What TODO Group does

TODO Group is an open, vendor-neutral community of practitioners who build, scale, and support Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs). Founded around 2016 and hosted by the Linux Foundation, the organization serves as a shared knowledge and coordination layer for OSPO programs across enterprise, government, academia, and non-profit organizations. Its membership has grown to 90+ organizations spanning technology, automotive, financial services, public sector, and education, with named members including Sony, Honda, Hitachi, Block, Nokia, Mercado Libre, China Mobile, and Information-technology Promotion Agency Japan. The community is governed by a Steering Committee elected from member organizations (most recently for the 2026-2028 term) and operated by a small 1-10 person core team of Linux Foundation project managers.

The organization's core offerings are knowledge artifacts and community platforms rather than commercial software. The product portfolio includes the OSPO Book (a collaboratively authored reference, also available as PDF), the OSPO MindMap, OSPO Glossary, OSPO Landscape dashboard, OSPO Training Modules, the annual State of OSPO and Open Source Management Survey (running since 2018), OSPOlogy monthly meetings, the OSPOCon conference co-located with the Linux Foundation Open Source Summit, regional OSPOlogy Live micro-conferences and local chapters (Japan, China, Finland, LATAM, Europe), the OSPO Ambassador Program (11 ambassadors across 13 countries), and working groups covering the OSPO Book, OSS in Business, CHAOSS OSPO Metrics, and Agentic AI. All documentation is licensed under CC BY 4.0 and code under Apache 2.0.

TODO Group operates as a non-commercial initiative with no traditional revenue. Both General Membership and Associate Membership are free, and the organization does not publish revenue figures. Infrastructure, legal hosting, and core staffing are provided by the Linux Foundation, with member organizations contributing practitioner time, authored content, regional event organization, and Steering Committee leadership. Recent strategic activity has emphasized expanding into AI governance (new Agentic AI working group, May 2026), professional certification (the CODE certification co-developed with OSI and Linux Foundation Training, 2025), new membership verticals (academia, energy, public sector), and deeper APAC engagement (OSPOCon Japan 2025, vivo HQ visit May 2026, Japan and Sweden ambassador appointments).

Name

TODO Group

Legal name

TODO Group

Website

https://todogroup.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TODO Group is a Linux Foundation-hosted, vendor-neutral community of Open Source Program Office practitioners serving 90+ member organizations globally. It produces the OSPO Book, annual State of OSPO Survey, training modules, conferences, regional chapters, and working groups, all under open licenses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. General Membership: TODO Group membership is free for organizations. General Members are organizations with open source management functions committed to advancing OSPO adoption, open source strategy, and emerging AI governance practices through open collaboration.
2. Associate Membership: Open source communities, projects, and foundations can join as Associates to support the TODO mission and help the OSPO movement at no cost.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

TODO Group is an open, vendor-neutral community hosted by the Linux Foundation that supports practitioners building, scaling, and operating Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs). It produces shared knowledge products such as the OSPO Book, OSPO MindMap, OSPO Glossary, OSPO Training Modules, the annual State of OSPO Survey, and the OSPO Landscape, and runs community events including OSPOCon, OSPOlogy Live, and the OSPO Ambassador Program.

Product overview

TODO Group is an open, vendor-neutral community of OSPO practitioners offering shared resources and guidance for open source management and emerging AI governance. The portfolio consists of core knowledge products (OSPOlogy community platform, OSPO Book, OSPO Mind Map, OSPO Glossary, OSPO Training Modules, OSPO Survey), event programs (OSPOCon conferences, OSPOlogy Live micro-conferences, local chapter meetups), professional development (OSPO Ambassador Program, Working Groups, CODE certification), and resources (Guides, Case Studies, OSPO Landscape dashboard). All documentation is licensed under CC BY 4.0 and code under Apache 2.0.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OSPO Book
• OSPO Training Modules
• OSPO Mind Map
• OSPO Glossary
• OSPO Landscape
• State of OSPO and Open Source Management Survey
• OSPOCon
• OSPOlogy Live
• Certified Open Source Developer for Enterprise (CODE)
• OSPO Ambassador Program
• OSPOlogy Working Groups
• OSPO Lifecycle Whitepaper

