Open Source in Israel

HaMakor

• HaMakor is an Israeli Society for Free Software and Open-Source Code, a registered Non Profit organization.

It is not very active these days, but I think there is a lot of potential in it and a lot to do.

Goals

• Promote Open Source and Free Software in Israel

• Government

• Companies

• Non-profits

• Individuals

• More and younger people to become active in the Open Source communities.
  • Contributing to open source projects in various ways.
  • Organizing communities (WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Meetup).
  • Organizing meetings and conferences.

Language communities

• Python
• Rust
• Perl
• Core C++
• Go - GopherCon

• Python Communities in Meetup, WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, etc.
• Rust communities

Other communities

• Maakaf
• Baot
• Hackeriot

Tasks

• Top GitHub committers in Israel.
• Contribute to open source projects.
• Get your company to contribute to open source.

OSDC

Open Source Development [Conference | Community | Club | Course]

• OSDC

Conferences

• 2025.10.19 Core C++ 2025
• 2025.05.28 GopherCon 2025
• 2024.10.30-31 DeVOps Day TLV 2024

Q and A

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• Gábor Szabó on LinkedIn and on GitHub