Maintaining Open-Source Projects

The job nobody describes: reviewing, updating dependencies, keeping a community, and not burning out.

• For: anyone with the Maintain bit.
• You’ll need: a project with at least one user who isn’t you.
• Skip if: your project has no users yet. Come back when the first issue lands.

This module will take you approximately 51 min to read.

1. What a Maintainer Actually Does
   6 min
2. Saying No: Five Replies That Keep Contributors Coming Back
   5 min
3. Reviewing Pull Requests: What to Check, What to Say, When to Close
   6 min
4. Running a Community Without It Running You
   9 min
5. Governance: Who Decides, and How to Write It Down
   6 min
6. Security for Maintainers: Before, During and After the First Report
   7 min
7. Managing Project Dependencies
   5 min
8. Burnout, Succession and the End of a Project
   6 min