Committer
Noun · Open Source
Definitions
A contributor with direct rights to commit code or merge changes into a project repository, often reflecting a trusted role in open source governance. In some communities, becoming a committer is a formal milestone of recognition and responsibility.
In plain English: A trusted contributor who has permission to directly merge or commit changes.
Example: "After two years of consistent review and maintenance work, she was invited to become a committer."
Related Terms
- Contributor Covenant
- Open Source Governance
- Apache Foundation
- Benevolent Dictator For Life
- Codeberg
- Community Standards
- Eclipse Foundation
- Enterprise Open Source
- Forking Etiquette
- FreeBSD
- Gitea
- Google Summer of Code
- Governance Model
- Gratipay
- Linux Foundation
- Maintainer Burnout
- Open Core
- Open Governance
- Open Source Security
- OSPO
- Outreachy
- Package Maintainer
- Peer Production
- Project Governance
- The Apache Way
- Tidelift
- Upstream
- WG
- Contributor License Agreement
- Open Container Initiative
- Code of Conduct Standard
- Core Contributor