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Meet our guest speakers

We’re thrilled to welcome two amazing speakers to the Summit:

  • Kevin White, Head of Marketing at Common Room
  • Soham Maniar, Director of RevOps at Weaviate

Together, we will dive into the importance of open source usage data for commercial open source companies. 

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The Scarf Summit is back, and we’re inviting you to join us for an event that’s all about turning open source usage data into actionable insights.

This is your chance to connect with our team, hear directly from Scarf users, and learn how open source companies are leveraging usage data to uncover new opportunities, refine their outreach strategies, and fuel revenue growth.

Meet our guest speakers

We’re thrilled to welcome two amazing speakers to the Summit:

  • Kevin White, Head of Marketing at Common Room
  • Soham Maniar, Director of RevOps at Weaviate

Together, we will dive into the importance of open source usage data for commercial open source companies. 

‍

Event Details

📅 Date: December 10th, 2024

🕒 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET

‍

Register now to save your spot!

We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

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How to Use Metrics to Track and Evaluate Your Open Source Community’s Success

Open source software depends on the power of its community. But how do you know if your community is healthy and thriving? In this blog, you will learn how to use metrics to track and evaluate your community’s activity, engagement, growth, diversity, quality, and impact. You will hear from founders, DevRel experts, and investors who share their best practices and tips on how to measure and improve your community’s performance and value.
Daniela Villegas
June 27, 2023
How to: Using anonymous downloads, website traffic, and documentation views to generate leads

How to: Using anonymous downloads, website traffic, and documentation views to generate leads

Learn how to overcome the challenges of open source software marketing and turn anonymous data into qualified leads. In this blog post, we’ll show you how to use download data, web traffic, and documentation views to identify potential customers and grow your sales pipeline. Discover how to track downloads, website traffic and documentation views with Scarf Gateway and the Scarf Tracking Pixel.
Matt Yonkovit
June 23, 2023
Why Your Open Source Startup Is Going To Fail (And What You Can Do About It)

Why Your Open Source Startup Is Going To Fail (And What You Can Do About It)

This blog post outlines ten common mistakes made by founders of open source startups, from failing to ask the right questions to neglecting the standardization of key metrics. By offering guidance on how to avoid these pitfalls, it provides a roadmap to successfully commercializing open source projects.
Matt Yonkovit
June 16, 2023
Open Source Monetization 101: A Step-by-Step Guide

Open Source Monetization 101: A Step-by-Step Guide

Many people believe that making money from open source projects is an arduous or even impossible task. However, with the right strategies it is possible to build a sustainable business while keeping the spirit of open source intact. By evaluating the market fit and commercial viability of an open source project before considering funding and monetization, one can realistically begin to explore the financial potential of an open source project. Here's how to do it.
Daniela Villegas
June 9, 2023
The Open Source Sales & Marketing Funnel: Navigating the Challenges of Anonymous Downloads and Activity Tracking

The Open Source Sales & Marketing Funnel: Navigating the Challenges of Anonymous Downloads and Activity Tracking

This blog emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive approach to lead generation in the open source software space. Amid the challenges of anonymous usage and privacy regulations, strategies focusing on download activity, community engagement, and web traffic can maximize lead identification. Employing lead scoring and maintaining a list of active software users can further enhance sales outcomes in this unique market.
Matt Yonkovit
May 30, 2023
Scarf Newsletter - May 2023
Scarf Newsletter

Scarf Newsletter - May 2023

Stay up to date with the latest updates from Scarf. Discover upcoming features, industry news, partnerships, and events. May 2023 Newsletter.
Scarf
May 22, 2023
Harnessing Software Download Patterns: Using Open Source Download Metrics to Uncover New Users and Potential Customers

Harnessing Software Download Patterns: Using Open Source Download Metrics to Uncover New Users and Potential Customers

Here at Scarf, we've developed a solution to help open source projects and businesses gain more insight into their users and their download traffic - Scarf Gateway. Here's how it works.
Matt Yonkovit
May 12, 2023
Unlocking Growth Potential: Scarf Users Benefit from Clearbit Integration for Improved User Intelligence
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Unlocking Growth Potential: Scarf Users Benefit from Clearbit Integration for Improved User Intelligence

