These are working groups that have formed to collaborate on specific Open edX topics, covering product, engineering, marketing and collaboration.
See Working Group Guidelines and Definition for how to start and manage a working group.
See our public Open edX Working Group calendar which contains the schedule of our recurring Working Group meetings (calendar ID to open in specific app)
See also: Inactive Working Groups
Active Working Groups
Group Name | Description | Contact Information |
|---|---|---|
Build-Test-Release Working Group (BTR) | This working group is chartered with the direction and ownership of the Open edX community releases. Its goals are to create and maintain Open edX releases for use by the global community. | Wiki: Build-Test-Release Working Group Project Board: https://github.com/orgs/openedx/projects/28 Slack: #wg-build-test-release Discourse: https://discuss.openedx.org/c/working-groups/build-test-release/30 |
Frontend Working Group | The Frontend Working Group is responsible for stewardship of the frontend of the Open edX platform. The working group exists as a technical advisory board, curators of our frontend strategic roadmap, and to empower the community to execute on our shared challenges and opportunities. | Wiki: Frontend Working Group Project Board: https://github.com/openedx/frontend-wg/projects/1 Slack: #frontend-working-group Meetings: Every week on Thursdays, alternating between 11:00 and 15:00 UTC. |
Marketing Working Group | The Marketing Working Group is comprised of various Open edX Marketplace providers, who collaborate on increasing global visibility and marketshare for the Open edX platform. | Slack: |
Translations Working Group | The Translations Working Group consists of various community members to assist with submitting, coordinating, and reviewing translations in Transifex, in an effort to enhance our overall localization strategy vis a vis a centralized collaboration approach. | Wiki: Translation Working Group Slack: Project Board: |
Data Working Group | The data working group is focused on building a set of community supported interfaces for supporting analytical capabilities related to the Open edX platform. | WIki: Data Working Group Slack: #wg-data Discourse: https://discuss.openedx.org/c/working-groups/data/34 |
Deprecation Working Group (DEPR) | We work to remove old, outdated parts of the Open edX codebase in order to improve code cleanliness, readability, and extensibility. | Wiki: Deprecation Working Group Project Board: https://github.com/orgs/openedx/projects/9 Slack: #wg-depr-slash-n-burn Meeting notes: DEPR Meeting Notes (2022) |
Product Working Group | Coming soon | Slack: #wg-product Meeting notes: Agendas & Meetings Notes Meetings: Every two weeks on Tuesdays, starting 21 June 2022 at 1600 UTC (11am EST / 10am EDT) |
Developer Experience Working Group | Coming Soon | Slack: #wg-developer-experience Wiki: Developer Experience Working Group Meeting notes: DevExp Meetup Notes Meeting: Every two weeks on Tuesdays (opposite of Product WG) at 1600 UTC (11am EST / 10am EDT) Project board: https://github.com/orgs/openedx/projects/37 |