The largest Arabic FOSS community

A community with the aim of spreading and enriching the culture of FOSS software in the Arab world and to make it easy for people to contribute and take part.

Aosus projects

Aosus services

To support and raise awareness about Digital privacy, we host Privacy services/front ends for popular social platforms, allowing you to browse their content without Ads and tracking.

Who are we ?

Aosus Community is a non-profit project by a group of Arab tech enthusiasts to create a dedicated community for FOSS software, hardware and its philosophy in the Arabic language.

Our Goal

To promote the idea and values of free and open source software & hardware in the Arab world.

Our Vision

To be a pioneer in raising awareness and promoting free and open source software and hardware in the Arab world. To create an Arabic center for all things open source.

Our Values

Collaboration, Transparency, Commitment, Responsibility and Privacy

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Latest updates in the Aosus community

مجتمع أسس يرعى هاكاثون Daydream لطلاب المدارس بالإسكندرية

مجتمع أسس يرعى هاكاثون Daydream في الاسنكدرية, ليعرف طلاب المدارس على البرمجيات المفتوحة و الحرة عبر برمجة الالعاب مع محرك Godot.

ساهم في تَرْجَمَة Firefox!

هل انت تستخدم متصفح Firefox ومهتم بتحسين دعمة للعربية؟ Mozilla تطلب منك المساعدة! المتصفح يحتاج لمساهمتكم لتحسين دعمه للعربية.

توقف خدمة Piped.

خدمة Piped في مجتمع أسس تواجه مشاكل بتشغيل الفيديوهات منذ فترة. ولذلك نعلن عن ايقاف الخدمة قريبا.

Project Timeline

Early days

2015

Early days

The beginning was on social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram, where members seek to have a community on the web different from Linuxac.org and be unique in offering and contributing to the world of free and open source software.

The Launch

2016

Aosus Launch

AOSUS was founded in 2016 by a group of Arab FOSS enthusiasts as a complete community for free and open source software, with the aim of spreading and raising awareness for Arabic speakers in all countries of the world.

Held the first localization workshop for open source software

Several open source software such as Discourse and Rocket Chat, and many of them were localized by the efforts of members of the Aosus community.

2017

Support Arab projects

The beginning of the first support for Arab projects concerned with free and open source software by providing financial and infrastructure support.

Expansion

2021

Merger between two groups on Telegram

In order to have new members with aspirations and energy to contribute to Aosus. The team decided to merge the two groups of Aosus and the GNU Linux on Telegram into one group to unite efforts in the Arabic FOSS movement.

Joining the Matrix network

In line with our goal to promote FOSS software in the Arab world, we joined the Federated Matrix Network with Bridges to enable cross-platform chat.

Starting the Aosus Writing Award

The first award of its kind in the Arab world. A monthly award to motivate the writing of content on free and open source software in the Arabic language.
With financial prizes of up to $250!

2022

Financial Transparency

Joining Open Collective

We have joined the Open Collective, as one of the first Arab projects on the platforms, so that we can be financially independent and transparent.
Open Collective will now be used for all future costs, expenses, and support for the Aosus community.

2023

Joining Discord

We always aim to be present on the most popular platforms to reach people interested in FOSS wherever they may be.
And for gamers and tech enthusiasts, Discord is clearly one of the most widely used social platforms.
That's why we've set up our own Discord server with a matrix bridge to allow people to talk across platforms, using their favourite platform.

More details (Arabic only)

2024

تواجد قانوني

Aosus gets non-profit status in the U.S.

أنتقل مجتمع أسس في 2024 الى The Hack foundation كراعي قانوني, مما ممكن أسس من الحصول على تواجد قانوني كمنظمة غير ربحية مسجله بالولايات المتحدة من نوع 501(c)(3), وهذا يعطينا استقلالية اكبر بالإضافة لإمكانية أعطاء تخفيض ضريبي على التبرعات في الولايات المتحدة.