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InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns

These patterns document how to apply open source principles and practices for software development within the confines of an organization - aka InnerSource.

13 Releases

Latest: 1mo ago

New pattern: InnerSource Hackathonv1.12Latest

spier·1mo ago·April 20, 2026

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📋 Changes

InnerSource Hackathon: Add Aerospace Corporation as Known Instance and other content improvements by @rrrutledge in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/899
Promote InnerSource Hackathon to Level 2 (Structured) by @rrrutledge in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/901

📋 What's Changed

Mention how Siemens applies some patterns by @fgreinacher in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/801
Consistent formatting of the Known Instance section by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/803
innersource-ambassador.md - Adding related concepts to the Rationale by @jritten in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/758
Update innersource-ambassador.md by @rrrutledge in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/812
feat: add initial draft of a new pattern 'walk the InnerSource talk' by @deveaud-m in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/813
chore: fix typos in pattern system and board reports by @pstoeckle in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/816
Fix link (link checker was complaining) by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/817
Add Robert Bosch as known instance to "Walk the InnerSource talk" pattern by @gruetter in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/820
+ 28 more

✨ New Contributors

@fgreinacher made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/801
@jritten made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/758
@deveaud-m made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/813
@pstoeckle made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/816
@rashikawat made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/818
@amburi made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/834
Full Changelog: https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/compare/v1.11...v1.12

New pattern: Explicit Governance Levelsv1.11

spier·1y ago·March 15, 2025

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📋 Changes

Promoting Governance Levels pattern to Structured by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/765

📋 What's Changed

Bump @babel/runtime from 7.26.0 to 7.26.10 in /pattern-categorization by @dependabot in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/793
Bump katex from 0.16.18 to 0.16.21 in /pattern-categorization by @dependabot in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/792
Bump prismjs from 1.29.0 to 1.30.0 in /pattern-categorization by @dependabot in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/789
[Pattern Draft] Incentives and Disincentives for InnerSource Contribution by @gruetter in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/791
Fix broken link by @rmarting in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/790
Full Changelog: https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/compare/v1.10...v1.11

New translation: Spanishv1.10

spier·1y ago·March 12, 2025

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📋 What's Changed

Translation of the book to Spanish by @ovas04 in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/785
Automate the generation of the "Explore Patterns" mindmap for multiple languages by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/618
[translations] Improve maintainer docs and automation by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/619
Sustainable InnerSource donut pattern by @tsadler1988 in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/453
Add files for mindmap in pt-br by @zilio in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/620
Test regeneration of pt-br mindmap by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/621
Airbus pattern use by @sicot-f in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/622
InnerSource License: Added Robert Bosch GmbH as known instance by @gruetter in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/532
+ 57 more

✨ New Contributors

@zilio made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/620
@jmeridth made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/668
@michael-basil made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/672
@raivenra made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/680
@misappi made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/652
@rmarting made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/661
@spriya-m made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/700
@semioticrobotic made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/710
+ 8 more

New translation: Galicianv1.9

spier·2y ago·November 17, 2023

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📋 Changes

Leticia Gómez Cadahía
María Lucía González Castro

📦 Details of the translation project

It is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike 4.0 International license ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.gl)).

📋 What's Changed

Add new translation language: Galician by @psanxiao in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/613
Re-generating ToC for pt-br translations by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/607
Switch to pull_request_target strategy by @zkoppert in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/608
Reconfigure branch specifications with pull_request_target by @zkoppert in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/609

✨ New Contributors

@psanxiao made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/613
Full Changelog: https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/compare/v1.8...v1.9

New translations: Brazilian Portuguesev1.8

spier·2y ago·November 1, 2023

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📋 Other Changes

Render RFC templates in book by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/585
Adding ADI to innersource-customer-interview-questions.md by @kschueths in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/588
Fixing link fragments in translations by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/590
Adding the COMMUNICATION.md to the Standard Base Documentation pattern by @kschueths in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/589
Improved Trusted Committer documentation by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/595
Create pattern-metrics.yaml by @zkoppert in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/593
[GHA issue metrics] Make the codeowners uniq by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/598
Fix URLs of images used by the WelcomeBot by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/600
+ 3 more

New translation: Brazilian Portuguesev1.7

spier·2y ago·August 30, 2023

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📋 Other Changes

Add GitHub to release-process as a known instance by @zkoppert in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/568
Remove outdated link to 'release process' pattern by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/574
Porting board report for this WG here by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/576
Updating Japanese🇯🇵 / Chinese🇨🇳 page to the latest by @yuhattor in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/548
Review gha for i18n consistency check and make it work properly again by @yuhattor in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/580
Host translations in gitbook, using monorepo approach by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/578
Review GHA for i18n consistency check by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/551
InnerSource patterns book translation into Brazilian Portuguese by @jrcosta in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/577

