Community

OpenBuddy is a community-driven project. This page lists every place you can ask questions, share what you've built, or just hang out with other OpenBuddy users.

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Channels

Language-specific communities

Want to start a new language channel? See ../CONTRIBUTING.md for the localization workflow, then ping a moderator.

Governance

Roles

• Users — anyone running OpenBuddy
• Contributors — anyone whose PR is merged (regardless of size)
• Maintainers — long-term contributors with merge rights
• Code owners — package-level reviewers (one per @openbuddy/* package)

Decision-making

• Day-to-day — maintainers triage, contributors propose, lazy consensus
• Major changes — opened as GitHub Discussions with the rfc: label, debated for ≥ 7 days, then a maintainer calls for vote
• Voting — current maintainers vote, simple majority wins, 2-week window

Code of Conduct

All channels are governed by ../CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md. Violations may be reported to conduct@openbuddy.dev or via Discord DM to any moderator.

Contribution recognition

🌟 Contributors Hall of Fame

The top 10 contributors (by merged PRs) are featured on the README. Recomputed monthly.

🎉 First-time contributors

Every new contributor's first PR gets a 🎉 in the merge commit message.

🏆 Annual awards

Each year, the community votes on:

• Bug Squasher of the Year — most impactful bug fixes
• Doc Hero of the Year — best documentation contributions
• Plugin of the Year — most popular community plugin
• Helpful Hand of the Year — best community support (Discord/Discussions)

Winners receive a GitHub badge, a profile shoutout, and OpenBuddy swag (where shipping is feasible).

Mentorship program

OpenBuddy runs a mentorship program matching first-time contributors with experienced maintainers. Each mentee gets:

• A dedicated mentor for 3 months
• A starter issue with a clear scope
• Daily check-ins during the first 2 weeks
• A public showcase at the end of the program

To apply, open a Discussion with the mentorship prefix.

Office Hours

Weekly video call with the maintainer team. Schedule:

• 🕘 Every Wednesday 14:00 UTC (22:00 CST, 23:00 JST)
• 📍 Where: Discord Stage Channel #office-hours
• 📝 Agenda: top-voted GitHub Discussions + ad-hoc questions

Recordings are posted to the OpenBuddy YouTube channel within 24h.

Events

OpenBuddyCon (annual conference)

Our annual community gathering — talks, workshops, hackathons, and contributor awards. Held in different cities each year. Past events:

• 2026 — Shanghai, China
• 2027 — Tokyo, Japan (planned)

Regional meetups

Local community-driven meetups in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, San Francisco, New York, London, Berlin, Tokyo, Singapore. See #meetups on Discord to find your nearest group.

Partners

OpenBuddy integrates with and is supported by:

• Casdoor — OIDC IdP
• NewAPI — model gateway
• moonrepo — monorepo tooling
• Electron — desktop shell
• Your company? — partners@openbuddy.dev

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频道

按语言的社区

想开一门新语言的频道?见 ../CONTRIBUTING.md 的本地化工作流,然后 ping 任意 Moderator。

治理

角色

• Users —— 任何运行 OpenBuddy 的人
• Contributors —— PR 被合并过的任何人(不论大小)
• Maintainers —— 有合并权的长期贡献者
• Code owners —— 包级评审者(每个 @openbuddy/* 包一名)

决策

• 日常 —— 维护者分流、贡献者提案、惰性共识
• 重大变更 —— 在 GitHub Discussions 开贴,标签 rfc:,讨论 ≥ 7 天,然后由维护者发起投票
• 投票 —— 当前维护者投票,简单多数通过,2 周窗口

行为准则

所有频道由 ../CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md 约束。违规可举报至 conduct@openbuddy.dev,或在 Discord 私信任意 Moderator。

贡献认可

🌟 贡献者名人堂

贡献最多的前 10 名(按合并 PR 数)会在 README 上展示。每月重算。

🎉 首次贡献者

每个新贡献者的首个 PR 在合并 commit 信息里获得 🎉。

🏆 年度奖项

每年社区投票:

• 年度 Bug 终结者 —— 影响最大的 Bug 修复
• 年度文档英雄 —— 最佳文档贡献
• 年度插件 —— 最受欢迎的社区插件
• 年度暖心人 —— 最佳社区支持(Discord/Discussions)

获奖者获得 GitHub 徽章、个人页点名,以及 OpenBuddy 周边(可寄送地区)。

带教计划

OpenBuddy 运营带教计划,把首次贡献者与有经验的维护者配对。每位学员:

• 一位专属导师 3 个月
• 一个范围清晰的入门 Issue
• 前 2 周每日 check-in
• 计划末公开展示

申请方式:开 Discussion 加 mentorship 前缀。

Office Hours

每周与维护者团队视频通话。时间表:

• 🕘 每周三 14:00 UTC(22:00 北京、23:00 东京)
• 📍 地点:Discord Stage 频道 #office-hours
• 📝 议程:GitHub Discussions 投票最高的话题 + 临时提问

录像 24h 内发布到 OpenBuddy YouTube 频道。

活动

OpenBuddyCon(年度大会)

年度社区聚会——演讲、工作坊、黑客松、贡献者颁奖。历届:

• 2026 —— 中国上海
• 2027 —— 日本东京(计划)

地区聚会

上海、北京、深圳、杭州、旧金山、纽约、伦敦、柏林、东京、新加坡等地的社区聚会。见 Discord #meetups。

合作伙伴

OpenBuddy 与以下项目集成并获得支持:

• Casdoor —— OIDC IdP
• NewAPI —— 模型网关
• moonrepo —— monorepo 工具
• Electron —— 桌面 Shell
• 你的公司? —— partners@openbuddy.dev

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