Abby Cabunoc Mayes

Q: What do CSS Zero, anime.js, and Docs have in common?

A: They’re all open source projects our hosts are excited about.

Join @cassidoo.co, @abbycabs.dev, and @itsthatladydev.bsky.social as they dive into the stories, trends, and culture shaping open source in the GitHub Podcast. gh.io/podcast

🎧 Episode 0 of the GitHub Podcast is live!

Three open source nerds, one mic, and wild stories (like hackathons at 30,000 feet).

Co-hosting with @cassidoo.co, @itsthatladydev.bsky.social, and @alacolombiadev.bsky.social — subscribe and join us for the ride.

➡️ gh.io/podcast

YouTube video by The Linux Foundation Who Will Maintain the Future? Tackling the Graying of Open Source Software - Abigail Cabunoc Mayes

The graying of open source is real—but it’s not inevitable.

We can support the next generation of maintainers by shifting how we lead, teach, & invite

My #OSSummit talk is now live on YouTube:
📹 youtu.be/LjP0zpLLvPQ

Slides (with full speaker notes + references):
📎 docs.google.com/presentation...

“If you invite someone to your project they are 4x more likely to contribute” - @abbycabs.dev at Open Source Summit

[SHARED] Who Will Maintain the Future? Tackling the Graying of Open Source Software Who Will Maintain the Future? Welcome! Huge thanks to the organizers. I’m Abby, and I lead open source maintainer programs at GitHub. I’ve also worked with Mozilla Open Leaders and SustainOSS. Across ...

Just gave my #OSSummit talk: Who Will Maintain the Future?

Grateful for the energy, honesty & deep convo on engaging Gen Z(ed?) in open source 💬

Slides (light on text, rich in notes/stats/refs):
📎 docs.google.com/presentation...

Open Source Summit North America 2025: Who Will Maintain the Future? Tackling t... View more about this event at Open Source Summit North America 2025

Open source is aging—and the next generation is already here.

Join me at #OSSummit as I explore how Gen Z will help maintain the future (and what we need to do to support them).

📅 June 23 | 11:20am
📍 Bluebird Ballroom 3C
🔗 sched.co/1zffS

Open Source Summit North America 2025: Who Will Maintain the Future? Tackling t... View more about this event at Open Source Summit North America 2025

🧓 + 🔥 = the current vibe in open source.

I’m speaking at #OSSummit North America on Monday about the burnout, leadership gaps, and what we can actually do to support maintainers and keep OSS thriving.

🕚 11:20am MT
📍 Bluebird Ballroom 3C
🔗 sched.co/1zffS

Catch me before I head out that afternoon ✌️

Maintainer Month 2025 Partner Pack Exclusive perks, tools, and resources for open source maintainers during Maintainer Month 2025.

Maintainer Month isn't just about celebration—it's about real support. 💙

Thank you to amazing partners like @devcyclehq.bsky.social and @arachnedigital.bsky.social for stepping up with resources and opportunities for maintainers!

Check out their offers here. ⬇️

How the World Is Celebrating Open Source Maintainer Month Celebrate Maintainer Month with this bevy of resources and treats.

5 years of #MaintainerMonth 🎉 From Times Square to tiny commits, folks everywhere are showing up for open source maintainers. Huge thanks to @feynudibranch.bsky.social + all our amazing partners 💖

Highlights via @thenewstack.io : thenewstack.io/how-the-worl...

GitHub stickers on an interior door. Some upside down.

My 4-year-old’s sticker game:

✨ Cheap stickers: peel off like magic
🧱 @github.com stickers: professionally installed permanent artwork

Guess which ones are still proudly upside down on our door?

I wrote a blog post for #MaintainerMonth!

Big thank you to @abbycabs.dev and @github.com for the opportunity to partner and help secure the open source ecosystem.

Kicking off our 2025 Maintainer Month series, Dirkjan Ochtman (dirkjan.ochtman.nl) joins Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to talk Rust (github.com/rustls/rustls) maintenance, open source funding, and sustaining projects without burning out.

Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/268

This #MaintainerMonth, we want to know: Who’s your favorite maintainer? 👀

Tag them in the comments ⬇️

Welcome to Maintainer Month: Events, exclusive discounts, and a new security challenge This May marks the fifth annual Maintainer Month, and there are lots of treats in store: new badges, special discounts, events with experts, and more.

