# Should I Open Source my Company?

DevFeed: [Should I Open Source my Company?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/should-i-open-source-my-company-550.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://supabase.com/blog/should-i-open-source-my-company>)

Author: Ant Wilson

Published: 2022-03-25T07:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Supabase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/supabase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Code quality](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-quality.md>), [dev-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dev-tools.md>)

Tags: [code-quality](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-quality.md>), [dev-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dev-tools.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses Supabase's experience of being open source from the beginning and argues that building a company in public can produce unexpected benefits. It addresses concerns about messy code, security vulnerabilities, and intellectual-property theft, then explains how community involvement can improve code quality, attract contributors, and help developers learn from existing projects.

## Source excerpt

The unexpected upsides of building in public