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OSS across SLU

About​

Open Source with SLU is dedicated to promoting, improving, and sustaining open source practices across our campus. We work to support project teams in building better products, preparing for external contributions, and ensuring long-term sustainability. This initiative aims to identify all open source products and projects with the potential to become open source within the university.

Goals​

Our primary goals are to:

  1. Identify and Catalog Products: Create a comprehensive inventory of open source products, or those that can potentially transition to open source.
  2. Evaluate Product Readiness: Assess the current state of these products and their readiness for external contributions.
  3. Support and Enhance: Offer guidance and resources to:
    • Improve code quality, documentation, and accessibility.
    • Prepare products for external contributors.
    • Implement best practices for sustainable development.
  4. Promote Open Source Culture: Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, and innovation across the university.

Why Share Your Project Information?​

By sharing details about your project with us, you gain access to several benefits:

  • Comprehensive Evaluation: We will evaluate your product's current state, including its codebase, documentation, and overall readiness for open source contributions.
  • Actionable Feedback: Receive detailed recommendations for improving your product's quality and sustainability.
  • Community Growth: Learn how to attract and manage external contributors, which can bring fresh perspectives and expertise to your product.
  • Sustainability Planning: Develop strategies to ensure your product's long-term viability and relevance.
  • Recognition and Exposure: Increase your product's visibility within and beyond the university, enhancing its impact and reach.

Get Involved​

If you have a project you are working on, please reach out to us. Sharing your project details is the first step towards transforming it into a thriving open source product.

Fill out our brief form: https://forms.gle/ZTtExwthTr3zMDMe7

You can contact us at oss@slu.edu