What do open source community members value most?

Question

In my experience, members of open source communities tend to be very motivated to help others achieve amazing things, they value sharing knowledge and constructive and un-opinionated discussion, they value a high level of communication from the project/product owners and developers involved.

I'm currently tasked with growing such a community around our product, Morgen Assist, and so I'm interested to know if anyone else has experience with this, especially in terms of how to get those initial few adopters persevering with the idea they have :)

Accepted Answer

Open source community members value collaboration, transparency, and a sense of purpose. To foster these values in your community, make it easy for people to contribute, be transparent about your development process, and give credit where credit is due. To get the initial few adopters of Morgen Assist to persevere, make sure your product is solving a real problem, start with a small, focused set of features, be responsive to feedback, and build a community around Morgen Assist.

André J · Answer

I think OSS makers value making. I think other things, are what other people think OSS makers value.

Luke Barnard · Answer

@bukhari817 Thanks, this is great advice! Totally agree with focusing on a real problem.

What do open source community members value most?

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