Amplifying Black Excellence in Open Source
Building. Contributing. Leading.
BIOS connects, supports, and amplifies Black developers, engineers, architects, contributors, maintainers, students, and technology leaders building the future of open source, together.
$ git clone community
$ npm run mentorship
$ git commit -m "you belong here"
✓ Welcome to BIOS
Six pillars driving everything we build
We don't just want more Black people using open source. We want more Black people building it, contributing to it, maintaining it, and leading it.
Learn
Develop the technical knowledge and practical skills needed to participate confidently in open source.
Contribute
Find projects and make meaningful contributions, whether you're a beginner or an experienced professional.
Connect
Build relationships between developers, maintainers, companies, communities, and technology professionals.
Mentor
Pair experienced contributors with people taking their first steps into open source.
Build
Collaborate on real projects together, rather than simply consuming tutorials alone.
Lead
Progress from participant to maintainer, project leader, community leader, and technology advocate.
Ways to grow with BIOS
Mentorship Circles
Structured mentor-mentee matching for first-time contributors, aspiring maintainers, and engineers moving into leadership.
- 1:1 and small-group pairings
- Guidance on landing your first merged PR
- Career and maintainership coaching
Community & Events
Regular spaces to connect: contribution sprints, AMAs with maintainers, and casual community calls.
- Monthly community calls
- Open source contribution sprints
- Speaker spotlights and AMAs
Visibility & Spotlights
We amplify the work our members are already doing: talks, releases, projects, and career milestones.
- Member spotlight features
- Conference speaker referrals
- Project and release shoutouts
"This is more than a community. It's where we learn from one another, collaborate on projects, create opportunities, and help the next generation of Black technologists thrive."
The BIOS Founding Team
From the community
Stable and Longterm Kernel Updates: 7.2.4, 6.18.50, 6.12.109
Greg Kroah-Hartman pushed out new stable and longterm point releases across the 7.2, 6.18, and 6.12 lines, each bundling accumulated fixes across drivers, filesystems, and core subsystems.
Rust Debugging Survey 2026 Results
The Rust Project published results from its 2026 debugging survey, gathering community feedback on debugging tools and workflows to guide future tooling investment.
Docker Desktop 4.90.0
This release made 'Ask Gordon,' Docker's AI assistant, accessible as a persistent right-side drawer and added one-click AI diagnosis for containers, images, and volumes with detected issues.
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