FOSS United Blog

Thoughts and Stories about Free and Open-Source Software in India

Meet the first-ever elected Governing Board @FOSS United  - Cover Image
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Meet the first-ever elected Governing Board @FOSS United

Come meet the first Governing Board of FOSS United

Notes from ConfConf - Cover Image
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Notes from ConfConf

Takeaways from ConfConf 2024: New ideas and lessons to make FOSS events in India more sustainable, community-driven, and impactful.

Guiding FOSS Hack participants on what to build - Cover Image
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Guiding FOSS Hack participants on what to build

For FOSS Hack 2025, we collaborated with Aruna and Gautham from The Second Design to enhance participant outcomes.

Hiring through FOSS United - Cover Image
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Hiring through FOSS United

Hiring partnerships with FOSS United

July 2025 - Cover Image
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July 2025

FOSS United Monthly.

Notes from the June 2025 Governing Board meeting - Cover Image
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Notes from the June 2025 Governing Board meeting

The third Governing Board (GB) monthly call happened on June 27th, 2025. These are the notes

Notes from the May 2025 Governing Board meeting  - Cover Image
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Notes from the May 2025 Governing Board meeting

The second Governing Board (GB) call happened on May 30th; here are the notes.

April 2025 - Cover Image
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April 2025

FOSS United Monthly Newsletter!

June 2025 - Cover Image
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June 2025

FOSS United Monthly Newsletter!

May 2025 - Cover Image
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May 2025

FOSS United Monthly Newsletter!

We Started Talking About FOSS in Tamil and Things Got Interesting - Cover Image
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We Started Talking About FOSS in Tamil and Things Got Interesting

How talking about FOSS in Tamil opened up new conversations reached unexpected audiences and helped grow a stronger community across the state

Supporting OpenStreetMap community activities across India - Cover Image
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Supporting OpenStreetMap community activities across India

FOSS United’s grant to contrapunctus, supporting the OpenStreetMap(OSM) community mapping parties across the country.

Notes from the April 2025 Governing Board meeting  - Cover Image
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Notes from the April 2025 Governing Board meeting

The first Governing Board (GB) call happened Wednesday, April 16, here are the notes.

Supporting Malhar
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Supporting Malhar

FOSS United’s grant to Malhar, a fast fuzzy text search engine developed by Anubhav Nain

March 2025 - Cover Image
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March 2025

FOSS United Monthly Newsletter!

5 Years of FOSS United - Cover Image
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5 Years of FOSS United

Celebrating 5 years of FOSS United: a thriving community of developers in India, dedicated to fostering collaboration, innovation, and support for free and open source software.

February 2025 - Cover Image
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February 2025

FOSS United Monthly Newsletter!

Supporting Zasper - Cover Image
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Supporting Zasper

FOSS United and Zerodha’s co-sponsored grant to Zasper

Elections & Governance @FOSSUnited : Why, How, & When - Cover Image
Governance
Elections & Governance @FOSSUnited : Why, How, & When

Now: Voting starts Monday, March 24.

Supporting Albony mirror - Cover Image
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Supporting Albony mirror

FOSS United's grant to Albony mirror