InnerSource is an approach to software development inside an organisation that is inspired by the success of the Open Source Software movement. A diverse community of practitioners is sharing and refining patterns at InnerSource commons

InnerSource promotes collaboration, and code-reuse. It opens organisational silos, and facilitates the flow of useful content for those who need it.

People say it's a useful way to share knowledge, improve code quality, and increase the reach and impact of their work.

• Accelerate development and encourage collaboration
• Increase transparency and accountability
• Enhance employee engagement

To get started, make it easy for people outside your team to see your source code, and share a guide on how to contribute.

• Start as an experiment
• Agree to, and publish standards
• Use asynchronous communication tools
• Grant access to source code repository
• Make documentation available
• Automate testing

For more patterns, on how to practice InnerSource see https://patterns.innersourcecommons.org/