InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns

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

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Last GitHub push: Sep 13, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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InnerSource @ Intuit Open

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InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#458 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 24, 2022
Pattern idea: InnerSource Site / InnerSource Handbook Open

:book: Type - Content Work 1-initial

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#450 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 6, 2022
Pattern idea: Great first impressions Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#442 · Opened Aug 24, 2022
Pattern idea: (Project) Adopters pattern Open

:bulb: Early Idea 1-initial

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#437 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 12, 2022
Docs for Trusted Committers Open

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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#433 · 6 comments · Opened Jul 30, 2022
Japanese Patterns Book - Ideas for further improvement Open

Type - Translation

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#430 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 25, 2022
Pattern idea: Move to cross-team shared ownership Open

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InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#423 · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 14, 2022
Help pattern authors with Context + Forces Open

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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#419 · 5 comments · Opened May 26, 2022
Call-out on website to collect Known Instances Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#418 · Opened May 24, 2022
Pattern idea: "Contribution negotiation" Open

:bulb: Early Idea

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#410 · 5 comments · Opened May 2, 2022
Pattern extraction | Learning By Lurking Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#406 · 9 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 15, 2022
InnerSource @ Flutter Entertainment | innersource.flutter.com Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#395 · Opened Feb 19, 2022
InnerSource @ Zalando | innersource-howto Open

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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#394 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 19, 2022
InnerSource @ Intuit | InnerSource Repository Scanner Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#393 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 18, 2022
InnerSource @ DAZN | "Building A DX Team: Lessons Learned" Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#392 · 12 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 18, 2022
Improving the "Common Requirements" pattern Open

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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#389 · Opened Feb 14, 2022
Pattern Idea: InnerSource Contractor Model Terms Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#376 · Opened Dec 15, 2021
Pattern Idea: Hive mind Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#371 · 5 comments · Opened Dec 2, 2021
Pattern Idea: Truth and Reconcilliation pattern Open

:book: Type - Content Work 1-initial

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#370 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 2, 2021
Pattern idea: Operational Model for InnerSource Open

:book: Type - Content Work 1-initial

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#367 · 6 comments · Opened Nov 17, 2021
Pattern Idea: InnerSource Program Office Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#365 · 6 comments · Opened Oct 14, 2021
Question about training and processess mentioned in pattern: "change-the-developers-mindset.md" Open

Question

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#364 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 5, 2021
Extract "Code Strategy Assessment Framework" into its own pattern Open

:book: Type - Content Work 1-initial

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#363 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 30, 2021
Discover patterns by different names Open

(Self-) Hosting

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#356 · Opened Sep 15, 2021
Naming of the Service vs. Library pattern Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#355 · 7 comments · Opened Sep 13, 2021
Pattern idea: Scoring Grid Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#351 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 8, 2021
Show category+problem statement used in the mind map in the pattern as well Open

:book: Type - Content Work (Self-) Hosting

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#349 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 1, 2021
Using inclusive language in our patterns to make sure that everybody feels welcome Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#336 · 6 comments · Opened Jul 11, 2021
Additions to the Standard Base Documentation pattern Open

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InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#330 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 13, 2021
What is the ISGO in the Contracted Contributor Pattern Open

Type - Maintenance / Cleanup

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#302 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 27, 2021
Adding visuals to the existing patterns Open

(Self-) Hosting

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#298 · Opened Feb 22, 2021
Pattern idea: ShipItDay / OKR Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#288 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 6, 2021
RFC Pattern improvements Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#276 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 12, 2021
Markdownlint Action is running twice Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 32/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#267 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 4, 2021
Pattern idea: Service Level Agreement (SLA) Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#231 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 23, 2020
Recognize all contributors to the InnerSource Patterns Open

:gear: Type - Meta (Self-) Hosting

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#219 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 22, 2020
Alternative viewpoints for Categorization Mindmap to find matching patterns more easily Open

:book: Type - Content Work

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#212 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 16, 2020
Pattern Idea: Scripts To Rule Them All Open

:book: Type - Content Work :bulb: Early Idea

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#180 · 2 comments · Opened May 27, 2020
ultra-short, illustrative story for patterns Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#152 · 7 comments · Opened Apr 24, 2020
Pattern idea: How to recruit new TrustedCommitters Open

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InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#144 · 6 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 30, 2020
Pattern idea: Common metadata format to aid discovery of Inner Source projects Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#117 · 9 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 27, 2019
Pattern idea: Integrate InnerSource with DevOps by exposing roadmaps/backlogs along with the code Open

:book: Type - Content Work :bulb: Early Idea Stale

InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#91 · 2 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Feb 21, 2018
Donut: Lip Service InnerSource Open

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InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns#77 · 16 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 28, 2017

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