--- title: The graying open source community needs fresh blood description: The open source community is experiencing a 'graying' trend, with a notable lack of young developers. Despite the invaluable experience of older experts, the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-graying-open-source-community-needs-fresh-blood-arpqcjkr1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The graying open source community needs fresh blood | daily.dev og:description: The open source community is experiencing a 'graying' trend, with a notable lack of young developers. Despite the invaluable experience of older experts, the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-graying-open-source-community-needs-fresh-blood-arpqcjkr1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ArPqcjKr1.png og:image:alt: The graying open source community needs fresh blood og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The graying open source community needs fresh blood **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 5 min read · 12 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary The open source community is experiencing a 'graying' trend, with a notable lack of young developers. Despite the invaluable experience of older experts, the community needs fresh perspectives to innovate and sustain its future. Conferences and initiatives like hackathons and the Linux Kernel Mentorship program aim to attract young talent, but more engagement is necessary to truly rejuvenate the field. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@tanvirshaikh** · 2 upvotes > i agree, i'm still in 20s i wish to contribute, add missing functionalities in things i use in everyday projects & lot more but i'm stuck in mundane routine where it's difficult to more out do things i love. but someday i'll. **@eighteyes** · 0 upvotes > then the giant companies that make billions off open source need to start making it a viable way to earn a living ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#cloud-native](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud-native) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-graying-open-source-community-needs-fresh-blood-arpqcjkr1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The graying open source community needs fresh blood","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-graying-open-source-community-needs-fresh-blood-arpqcjkr1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-graying-open-source-community-needs-fresh-blood-arpqcjkr1"},"datePublished":"2024-07-16T05:13:12.908Z","dateModified":"2024-08-23T15:55:41.379Z","description":"The open source community is experiencing a 'graying' trend, with a notable lack of young developers. 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