Twitter has always been an important platform to connect to our community, but it is sadly no longer a platform that we feel comfortable with and therefore we have decided to move away from X. Keep up to date with FOSS Backstage on Mastodon and LinkedIn!.

We will keep this account up for now, but will not be actively monitoring or posting updates any more.

Our Call for Papers this year achieved an all time record with more than 125 submissions! Explore all of our amazing session on our website at #fossback

With our new website we also published most of the talks and workshops for the 2024 edition of FOSS Backstage!.Have a look at what you could learn from all our amazing speakers at #FOSSBack!

Recognition, Incentive, Support, and Empowerment is a framework to evaluate initiatives and projects in order to foster community health. Using the Fedora Project as a case study, @rie_cat explored how to implement R.I.S.E in your FOSS community. #fossback.

We have a brand new design for FOSS Backstage 🤩 , and now you can see it on our website! We hope you enjoy the new look as much as we do! #FOSSBack #FOSSDesign

"How do I join an open source project?" is an often asked question. "How do I leave it?" is less talked about and leaving an org is not an easy task. This talk by @argorak at #fossback 2022 is here to empower you to make your final move in an OSS project.

Open source communities should embed accessibility in its fundamentals for setting up #opensource software. At #fossback 2022, @Anita_ihuman discussed what accessibility is all about & how the OSS community can improve accessibility in software development

In this session at #fossback 2022, @heatharensen provided a background of initiatives underway by the Digital Impact Alliance at the UN Foundation to support digital public goods and make the case for what institutional support for open source requires.

The #CfP for FOSS Backstage Design, our sub-event on #opensource UX & Design is still open and we are looking forward to your proposals! Learn more and submit now at #FOSSDesign

At #fossback 2022, @RCheesley explored practical ways we can make contributing to #opensource less arduous, drawing on experiences as a contributor to several projects, and also covering less traditional but extremely valuable non-code contributions!

How do FOSS projects survive their initial wave of enthusiasm? In their keynote at #fossback 2022, @shiromarieke and Patricia Leu discussed alternatives to #opensource funding and how to build sustainable open source projects. Watch the recording now!

At #fossback 2022, @anajsana95, @MaineC, @claredillon, @jm_stuff and Tim Willoughby examined the trend of InnerSource in OSPOs, why it’s happening and the ways in which OSPOs are using InnerSource as a tool to drive open source culture change.

In this talk at #fossback 2022, @tobie dug into what W3C’s priority of constituencies is, and discussed how we could apply the priority of constituencies to #opensource and what that reveals about the complexity of the open source ecosystem.

We're kicking off the inaugural edition of FOSS Backstage Design, a sub event of FOSS Backstage, on March 6th in Berlin next year! Join us for exciting discussions on Open Source UX & Design – Learn more, participate in our #CfP, and get your ticket now at

At FOSS Backstage 2022, @funnelfiasco discussed the Flywheel Theory of Community Engagement, that says that the long term sustainability of a community project depends on having someone who can keep the momentum going. #fossback.

In this talk at FOSS Backstage 2022, Matt Cantu Snell discussed how #opensource conferences can connect with the CHAOSS DEI Badging Initiative to improve open source DEI best practices. #fossback.

FreeDOS is the little project that could, remaining active after 29 years. In this talk at #fossback 2022, @jimfhall shared how they started FreeDOS, and how they've engaged the FreeDOS community to keep it going strong.

At #fossback 2022, @hinterding highlighted some of the #opensource projects CityLab Berlin has worked on, discussed why public administrations struggle with FOSS & offered ideas on strategies to increase the acceptance of open source in the public sector

FOSS Backstage Design, a sub event of FOSS Backstage on all things #opensource UX & Design will take place next year directly after FOSS Backstage for the first time! Learn more and participate in our #CfP now at #fossdesign