Building healthy open-source
is hard.should be fun

Zirkular connects contributors and maintainers in a community-first workspace with goal-oriented communication, efficient workflows and smart automations.

Inspired by communities like

old

Big effort to get up-to-date. Distributed information in many issues and PRs.
500 messages, 50 PRs. Organizing community contribution is hard.
Overwhelming amout of issues. Many issues can't be resolved within a reasonable amount of time.
A lot of overhead. Maintainers have time-consuming tasks required to lead the community.
Chaotic decision meetings. Unable to make decisions in a timely manner.
Information lost in chat. Unable to keep track of important information.
Backroom decisioning. Community isn't always aware of what's happening.

new

Easy to get up-to-date. Get up-to-date information in a single place.
Documented conversations. Link important information, documents, and discussions.
Automated and smart. The easiest way to manage your open-source project.
Collaborate on ideas and initiatives. Organize community contribution from idea to release.
Powerful threading. Orderly and structured. Every thread has one topic.
Efficient Planning. Organize and plan issues, ideas, PRs and releases.
Transparent leading. Maintainers can successfully lead the community by making decisions transparent.
Ready-made agenda. Community brings topics together.