We are thrilled to announce our latest partnership with Clearbit (https://clearbit.com/). This collaboration will offer Scarf users and customers an enriched array of data about their user base, significantly enhancing the quality of information you already value from Scarf.
May 8, 2023
State of Open Source Usage Q1 2023: The Scarf Report
Reports

State of Open Source Usage Q1 2023: The Scarf Report

The popularity of open source software is not in doubt, but little concrete public data exists beyond human-generated surveys on adoption usage. In this blog post, we will explore the state of open source usage in Q1 2023 and the data illustrating how open source is becoming an increasingly important part of enterprise operations.
Scarf
May 4, 2023
Connecting Community Efforts in Open Source to Business Success

Connecting Community Efforts in Open Source to Business Success

The success of DevRel (Developer Relations) and community efforts in open source can be challenging to measure, as there is often a disconnect between the goals and expectations of the community and the business. This blog post discusses the challenges of measuring the success of DevRel and community efforts in open source.
Matt Yonkovit
April 27, 2023
3 Keys to Growing the Adoption of an Open Source Project

3 Keys to Growing the Adoption of an Open Source Project

Successful open source projects don't always translate into successful open source businesses. However, by focusing on building a kick-ass product, raising awareness, making the product easier to use, and fostering a strong open source community, you can set the stage for converting users into paying customers.
Matt Yonkovit
April 19, 2023
The Most Neglected and Overlooked Open Source Metric: Production Users

The Most Neglected and Overlooked Open Source Metric: Production Users

Everyone wants a larger open source user base, but very few people effectively measure its growth. Let’s discuss why.
Matt Yonkovit
March 21, 2023
Switching Container Registries With Zero Downtime

Switching Container Registries With Zero Downtime

You can use the open source Scarf Gateway to switch hosting providers, container registries, or repositories without impacting end users in the future.
Scarf
March 16, 2023
Understanding Tech Layoffs and the Economy’s Impact on Open Source

Understanding Tech Layoffs and the Economy’s Impact on Open Source

What is driving all this tech layoffs? , What is their impact on the open source software industry? We will walk through all the potential reasons from an economic downturn, herd mentality, excessive borrowing and spending due to low interest rates, and growth at all costs as the main reasons behind the layoffs. Companies can continue to grow in this tight economic market if they are focused on optimizing efficiency and sustaining the right growth.
Matt Yonkovit
March 13, 2023
Why Downloads are an Essential Metric for Open Source Software Projects

Why Downloads are an Essential Metric for Open Source Software Projects

If you're only going to track one thing for your OSS project, track your downloads.
Avi Press
February 3, 2023
The Open Source Business Metrics Guide

The Open Source Business Metrics Guide

How to Build, Grow, and Measure the Success of an Open Source Business
Matt Yonkovit
January 4, 2023
Messaging and Positioning Considerations for Introducing an Open Source Product
Podcasts

Messaging and Positioning Considerations for Introducing an Open Source Product

At the All Things Open conference, Emily Omier, a seasoned positioning consultant, sat down with Avi Press (Founder and CEO, Scarf) and Matt Yonkovit (The HOSS, Scarf) to discuss how to message, position, and validate your open source product on The Hacking Open Source Business Podcast. You can watch the full episode below or continue reading for a recap.
Scarf
December 9, 2022
How to Get the Attention of an Open Source Software Investor
Podcasts

How to Get the Attention of an Open Source Software Investor

On the Hacking Open Source Business podcast, Joseph Jacks aka JJ (Founder, OSS Capital) joins Avi Press (Founder and CEO, Scarf) and Matt Yonkovit (The HOSS, Scarf) to share what you need to know before starting a commercial open source software (COSS) company and how you can set yourself and your project apart in a way that attracts investor funding. As an investor who exclusively focuses on open source startups, JJ provides a VC perspective on what he looks for when evaluating investment opportunities.
Scarf
November 28, 2022
Heroic Labs' Journey to Open Source and 5.3M Docker Downloads
Podcasts

Heroic Labs' Journey to Open Source and 5.3M Docker Downloads

On The Hacking Open Source Business podcast, CEO Chris Molozian and Head of Developer Relations Gabriel Pene at Heroic Labs elaborate on their usage and shift to open source and how it accelerated their adoption.
Scarf
November 21, 2022
How to Keep Open Source Projects Open Source
Podcasts

