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# Open Source Guides

Open source software is made by people just like you. Learn how to launch and grow your project.

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### Security Best Practices for your Project

Strengthen your project’s future by building trust through essential security practices — from MFA and code scanning to safe dependency management and private vulnerability reporting.

### Maintaining Balance for Open Source Maintainers

Tips for self-care and avoiding burnout as a maintainer.

### How to Contribute to Open Source

Want to contribute to open source? A guide to making open source contributions, for first-timers and veterans.

### Starting an Open Source Project

Learn more about the world of open source and get ready to launch your own project.

### Finding Users for Your Project

Help your open source project grow by getting it in the hands of happy users.

### Building Welcoming Communities

Building a community that encourages people to use, contribute to, and evangelize your project.

### Best Practices for Maintainers

Making your life easier as an open source maintainer, from documenting processes to leveraging your community.

### Leadership and Governance

Growing open source projects can benefit from formal rules for making decisions.

### Getting Paid for Open Source Work

Sustain your work in open source by getting financial support for your time or your project.

### Your Code of Conduct

Facilitate healthy and constructive community behavior by adopting and enforcing a code of conduct.

### Open Source Metrics

Make informed decisions to help your open source project thrive by measuring and tracking its success.

### The Legal Side of Open Source

Everything you’ve ever wondered about the legal side of open source, and a few things you didn’t.

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