electron/governance

This repository documents how the Electron open-source project governs itself. Electron is the framework that lets developers build desktop applications using web technologies, and this repo explains who makes decisions about the project and how those decisions get made. The governance model is organized around Working Groups, each responsible for a different area. There are groups covering the public API, community safety and moderation, the broader ecosystem of related tools, outreach and communication, releases, security, technical upgrades, and infrastructure. Each group operates somewhat independently and posts its own rules, meeting notes, and decisions in this repository. An Administrative Working Group sits above the others and steps in to resolve conflicts when two working groups disagree. A chair leads each group, the chair role rotates on a regular schedule. The repository also defines common terms used across the project: a maintainer is someone active in governance, a collaborator is active in the community but not in governance, and a participant covers both. All groups and participants follow a shared Code of Conduct. The content here is mostly documentation and shell scripts used to manage the governance processes, rather than application source code.