Quantifiable outcome

• OSPO adoption increased 32% in 2023 compared to 2022
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• CNBCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025TODO Group collaborates with CNCB on the OSPO Book project, co-developed in collaboration with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
• LF APAC OSPO SIGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024LF APAC OSPO SIG joined as an OSPO Associate, pioneering the 'OSPO 10,000 Miles Journey' series of OSPO meetups since 2021 and collaborating on the China Chapter initiatives.
• CURIOSScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024CURIOSS joined as an OSPO Associate - a community of individuals working in University and Research Institute Open Source Program Offices, strengthening the bond between academic and enterprise open source engagements.
• CHAOSS ProjectcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2018CHAOSS (Community Health Analytics for Open Source Software) collaborates on OSPO Metrics working group, providing metrics and models for measuring OSPO impact. CHAOSS also serves as advisor and distributor for the annual OSPO Survey.
• Open Source Initiative (OSI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018OSI collaborates on the annual OSPO Survey as advisor and serves as a distribution partner for OSPO research.
• OpenSSFcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2018Open Source Security Foundation collaborates on security best practices, training and tools as part of the Linux Foundation Management & Best Practices ecosystem.
• OpenChaincoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2018OpenChain provides process management standards for open source compliance as part of the Linux Foundation ecosystem.
• SPDXcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2018SPDX (Software Bill Of Materials automation tooling and best practices) collaborates as part of the Linux Foundation Management & Best Practices ecosystem.
• FINOScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018FINOS (best practices for financial services) collaborates as part of the Linux Foundation ecosystem for open source management best practices.
• InnerSource Commons FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018InnerSource Commons Foundation collaborates on OSPO Survey distribution and shares best practices for inner sourcing as a complement to OSPO practices.
• Linux FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2016The Linux Foundation serves as the host organization for TODO Group. TODO is a Linux Foundation collaborative project operating under the LF Management & Best Practices ecosystem alongside sister projects like SPDX, OpenSSF, OpenChain, FINOS, and CHAOSS.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Apache Software Foundation: Long-standing open source foundation stewarding the Apache license and a large project ecosystem; analogous membership/community operating model but focused on project incubation rather than OSPO enablement.
• Linux Foundation: Parent/host of TODO Group and a hub for many open source foundations; comparable as a community-of-communities membership organization but operates at vastly greater scale across the full open source stack.
• Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF): Linux Foundation sub-foundation for cloud native open source projects; comparable as a vendor-neutral membership organization hosting practitioner communities, training, and certification programs.
• Eclipse Foundation: Foundation supporting working groups (e.g., Jakarta EE, Adoptium) with a corporate-membership model; adjacent comparable as a vendor-neutral open source governance organization serving enterprise members.
• Open Source Initiative (OSI): Long-established non-profit stewarding the Open Source Definition and licensing ecosystem; partners with TODO on the OSPO Survey and co-developed the CODE certification, serving an overlapping enterprise and policy audience.

Emerging players

• CURIOSS: Community of University and Research Institute Open Source Program Offices that joined TODO as an Associate; addresses the same OSPO enablement need but with a narrower academic and research focus.

Others

• FINOS (Fintech Open Source Foundation): Linux Foundation sibling project advancing open source in financial services; ecosystem-adjacent and occasionally co-referenced with TODO on regulated-industry OSPO practices.

Direct peers

• OpenChain Project: Linux Foundation sibling project defining process management standards for open source compliance; closely adjacent to OSPO workflows (license compliance) and frequently referenced alongside TODO resources.
• CHAOSS Project: Linux Foundation project focused on open source community health metrics; directly collaborates with TODO on the OSPO Metrics working group and co-distributes the annual State of OSPO Survey. Operates the same community/association model for a closely adjacent topic.
• InnerSource Commons Foundation: Foundation advancing inner sourcing practices inside enterprises; partners with TODO on OSPO Survey distribution and shares the same vendor-neutral practitioner-community operating model targeting corporate open source teams.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/todogroup
• GitHubgithub.com/todogroup/todogroup.org
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ospology
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/todo-group

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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