✨ New Contributors

@jrcosta @zilio @DanielleAlmeida made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/577
Full Changelog: https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/compare/v1.6...v1.7

New pattern: Standard Release Processv1.6

spier·2y ago·August 23, 2023

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📦 Known Instances (patterns-in-the-wild)

Update Airbus implementation of the innersource portal pattern by @sicot-f in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/550
Add Known Instance to service-vs-library.md by @rrrutledge in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/559
Add Mercedes-Benz as known instance to innersource-portal.md by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/561

📦 Translations

Japanese Translation - Extensions for Sustainable Growth Pattern by @yuhattor in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/549

📋 Other Changes

Script to find upgradeable patterns by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/534
shared-code-repo-different-from-build-repo.md - Moved to InnerSource as a term, changed formatting, shortened name by @MaineC in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/409
Removing link to innersourceportal.santander.com by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/539
Adding vale for spell and style checking by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/519
Board Report 2023-05 by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/540
Fixing link by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/545
Update base-documentation.md, fix CONTRIBUTING spelling by @jeffabailey in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/552
Create COMMUNICATION-template.md by @kschueths in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/557
+ 3 more

✨ New Contributors

@jeffabailey made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/552
Full Changelog: https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/compare/v1.5...v1.6

New pattern: Group Supportv1.5

spier·3y ago·April 4, 2023

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📋 Other Changes

Publishing patterns book in Chinese (zh) by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/515
[Chinese translation] Fixed format typo of README.md by @WillemJiang in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/520
Adding permission of author acknowledgement to CONTRIBUTING.md by @CiaraFlanagan in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/522
Add BBVA as known instance to Core Team pattern by @rahermur in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/523
Board Report 2023/02 by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/525
Improve Modular Code pattern by @fioddor in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/475
Add GitHub usage and perspective by @zkoppert in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/528
Improve 'Communication Tooling' pattern by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/420
+ 3 more

✨ New Contributors

@CiaraFlanagan made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/522
@rahermur made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/523
@fioddor made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/475
Full Changelog: https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/compare/v1.4...v1.5

New pattern: Extensions for Sustainable Growthv1.4

spier·3y ago·December 23, 2022

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📋 Other Changes

Draft of the 'Secure InnerSource' pattern (aka 'Balancing Openness and Security') by @bartgolsteijn @arlou @conrogers and @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/384
Add details of review process to Contributor Handbook by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/273
Adding Rob Tuley as our latest Trusted Committer by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/390
InnerSource Portal updates regarding Santander Bank use case by @jesusalonsogut in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/391
Add GitHub to known instances by @zkoppert in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/397
Readability improvement for adressing the previous 13 weeks of partic… by @Michadelic in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/398
Add Microsoft's use of 30 day warranty pattern by @arnom-ms in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/399
Expand on patlet/problem of Modular Code Pattern by @spier in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/293
+ 37 more

✨ New Contributors

@jesusalonsogut made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/391
@zkoppert made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/397
@arnom-ms made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/399
@zemunk made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/405
@clcoffey made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/413
@sicot-f made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/446
@Ssukriti made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/444
@Trueblueaddie made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/455
+ 9 more

New pattern: Document your Guiding Principlesv1.3

spier·3y ago·September 18, 2022

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✨ New Contributors

@robtuley made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/353
@3cpt made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/341
Full Changelog: https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/compare/v1.2...v1.3

New pattern: Core Teamv1.2

spier·3y ago·September 18, 2022

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✨ New Contributors

@tapjdey made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/291
@doronkatz made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/297
@danizheleva made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/319
@dgrizzanti made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/332
@GoFightNguyen made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/335
Full Changelog: https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/compare/v1.1...v1.2

New pattern: Transparent Cross-Team Decision Making using RFCsv1.1

spier·3y ago·September 18, 2022

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✨ New Contributors

@dterol23 made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/268
@dineshdh made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/120
@nschonni made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/222
@mishari made their first contribution in https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/pull/166
Full Changelog: https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/compare/v1.0...v1.1

Publishing mature patterns in an online book at patterns.innersourcecommons.orgv1.0

spier·3y ago·September 18, 2022

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📦 For Consumers/Readers

have something that is “nicer” to read and navigate than markdown files on GitHub
search for keywords across all patterns
export book as PDF and read on other devices
have stable URLs for patterns that can be used as references in other material e.g. from the Learning Path (i.e. even if the files move in the folder structure in the GitHub repo, we can keep the URL of the pattern in the book the same)

📦 For Producers/Contributors

a motivation for pattern authors and all contributors to level up patterns from 1-initial, as only 2-structured and 3-validated are published in the book
a motivation for us to introduce more specific quality guidelines for level 2+3, so that we can be even more proud of the content in the book :)
learn which patterns are most interesting for readers (e.g. through Google Analytics)

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