March 2025

FOSS United Monthly Newsletter!

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Hello FOSS Enthusiast!
Welcome to our monthly newsletter from FOSS United! Your journey into the vibrant world of Free and Open Source Software begins here!
We're excited to bring you the freshest updates, news, exciting projects, policy tweaks, and the buzz around our ongoing initiatives.

Highlights from FOSS United:


Wondering what's happening in FOSS United? Here are a few updates from our side:

  • #BiharFOSS 2025 | FOSS United comes to Bihar with a bang! We’re thrilled to announce the first-ever FOSS conference in Bihar! Join us on March 22 in Patna for a day of insightful talks, discussions, and networking with fellow open source enthusiasts. Get your tickets or submit a talk proposals here.

  • Meet the nominees! Electing a Governance Board

    🚨 Head over to the ballot page and check out the nominees for the FOSS United Governance Board! Voting begins on March 22.

    🚨 Make sure you are registered on the FOSS United platform before March 15 to be eligible to cast your votes!

  • Updates from the FOSS Grants program We are happy to announce a grant of INR 9,00,000 towards Zasper, a 4X Better IDE than Jupyterlab! This grant is co-sponsored by Zerodha. Read the detailed announcement here.
  • Embracing FOSS in Education Technology Ansh Arora presented at the 2025 edition of Critical Studies of Education and Technology, organised by ITforChange and CESI. Check out the recording here.
  • Tech policy in India: Why should the FOSS community care? Poruri Sai Rahul spoke at DevConf 2025, diving into the prevailing Tech Policy in India and how it impacts the adoption, support, and creation of FOSS. More details here.
  • Have you registered for FrappeBuild 2025 yet? Are you a Frappe developer or an open source enthusiast? Here's your chance to share insights, run a workshop, and be part of an exclusive two-day conference, happening on 3-4 April 2025, in Bangalore. Register here.
  • Career in Open source? Bowrna in conversation with Vijay Varadharaj sharing her open source journey. Have you watched it yet?
  • Another season of FOSSHack comes to an end FOSSHack 2025 saw an overwhelming response with 5,000+ applicants and 756 project submissions and 10 local hosts, we’re thrilled with the energy! Stay tuned for the results announcement!A big thank you to our partners and sponsors for making this possible. Let’s keep building together.


Upcoming FOSS Events:


To view other upcoming and past FOSS events, visit the FOSS Events Timeline. Our community thrives on respect, inclusivity, and collaboration, and the Code of Conduct is here to guide us. Please follow the Code of Conduct at all events, respect each other and help make the space safe and comfortable for everyone.

From the Telegram Corner:


Projects
  • Libredesk: An open source customer support desk, with multi-inbox management, smart automation, AI-assisted replies, and SLA tracking streamlining team workflows effortlessly.
  • Injee: The no configuration instant Database for front end developers.
  • MTG Saraga: The companion repository of Saraga collections, with a companion website, a dump of the dataset, documentation, utility scripts, and python notebooks to access and interact with the dataset.
  • ncase: The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds
  • Ruffles: An open source Flash Player emulator


News and More



We hope you found this month's updates insightful and exciting. Your active participation and feedback are what make our community thrive. If you have any questions, suggestions, or need further information, feel free to reach out to us at foundation@fossunited.org.

We invite you to join our Telegram group. It's a fantastic way to stay connected with the FOSS United community and be the first to know about our latest initiatives.

Thank you for being an integral part of our journey. Let's keep fostering innovation and collaboration in the FOSS world.

"May the FOSS be with you"

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