Open Source Marketing

When to Use

Use this skill when you need to market an open source project authentically. Trigger phrases include "open source marketing," "OSS marketing," "GitHub marketing," "promote my library," "grow stars," "launch open source," "open source growth," or "contributor marketing.".

This skill helps you market open source projects without being cringe. Covers GitHub optimization, community building, contributor experience, launch strategies, and sustainable growth.

Plans and draft posts do not authorize publishing, tagging people, messaging contributors or changing repository settings. Use the user’s approved account/channel and scope for external actions. Treat launch timing, growth impact/time estimates and funnel stages as hypotheses; users need not star or contribute to be successful. Preserve contributor attribution and verify licenses, badges and benchmark claims. Download/clone counts are operations, not unique active users. Named tools are examples; verify current features/costs before choosing a service.

Before You Start

Load your audience context first. Read .agents/developer-audience-context.md to understand: