We’re hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) with open source maintainers here on GitHub Community part of Maintainer Month this May.

The discussion opens (unlocks 🔓) on Wednesday, 27 May from 8am PT to 1pm PT. Drop by, ask questions, read along, and upvote questions that interest you. ⬆️

The Maintainers 👑 (so far...)

• @angiejones from Agentic AI Foundations
• @camilamaia from ScanAPI
• @MikeMcQuaid from Homebrew
• @mrbobbytables from Kubernetes
• @vincentkoc from OpenClaw

Need inspiration for a question? Here are a few ideas: how has maintaining changed over the years, what contributor interactions are actually helpful, how AI is affecting day-to-day work, what burnout looks like, how decisions get made, or how can people encourage their companies to support open source contributions?

Hot topic: AI-generated contributions
One of the most common themes we've been hearing from maintainers is the surge in low-quality contributions that may not add any value to a project, but consume enormous amounts of maintainer time. We're actively working on tools to give maintainers more control: per-repo limits on concurrent open PRs and Issues from unknown contributors, contributor allowlists to bypass these limits, and global rate limits to catch users who spray multiple repositories at once. Feel free to chat with maintainers to understand what strategies they've adopted to handle AI slop entering their repos, or how/if they plan on leveraging some of these new tools.

No presentations or formal agenda. We'll focus on a conversation with maintainers from different projects and ecosystems. ❤️

Although Maintainer Month 2026 has almost wrapped up, you can still explore the conversations, stories, and events that took place throughout May. Check out some Maintainer Month resources here:

• Welcome to Maintainer Month blog post
• Maintainer Month website: including event schedule, library of resources and love letters. 💌
• Apply to the Maintainer Community

Catch you around tomorrow from 8am PT to 1pm PT.

#MaintainerMonth