Skip to content

Behind the scenes of Open Source projects

Image for: Behind the scenes of Open Source projects

We want to encourage more discourse about the non-coding aspects of successful open source projects. Join us to learn more about what makes Free and Open Source Software projects flourish! The seventh edition of FOSS Backstage will take place in Berlin (and online) on 10th and 11th March 2025.

Save the date

10-11 March 2025

Behind the Scenes of Open Source

Image for: Behind the Scenes of Open Source

Save the date

10-11 March 2025

We want to encourage more discourse about the non-coding aspects of successful Open Source projects. Join us to learn more about what makes Free and Open Source Software project flourish! The seventh edition of FOSS Backstage will take place in Berlin (and online) on 10th and 11th March 2025.

News

Stay up-to-date about all the latest news around FOSS Backstage, don’t miss any announcements by subscribing via RSS or follow us on our social media channels.

Look at this!

Join us for an extra day!

On March 12th we want to gather everyone interested in User Experience & Design within Free and Open Source software projects for our new sub-event FOSS Backstage Design!

Design & UX
in FOSS

Our Partners

FOSS Backstage 2025 is co-funded by the European Union and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

Program Highlights from 2024

At FOSS Backstage 2024 we brought together more than 60 speakers to talk about Governance & Community, Sustainability & Funding, Legal & Compliance, Diversity & Inclusion as well as how to Grow Open Source. Here we put together a selection of talks from those tracks to give you an impression of FOSS Backstage: