1. Executive summary
Logos Ladder is a structured contributor growth framework within the Contribute Portal that recognizes and empowers individuals while fostering a strong sense of community ownership.
It offers a clear progression path from new contributors to governance-level members through a reputation-driven scoring system that equally values coding, design, documentation, translation, events, and mentorship.
By prioritizing recognition over financial rewards and aligning with open source best practices, Logos Ladder encourages contributors to take greater responsibility, build their reputation, and actively shape the future of the Logos ecosystem.
2. Core Principles
- Recognition over rewards: Highlight contributors publicly and build their reputation.
- Ownership and autonomy: Make contributors feel like co-owners of Logos, not just helpers.
- Community-first identity: Create a sense of belonging and collective purpose.
3. Case studies
- Contributor Ladder (OpenFeature, CNCF projects): the contributor ladder lays out tiers like Community Participant, Contributor, and Organization Member, each with defined responsibilities (e.g., submitting PRs), requirements (e.g., following contributing guides), and privileges (e.g., repo access):
- Apache Software Foundation: progression depends on peer recognition, not scores.
4. Logos Ladder
(TBD) Tier naming and hierarchy
1) Explorer (onboarded contributor)