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feat: create laura blog post `community is what makes open source great`
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title: It's the contributors in open-source that make the community great
description: Celebrating open-source, Appwrite 1.4 contributors, and the largest open-source event, Hacktoberfest. Discover more about contributing and why you should start.
date: 2023-10-01
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Open source (OSS) seems to be the buzzword in tech these days. A lot of companies claim to be it, and even more, companies seem to be the open-source version of their corporate counterpart. Maybe it's true, maybe it isn't, either way, open source is here to stay. But only because of the developers who maintain it. In this post, we want to celebrate the OSS community who has built Appwrite, with a special shout-out to the contributors in our latest release and the best open source event there is, Hacktoberfest.

## Appwrite loves open source

For those of you who have been following Appwrite, you might have noticed how much we value open source and the community that keeps it going. Appwrite has been a part of that community since 2019, but the team has been contributing to open source way before Appwrite became an entity. Most of our team members were first community members before they joined. To us, this embodies an important mindset that instates open source into the core of Appwrite. It is the foundation we build on and will always be at the heart of everything we do. So if one thing in life is certain, it is that Appwrite is open source.

## To be open-source

But what does this actually mean to be open source as a company? It means that our code is open for other developers to use, copy, and fork, but most importantly, to contribute to. It's about being transparent and about building in the open, it is about giving back to those who helped us get here. And with over 700+ contributors contributing to Appwrite, it's fair enough to say that the Appwrite you see today was built by you, the open-source community.

![open-source community](/images/blog/global-community-2.png)

## 1.4 contributors

The latest version of Appwrite was built with the help of over 40 developers, truly showing off what building together can achieve and how the community comes together. The collective knowledge and skills of the open-source community make it possible to do a lot more with less. With this in mind, we want to shed light on the contributors of the Appwrite 1.4 release and thank every single dev in the community who helped us launch. It was the biggest release to date, and that also led to having the most contributions ever. We are grateful for each contribution, from coding to translations to documentation, with each pull request Appwrite improved. We want to celebrate each and every one of you. Therefore our deepest gratitude goes out to:

