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builder program

introduction

a builder program is an initiative that organizations launch to encourage individuals to contribute software, systems, or products into the ecosystem. By offering rewards or compensation for these contributions, the program aims to expand open source solutions within the ecosystem, grow the developer/builder community and create funnels for larger projects to explore.

Sample requirements

bounty adminstrators must set clear guides and requirements for contributions to make sure that the whole process is transparent and fair to all participants.

  • issue, PR, discussion formats.
  • rules on rewards or compensation.
  • code of conduct for the community.

bounty ideas

contribute to public repos within the ecosystem

rewards

Amount can be equivalent of $10 to $500 depending on the scope

description

adminstrators of a bounty program can assign a set of repositories on GitHub as "open-for-contributions". Then, contributions can be made following the below workflows:

workflow 1

  1. Open an issue to communicate the scope of the contribution.
  2. Wait for administrator communication.
  3. Upon confirmation, proceed to complete the bounty and open a Pull Request (PR) as per the required format.
  4. Bounty administrators can review the PR, comment or merge accordingly.

workflow 2

  1. Open a discussion in the "Ideas" section in Discussion tab on GitHub repository on the scope of the contribution.
  2. Wait for administrator communication.
  3. Upon confirmation, proceed to complete the bounty and open a Pull Request (PR) as per the required format.
  4. Bounty administrators can review the PR, comment or merge accordingly.

expectations

Bounty hunters will open PRs and contribute. All of these activities can be tracked via GitHub analytics. This helps nurturing the developer community, gives many people a chance to participate within the community.

Key metrics

  • Number of issues
  • Number of PRs
  • Number of discussions
  • Number of stars
  • Number of forks

sample program

Kaia Builder program

  • Kaia builder program is a year round bounty program that rewards open source contributors building many things for the Kaia ecosystem.
  • Link to the program: Kaia Builder Program
  • Program manager: ZxStim