Naytri Sramek

Applications for the next cohort of GitHub Accelerator are now open! Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until they close on March 5 at 12 pm PT. We created GitHub Accelerator to help build more careers and companies in open source.

Celebrate the maintainers of the first GitHub Accelerator cohort, learn what they have been up to since, and hear what’s next for GitHub Accelerator. We expect open source developers to drive the next wave of innovation on GitHub, including AI. GitHub’s vibrant networks of open source software require people and communities to keep them running.

In November 2022 we announced GitHub Accelerator, an exploration into what sustainable open source could look like. GitHub Accelerator is a 10-week program where open source maintainers receive an initial sponsorship of $20K to work on their project, paired with guidance and workshops from open source leaders, with an end goal of building durable streams of funding for their work.