This is the Typst Community organization manifest repository. Here you can find information about the organization, including its governance, goals, and how to get involved.

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Warning

Work in progress

Who runs this?

This organization is run by volunteer Typst users, unaffiliated with the official Typst project. Please see the GOVERNANCE.md file for the current governance structure. and CONTRIBUTING.md for more information on how to get involved (everyone is welcome).

Why an organization?

Unity is essential for any community to thrive. While decentralization may seem like a good idea, it can actually be harmful, leading to fragmentation and a lack of direction. Although open-source communities are typically decentralized, many have found success in creating a centralized entity to connect the community. We aim to follow their example to reduce fragmentation.

These communities in question are the coq-community and nix-community communities.

What are its goals?

We follow, in essence, the same goals as the other communities. Namely:

Collaborative maintenance of Typst packages and tools

We aim to provide a central location for the maintenance of Typst packages and tools.

Projects can be hosted in typst-community whenever any of the following is the case:

• The author stopped maintaining the project.
• The project has become a collective work, as several community members are actively working on it.
• The author is still maintaining the project but they want to encourage other community members to participate in its maintenance and possibly take over.
• The project is a tool of general interest and it makes sense to develop it collaboratively.

Attribution

This document is heavily inspired by the coq-community manifesto.