For this year's #MaintainerMonth, we’ve put together helpful resources, events, and goodies designed for maintainers like you.

✨ 20+ events and streams to join
🛡️ A special Security Challenge (with a reward!)
🎁 The new maintainer Partner Pack (full of discounts and freebies!)

Find out more 👇

👏 Many thanks to @github.com for organizing #MaintainerMonth and celebrating the incredible work of open-source maintainers!
At @mockoon.com we’re really proud to participate and support the community by offering free Mockoon Cloud accounts to open-source projects.

#OpenSource #MaintainerMonth

Maintainer Month 2025 A month for open source maintainers to gather, share, and be celebrated.

Heyyyy it's #MaintainerMonth!

✨ Some Nice Things ✨
- Events & livestreams at maintainermonth.github.com
- Discounts & freebies at ⬆️
- Maintainer community at maintainers.github.com

Share! Let us know what else you'd like to see! Let maintainers know you appreciate their suffering!

May is Maintainer Month!

If you’ve ever relied on open source (spoiler: you have), now’s the time to show some love to the folks who keep it running.

@feynudibranch.bsky.social & I shared what’s coming—events, perks, and a security challenge:
github.blog/open-source/...
💜 #MaintainerMonth

We are excited to be partnering with GitHub for #MaintainerMonth!

Check out the partner pack for free stuff from amazing companies, including us! We're giving away cyber threat intelligence reports to help maintainers secure their projects and organisations!

Thank you @github.com @abbycabs.dev !

Thank you to @mockoon.com @devcyclehq.bsky.social @cncf.io @openjs.bsky.social @jsconf.bsky.social @linuxfoundation.org @websummit.bsky.social @sentry.io Boot.dev, Arachne, and TODO Group!

Love seeing your support of open source maintainers for #maintainermonth 💖 💖 💖

DevCycle is excited to support @github.com’s #MaintainerMonth with an offer of 1 year of DevCycle Developer for free to say thank you to all open source maintainers. Claim our deal and others at: maintainermonth.github.com/partner-pack

Check out the Maintainer Month 2025 Partner Pack featuring perks, tools, and resources for the open source community.

Happy #MaintainerMonth! 🎉 To celebrate, we've launched a special Partner Pack filled with exclusive discounts, freebies, and perks. 🎁 See what's inside! 👇
maintainermonth.github.com/partner-pack

Maintainer Month 2025 Partner Pack Perks, tools, and resources for the people behind open source Arachne Digital, Boot.dev, CNCF, DevCycle, JSConf, Linux Foundation Education, Mockoon, OpenJS Foundation, Sentry, TODO Group, Web Summit

Maintainers give so much, ask so little.

The new Partner Pack is a small thank-you — with tools, training & perks made just for you.

maintainermonth.github.com/partner-pack

#MaintainerMonth

Survived the FOSDEM flu, only to be taken down by the preschooler flu. Open source is tough, but daycare germs are tougher. 😷

I also checked my emails and had a lovely @sustainoss.bsky.social Sustain Together call with the excellent peeps Serakn Holat and @abbycabs.dev. And I may have some fun news about editing a journal to announce soon!

Gonna be a good day!

Finally in the Uber home after an open source whirlwind! 🚀 Grateful for so many great convos at the EU Open Source Policy Summit, #FOSDEM & #SOOCon25!

Brain full, heart full, inbox… also full. 😅 If we met & I forgot to connect, reach out—I’d love to keep the convo going!

It’s my fav

Git ready — this is just the first commit

Abby with many stickers

Good morning State of Open Con! Come say hi and grab a sticker or 5 👋

Do you think we have enough stickers??

#soocon25 #stateofopencon

Posted up with @abbycabs.dev watching the Benjamin Nickolls and @andrewnez.bsky.social show. 😂

☕ Got your coffee? Good. Now get yourself to the Open Research devroom at 11:20 AM for a chat about #JOSSCast, open source, and what happens when researchers start podcasting.

It’s going to be fun and we might even share some behind-the-scenes moments. Come hang out! 🎤🎧

#FOSDEM #OpenScience