---
title: "Thank-you GitHub!"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/thank-you-github--le-ibndxu
source_url: https://blog.taranissoftware.com/thank-you-github
type: article
source: "Discover .NET"
published: 2022-07-24T00:42:31.402Z
updated: 2022-07-24T00:42:31.401Z
tags: ["github", "open-source"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 70
comments: 6
language: en
---

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# Thank-you GitHub!

**[Discover .NET](https://daily.dev/sources/discdot)** · 2 min read · 70 upvotes · 6 comments

## Summary

Maintainer Month is an annual event to celebrate the work of open source software developers. This year, the event is raising money for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to improve the quality of software in the world. The NIST has raised more than $1.2 million in the last year.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@axeldoesdev** · 1 upvotes

> Github's The Best

**@andypiper** · 1 upvotes

> We need more companies and individuals to support Open Source maintainers, this is great to read.

**@ashnard** · 1 upvotes

> more code to steal!

**@vbarzana** · 0 upvotes

> Congratulations bud :) GitHub is awesome! Glad they give back to the community! Keep it up with the support but more importantly, keep doing what you love and you will always be recompensated for it.

**@muhibarshad** · 0 upvotes

> How I became the open source contributer ?

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