotion, and participating in tech events – helps open source projects gain visibility and awareness and also helps build and nurture communities. Marketing activities such as highlighting a project’s technical milestones, sharing end user stories, […]


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First-Time ASF Contributors Fix Bugs for ASF Projects, Improving OSS Quality, Security, and Usability

Posted by The ASF March 25, 2024March 25, 2024First Contributions

Reporting, discussing, and resolving bugs in open source software is a frequent entry point for new contributors to engage and collaborate with a community around an Apache Software Foundation (ASF) project. Bug fixing is fundamental to software development; it is crucial in helping improve open source software’s quality, security, and usability. It also builds trust […]


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First-Time ASF Contributors Improve Technical Documentation for ASF Projects and Its Users 

Posted by Brian Proffitt November 1, 2023November 1, 2023First Contributions

To showcase the journeys of first-time contributors, we reached out to individuals from Apache Software Foundation (ASF) projects to learn about their initial tasks and contributions. In this #FirstASFContribution Campaign blog post, we highlight three ASF community members who have committed their time to improving technical documentation for the Apache APISIX, Apache Camel, and Apache […]


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First-Time Contributors Enhance Code for ASF Projects

Posted by Brian Proffitt August 16, 2023September 6, 2023Community, First Contributions

To showcase the journeys of first-time contributors, we reached out to individuals from Apache Software Foundation (ASF) projects to learn about their initial tasks and contributions. Code contributions emerged as the most common starting point, with 92 percent of respondents indicating that code was their first-ever contribution.  In this post, part of our #FirstASFContribution Campaign, […]


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Write Your Way into the Open Source Community 

Posted by Brian Proffitt July 12, 2023August 15, 2023First Contributions

Open source software (OSS) projects thrive on the diverse talents and skills of contributors from various backgrounds. Among essential OSS contributors are writers. From technical documentation to marketing, journalism, and advocacy, writers use their expertise to strengthen and sustain OSS projects and communities. As part of #FirstASFContribution, a campaign to highlight the first-time contributor experience […]


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Apache Airflow Attracts First-Time Contributors

Posted by The ASF June 7, 2023September 6, 2023Community, First Contributions

Earlier this year, we launched our First ASF Contributions Campaign to highlight the first-time contributor experience at the Apache Software Foundation. The people and stories in our #firstASFcontribution campaign exemplify our “community over code” ethos – our belief that open source community is ultimately more vital than open source code. In this blog post, we’ll […]


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3 ways to contribute to open source (that don’t involve coding)

Posted by The ASF May 17, 2023August 15, 2023First Contributions

There are many ways to contribute to ASF projects—and not all of them involve coding! Many people incorrectly assume that everyone in the OSS community is a software developer, but that’s not true. Open source requires more than source code to be successful. As the old saying goes, “It takes a village,” and in the […]


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Women Contributors in the Spotlight

Posted by Brian Proffitt April 26, 2023September 6, 2023Community, First Contributions

We recently announced our #FirstASFContribution Campaign to showcase how diversity fuels our community. Our members’ diverse backgrounds, identities, experiences, input, and skills spark creativity and innovation. Whether you contribute code or service, your unique contributions make us who we are at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Our First ASF Contributions Campaign celebrates those who embody […]


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The ASF Launches #FirstASFContribution Campaign

Posted by The ASF February 7, 2023September 6, 2023Community, First Contributions

Apache Software Foundation (ASF) projects are driven by the enthusiasm and expertise of a global community collaborating on hundreds of projects. Across the ASF, thousands of people make contributions to projects every month. We want to tell the story of how some of those contributors got started.  Today, The ASF is introducing the #FirstASFContribution campaign […]


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