Standard
Maintainability Standard
Issue triage, labels, contributor onboarding, repository health, project ownership, and long-term maintenance continuity.
The Maintainability Standard focuses on the operational habits that help open source projects remain understandable and sustainable.
Scope
- Issue lifecycle conventions
- Label systems
- Contributor onboarding
- Ownership and governance notes
- Repository health indicators
Baseline artifacts
A maintainable project should make it easy to understand how work enters the project, how decisions are made, and how contributors can participate responsibly.