FOSS United Blog
Thoughts and Stories about Free and Open-Source Software in India
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Edition 3 | April 2023
[TLDR] Foundation projects over the past four months, new initiatives, industry partnerships, upcoming events and hot picks from the telegram corner.
Annual Report 2022
Discover the journey of FOSS United in fostering the Free and Open Source Software ecosystem in India with our 2022-23 Annual Report.
Robin Hood Army CheckIn Project
This is a one-stop platform for thousands of Robins to "checkin" to food drives, get ranks and certificates, and see who the most active Robins and cities are globally.
Edition 2 | November 2022
The second edition of the FOSS United Monthly Newsletter.
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Journey with FOSS United - 2 years and counting
This blog shares the events done by FOSS United in the last 2 years and 9 months. It also talks about the future plans to organize events to promote and nurture FOSS in different parts of India.
Edition 1 | October 2022
FOSS United Newsletter - First Edition
Reflections from IndiaFOSS 2.0
Some of my personal recollections from IndiaFOSS 2.0 at Bangalore
PeriFerry Candidate Management System
PeriFerry is an impact enterprise founded in 2017 facilitating sustainable livelihoods to transgender persons and fostering LGBTQIA+ equity at workplaces.
Celebrating a month of Open Source love: DigitalOcean Hacktoberfest
Hacktoberfest encourages participation in the open source community, which grows bigger every year.
Working with non-profit organizations
I have always been looking to work with non-profits organizations to help them in whatever way I can.
Doing my Post Graduation at FOSS United
Working at FOSS United feels like I have joined for Post Graduate program after my Bachelor's degree.
A Note on Blockchain
In recent times, blockchain as a technology have been proposed as silver bullet solutions to a wide range of problems. We think this claim is exaggerated.
In conversation with Shivani Bhardwaj, Developer at Suricata IDS
Read our interview with Shivani Bhardwaj. She currently works at The Open Information Security Foundation and contributes to Suricata IDS.
FOSS inside India's tech unicorns
India's tech unicorns may not be publicly acknowledging the role of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in their success, but there is a lot of action under the hood.
FOSS events happening in Feb 2021
Here is the list of FOSS events happening in February 2021 in India.
In conversation with Liyas Thomas, author of Hoppscotch
Read our interview with Liyas Thomas, author of Hoppscotch.
FOSS events happening in Jan 2021
Looking for FOSS events happening in Jan 2021? Here is the list of events you can look at and participate in.
In conversation with Abhas Abhinav, a Free Software activist
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