- [@keul](https://github.com/keul) who [contributed to our Readme](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4537)
- [@sarthakroy2002](https://github.com/sarthakroy2002) who updated [codeql-action to v3](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4534)
- [@vrabe](https://github.com/vrabe) who [updated traditional Chinese translation](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4285)
- [@kalpeshT101](https://github.com/kalpeshT101) who [contributed to our Readme](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4298)
- [@Sushrut1101](https://github.com/Sushrut1101) who [updated actions/checkout to v3](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4332)
- [@karniv00l](https://github.com/karniv00l) who helped us [fix a bug that appeared when user not found exception happened](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4506)
- [@vimode](https://github.com/vimode) who helped us [update Windows powershell commands](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4533)
- [@megatank58](https://github.com/megatank58) who helped us [fix Appwrite upgradation bug](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4341)
- [@pomarec](https://github.com/pomarec) who [fixed French translation](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4783)
- [@aayushbisen](https://github.com/aayushbisen) who [added a restart policy in the `appwrite-worker-messaging` service](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4994)
- [@motasimmakki](https://github.com/motasimmakki) who [contributed to docs](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4556)
- [@BoynChan](https://github.com/BoynChan) who [updated Chinese documentation](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5107)
- [@ks129](https://github.com/ks129) who helped us [fix a bug that appeared with Function status code 500](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4610)
- [@munyoudoum](https://github.com/munyoudoum) who helped us [fix the `expire` format in authentication](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4985)
- [@singhbhaskar](https://github.com/singhbhaskar) who helped us [fix the `session create` bug in OAuth sessions](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5083)
- [@rinkuhasija](https://github.com/rinkuhasija) who [contributed to a code sample in documentation](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5285)
- [@yatharth1706](https://github.com/yatharth1706) who [helped us fix `email already exists` error that occurred when the same phone number was used](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5163)
- [@Atsurak](https://github.com/Atsurak) who [contributed to documentation](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5360)
- [@lucasctd](https://github.com/lucasctd) who [helped us set correct values to LogOwl adapter](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5166)
- [@faisalill](https://github.com/faisalill) who helped us [fix a bug in databases](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5718)
- [@jaivix](https://github.com/jaivix) who helped us [fixed a bug that occurred while creating a new team with existing `teamid`](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5808)
- [@vaibhavagarwal220](https://github.com/vaibhavagarwal220) who helped us [add an error message for invoking verification on previously anonymous users](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5745)
- [@Pranav2612000](https://github.com/Pranav2612000) who helped us [fix an email verification bug](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5211)
- [@mendelgordon](https://github.com/mendelgordon) who [contributed to our documentation](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5755)
- [@Miguelii](https://github.com/Miguelii) who [contributed to our Portuguese email template](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5694)
- [@safwanyp](https://github.com/safwanyp) who [fixed a bug that solved team membership appearing after the team is deleted](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5928)
- [@Suven-p](https://github.com/Suven-p) who [fixed a bug in `x-appwrite-header`](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5550)
- [@pranjalg13](https://github.com/pranjalg13) who [contributed to our documentation](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/5327)
- [@fliitor](https://github.com/fliitor) who [fixed message inversion error](https://github.com/appwrite/console/pull/429)
- [@Suven-p](https://github.com/Suven-p) who helped us [fix deployment issues in CLI](https://github.com/appwrite/console/pull/431)
- [@rohan220217](https://github.com/rohan220217) who helped us [fix a bug in the session delete modal](https://github.com/appwrite/console/pull/375)
- [@byawitz](https://github.com/byawitz) who helped us [fix deployment issues](https://github.com/appwrite/console/pull/471)
- [@erezhod](https://github.com/erezhod) who helped us [fix Apple code snippet bugs in our documentation](https://github.com/appwrite/console/pull/468)
- [@Chaitanya-Upadhye](https://github.com/Chaitanya-Upadhye) who helped us [fix a bug that appeared in indexes](https://github.com/appwrite/console/pull/486)
- [@safwanyp](https://github.com/safwanyp) who helped us [fix a bug that prevented the document from updating after deleting the array element](https://github.com/appwrite/console/pull/495)
- [@KaranJagtiani](https://github.com/KaranJagtiani) who helped us [fiix CDN code sample](https://github.com/appwrite/console/pull/504)

Every single contributor and every single contribution made the product better for the next developer. That is what makes it all the more exciting, knowing that your PR actually has value for the next person. With that in mind, shouldn't we all contribute to OSS projects? Maybe, but where to begin?

## Hacktoberfest to kick off your open-source journey

As mentioned previously, many of our team members were first contributors before they joined. Our very own [Christy Jacob](https://github.com/christyjacob4) once started as a contributor during [Hacktoberfest](https://appwrite.io/blog/post/hacktoberfest-2023), the largest celebration of open-source, and is now a Lead Engineer building Appwrite Cloud. It all starts with that first step and pull request.

![hacktoberfest partecipants](/images/blog/badge.png)

So there is more to open source contributing than just helping build a project. It can help you progress in your future career by learning, building your portfolio, networking, and even finding job opportunities. All the more reasons to jump on the wagon. With that said, we also understand that for some, contributing might seem daunting, but it really isn't if you get the right help and guidance. This is where [Hacktoberfest](https://appwrite.io/blog/post/hacktoberfest-2023) comes in. It is an amazing event that allows you to contribute to many different projects in many different ways together with others, so you don't have to start your journey alone. It started on the 1st of October 2023, and you can join the entire month. This is your chance to kickstart your open-source journey.

We want to invite developers to come join us during Hacktoberfest. Together, we continue to build Appwrite through the power of open source. Allowing every developer to have the capabilities of hundreds of developers through one platform.

Come join us and build like a team of hundreds.

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