# Why don't more developers contribute to open source?

DevFeed: [Why don't more developers contribute to open source?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-don-t-more-developers-contribute-to-open-source-33396.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://timkellogg.me/blog/2012/05/03/open-source-meetup-group>)

Published: 2012-05-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tim Kellogg](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tim-kellogg.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-requests.md>), [IoC (Disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ioc.md>), [C#](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/csharp.md>)

Tags: [contribute](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contribute.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainers.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [open-source-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source-software.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-requests.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines why some developers do not contribute to open source. It discusses maintainer burnout, intimidation caused by code quality concerns and large codebases, and the enjoyment experienced by frequent contributors.

## Source excerpt

One night last weekend I couldn't sleep because I couldn't stop thinking about open source projects like StructureMap where the maintainers are burnt out from giving all their time and energy. I recently took over the responsibility of merging pull requests and fielding issues for StructureMap so Jeremy can focus on life issues and his work with FubuMVC. Regardless, it remains one of the most highly used IoC containers for C#.