Open Source Technology Improvement Fund

Securing Open Source for the World

The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is a corporate non-profit dedicated to securing open source apps that we all depend on. Securing software isn’t easy, and we know what it takes to succeed. By facilitating security audits and reviews, OSTIF makes it easy for projects to significantly improve security.

Better Security Through A Massive Community

 

 

Through the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund, projects have been able to find and fix critical security bugs.

100+
partner projects

1000+
world class security experts

13000+
hours of security review

130+
severe bugs patched

billions
protected

Support the OSTIF Mission

Open-source projects keep today’s Internet infrastructure afloat. They are critical for the operation of every webserver, every browser, and every banking platform. And they are cared for by a surprisingly small group of people with a limited amount of time. Without dedicated security experts, these projects often don’t get the attention they require.

We can do it with help from supporters like you.

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Paramiko Audit Complete! The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is proud to share the results of our security audit of Paramiko. Paramiko is an open source Python implementation of the SSHv2 protocol designed… Read more »
LibVLC Audit Complete! The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is proud to share the results of our security audit of LibVLC. LibVLC is the open source core engine and foundation of VLC media… Read more »
Inspektor Gadget Audit Complete! The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is proud to share the results of our security audit of Inspektor Gadget. Inspektor Gadget is a collection of open source libraries and tools… Read more »