FOSS United

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Bringing together India’s FOSS Ecosystem

FOSS United is a non-profit foundation that aims at promoting and strengthening the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) ecosystem in India.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

HALLOWS OF HACKING

Linux Installation Party

Community Meetup

Seminar Hall, Academic Block

Career & Opportunities in the Open Source

Auditorium, GEC S

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LATEST COURSES

Data Analysis with Python

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Data Analysis with Python

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Our Team

Vishal Arya

Program Director

Syeda Fiza Fatima

Business Data Analyst

Swastik Baranwal

Shree Kumar

Rushabh Mehta

Founder

Ruchika Bagde

Diversity and Operations Manager

Prakash Hodage

NIT Calicut

Poruri Sai Rahul

CEO, Director

Nemo

Muneer S

Design Intern

Kailash Nadh

Founder

Jeswin Jose

Graphic Designer

Dilip G

Software Engineer

Bowrna

Bodhish Thomas

Ashlesh B

Campaigns & Advocacy Manager

Ansh Arora

Program & Partnerships Manager

Hari Prasanth S

Community Fellow

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STORIES

PuneFOSS 2.0: A Dive into Open Source Insights and Initiatives

Introduction: Recently, I had the privilege of attending PuneFOSS 2.0, a one-day conference hosted by the FOSS United Pune community at College of Engineering Pune, Pune, India on 24th Feb 2024. Th

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Meet the CEO of FOSS United Foundation

FOSS United's growth, CEO announcement, and future plans.

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In Conversation with Anand B Pillai, Founder of BangPypers, one of India’s earliest programming language communities

In this interview, Anand shared how he started one of India's earliest programming language communities

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FOSS United Monthly

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FOSS United Newsletter

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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.

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ERPNext usage at PeriFerry

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Working with non-profit organizations

I have always been looking to work with non-profits organizations to help them in whatever way I can.

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The need for open source projects in India

FOSS ecosystem won't fall weak if few organizations stop contributing to it, but it will definitely if we all together keep consuming and stop contributing.

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PeriFerry Candidate Management System

PeriFerry is an impact enterprise founded in 2017 facilitating sustainable livelihoods to transgender persons and fostering LGBTQIA+ equity at workplaces.

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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.

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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.

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In conversation with Pranav Raj S, Author of Chatwoot

Chatwoot, started as proprietary software, reborn after two years being in a private repository when Pranav and his teammates decided to choose an open-source license.

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In conversation with Liyas Thomas, author of Hoppscotch

Read our interview with Liyas Thomas, author of Hoppscotch.

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In conversation with Abhas Abhinav, a Free Software activist

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FOSS United 2020-21 report

Report of FY 2020-21.

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FOSS United Monthly Newsletter

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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.

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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.

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What does empowering FOSS means from an Indian POV?

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has, always, been a matter of pride among various developer communities owing to the fact the free and collaborative contribution

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What is the state of adoption of FOSS in India?

India now is becoming a hub of startups, around 700 million smartphone users - who are looking for innovative software and growing developer communities.

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FOSS United Monthly

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From Code to Governance: Why the FOSS Community Must Engage More with Public Policy

The IndiaFOSS 2024 conf brought together a diverse mix of developers, policymakers, and advocates, creating an engaging forum to explore the future of FOSS amid a rapidly changing tech landscape.

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FOSS United Monthly

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FOSS - The foundation of Capillary Tech

Why is FOSS so important to the community ?

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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.

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Reflections from IndiaFOSS 2.0

Some of my personal recollections from IndiaFOSS 2.0 at Bangalore

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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.

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Celebrating a month of Open Source love: DigitalOcean Hacktoberfest

Hacktoberfest encourages participation in the open source community, which grows bigger every year.

IndiaOS and the State of Free Software

Open source has been a foundation for innovation and has provided tools to liberate knowledge in more ways than one can imagine.

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GHCI 2024 Experience

Grace Hopper Celebration India 2024 experience

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FOSS United at the UN Workshop on Data Commons

Taking part in the "Workshop on Data Commons" by the UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies, co-hosted with the CDPI and The Takshashila Institution.

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Leading an Experiment by FOSS United - SolapurFOSS

The Story Behind How and Why I Led an Experiment by FOSS United - SolapurFOSS

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FOSS United Monthly Newsletter!

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Elections & Governance @FOSSUnited : Why, How, & When

Now: Voting starts Monday, March 24.

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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.

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Meet the first-ever elected Governing Board @FOSS United

Come meet the first Governing Board of FOSS United

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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.

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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.

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FOSS United supports the Open Source Pledge

FOSS United Foundation's endorsement of the Open Source Pledge

FOSS United’s follow-on grant to Rethink DNS

FOSS United announces continued financial support for Rethink DNS

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Supporting Project Segfault

FOSS United's grant to Project Segfault

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Supporting Albony mirror

FOSS United's grant to Albony mirror

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Supporting Zasper

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

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Supporting Malhar

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

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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

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FOSS United Monthly Newsletter!

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FOSS United Monthly Newsletter!

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FOSS United Monthly Newsletter!

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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.

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FOSS United Monthly.

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FOSS United Monthly Newsletter!

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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

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Hiring through FOSS United

Hiring partnerships with FOSS United

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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.

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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.

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Notes from August 2025-I Governing Board meeting

Here is a concise recap of the first leg of the August 2025 GB meeting, which happened on 19th of this month.

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Need of a community space in Bihar

FOSS United builds real, people-first communities. Bihar’s brightest need mentorship and industry experience. We must create a community space there to bridge that gap.

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Notes from the October 2025 Governing Board meeting

The October Governing Board (GB) monthly call took place on Thursday, October 09, 2025. These are the meeting notes and summary.

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FOSS United Monthly

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Notes from the November 2025 Governing Board meeting

The November Governing Board (GB) call took place on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. These are the meeting notes and summary.

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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.

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FOSS events happening in Feb 2021

Here is the list of FOSS events happening in February 2021 in India.

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Edition 2 | November 2022

The second edition of the FOSS United Monthly Newsletter.

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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.

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Edition 1 | October 2022

FOSS United Newsletter - First Edition

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Edition 4 | June - July 2023

[TLDR] Upcoming launch of FOSS clubs, and the preps for the much-awaited IndiaFOSS 3.0.

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Edition 5 | September 2023

[TLDR] Updates on IndiaFOSS 3.0, the launch of OASIS Network, meetups and events of the month and hot picks from telegram corner.

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Tech Report - Aug 2025

This is the first FossUnited Platform monthly tech report. IndiaFoss 2025 is near, and we bring in some minor maintenance changes.

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Tech report - Sept 2025

Hi again, We had Successfully Concluded our 5th Edition of IndiaFOSS (2025) on 20-21 Sept. Here is the September 2025 Tech report, this month had most focus towards Schedule page.

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Tech report - Oct 25

Bringing you the Tech report for Hack-tober 25 month

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2025 Wrap: What Broke, What We Built & What's Next for FOSS

December 2025 Newsletter

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Tech report - Nov 25

Hi everyone, This month we had many feature addition enriching our platform further up!

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Tech report - Dec 2025

Hi Everyone, Here's fossunited platform's tech report for December 2025.

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Notes from the December 2025 Governing Board meeting

The December 2025 Governing Board (GB) call took place on Wednesday, 10 December 2025. These are the meeting notes and summary.

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