Maintainer Meetups 2026

[ansh]

FOSS United is dedicating May to the maintainers who have been quietly, thanklessly holding the digital world together.

#MaintainersMay is our way of going beyond recognition. This month, we are bringing maintainers together IRL, because some conversations need to happen in a room. Maintainer Meetups are coming to five (and perhaps more!) Indian cities this May. Delhi kicks it off, with Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, and Hyderabad right behind.

More details here - https://fossunited.org/maintainers-may

Maintainers Meetup Pune!
16th May, 2026
12:30-3:30PM
RedHat, MagarPatta
https://fossunited.org/c/pune/maintainers-meetup

Maintainers Meetup Bengaluru!
23rd May, 2026
2-5PM
Samagata Foundation, Church Street
https://fossunited.org/c/bengaluru/maintainers-meetup

[ansh]

Notes from Maintainers Meetup Delhi (May 9th, 2026)

Around 20 maintainers showed up at the Maintainers Meetup in Delhi last weekend. We started with a brief overview of the Foundation’s new maintainers program, and then split into groups for the unconference. There were discussions around Security in Open Source, Maintainer Best Practicies, contributor engagement, OpenStreetMap, and of course, AI in Software and Open Source.