# Maintainer Month 2023: How the community gathered to spread some maintainer love

DevFeed: [Maintainer Month 2023: How the community gathered to spread some maintainer love](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/maintainer-month-2023-how-the-community-gathered-to-spread-some-maintainer-love-67980.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/maintainer-month-2023-how-the-community-gathered-to-spread-some-maintainer-love/>)

Author: Abigail Cabunoc Mayes

Published: 2023-06-08T21:01:23Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-engineering.md>)

Topics: [open source maintenance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source-maintenance.md>), [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [coding-community](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding-community.md>), [developer-relations](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-relations.md>)

Tags: [burnout](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/burnout.md>), [culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture.md>), [funding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/funding.md>), [maintainer-month](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainer-month.md>), [maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainers.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

Maintainer Month brought together 16 organizations for 42 activities celebrating open source maintainers, including meetups, conferences, podcasts, shared stories, and corporate sponsorship programs. The article highlights mentorship, burnout prevention, security work, and ways companies and communities can support maintainers.

## Source excerpt

Maintainer Month is a time for open source maintainers to gather, share, and be celebrated. Over 31 days, 16 organizations came together to offer 42 activities convening and celebrating maintainers.