Overview

Software for Progress Foundation supports developers building Open Source projects with meaningful public impact. The foundation focuses on software for education, accessibility, security, digital equity, and other public-good use cases where thoughtful tools can help people directly.

Builder Support

The project provides practical resources for builders: templates, project checklists, contribution guidance, launch planning, and review paths for Open Source projects that are ready for broader support.

Why It Exists

Many useful public-interest software projects fail not because the idea is weak, but because the surrounding systems are missing: documentation, scope, release planning, contributor pathways, maintenance practices, and sustainable support. Software for Progress Foundation exists to help those projects become usable, maintainable tools instead of one-off efforts.