How to Keep Open Source Projects Open Source

In this recap of the first episode of the Hacking Open Source Business Podcast, co-hosts Matt Yonkovit and Avi Press, Scarf Founder and CEO, dig into a recent controversy that highlights the challenges open source projects face trying to create sustainable revenue streams to support a business or a non-profit that funds the project’s growth.
Scarf
November 14, 2022
How Buoyant Drives Open-Source-Led Growth with Linkerd
Case Study

How Buoyant Drives Open-Source-Led Growth with Linkerd

Building a business around an open-source project is hard. Learn more about how Buoyant drives product-led growth with Linkerd.
Avi Press
August 31, 2022
Alex Biehl: Open Sourcing a Tool to Generate Haskell Server Stubs

Alex Biehl: Open Sourcing a Tool to Generate Haskell Server Stubs

Alex is a software engineer at Scarf who recently open sourced a tool to generate Haskell server stubs called Tie.
Christina Gorton
July 20, 2022
Tanner Linsley: Building Sustainable Open Source Projects

Tanner Linsley: Building Sustainable Open Source Projects

Tanner Linsley joined us to explain how he got started in open source and how he has made working in open source sustainable.
Christina Gorton
July 17, 2022
Stefano Maffulli: An Exploration on Standards for Open Source Packaging and Distribution

Stefano Maffulli: An Exploration on Standards for Open Source Packaging and Distribution

Scarf Sessions is a new stream where we have conversations with people shaping the landscape in open source and open source sustainability. This post will give a recap of the conversation Scarf CEO, Avi Press and I had with our guest Stefano Maffulli.
Christina Gorton
June 28, 2022
Using OSS Usage Data to Sell your Company
Case Study

Using OSS Usage Data to Sell your Company

Learn how Nestybox used Scarf to gather better project insights and provide accurate data during their recent acquisition.
Christina Gorton
June 13, 2022
A Different Approach to Measuring Open Source Community Health

A Different Approach to Measuring Open Source Community Health

Community is important to the success of open source software. To understand and grow a community, project founders and maintainers need visibility into various technical, social, and even financial metrics. But what metrics should we be using?
Christina Gorton
May 30, 2022
Scarf Tech Stack: Relude

Scarf Tech Stack: Relude

This blog post will talk about Relude, a project we use in the majority of our Scarf tech stack
Christina Gorton
May 25, 2022
Python Wheels vs Eggs (And How Data-Driven Decisions Must Become The Norm in Open-Source)

Python Wheels vs Eggs (And How Data-Driven Decisions Must Become The Norm in Open-Source)

Should Python eggs be deprecated in favor of wheels? What does the data show? This post explores how the right data can make decisions like this easier for maintainers and Open Source organizations.
Avi Press
May 9, 2022
Announcing Python Support

Announcing Python Support

Advanced registry analytics are now available for Python package maintainers
Avi Press
April 3, 2022
Changelog: Company Identification Change

Changelog: Company Identification Change

Announcing a new change to the way we identify companies.
Christina Gorton
April 3, 2022
Project Spotlight: Scarf Gateway Stats

Project Spotlight: Scarf Gateway Stats

This Project Spotlight will focus on another exciting open source project, Scarf Gateway Stats.
Christina Gorton
March 2, 2022
Sync Scarf Data with Salesforce
March 18, 2025

Sync Scarf Data with Salesforce

Keeping your Salesforce accounts in sync with Scarf’s company data gives your team a clearer picture of how organizations are engaging with your open-source project.
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Daniela Villegas
Daniela Villegas
Turn Your Open Source Adoption into Revenue with Scarf + Salesforce & Hubspot
March 18, 2025

Turn Your Open Source Adoption into Revenue with Scarf + Salesforce & Hubspot

Companies offering open source are pouring resources into the project, but it remains a black hole for go-to-market teams—high adoption, but no clear path to conversion. With Scarf, company-level usage data is available while maintaining privacy. The native integration with Salesforce and Hubspot, brings your open source users from passive usage to pipeline acceleration.
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Sara Dornsife
Sara Dornsife
How We Use Scarf for Open Source Marketing
February 21, 2025

How We Use Scarf for Open Source Marketing

Open source projects generate a treasure trove of data (downloads, doc views, project usage), but most open source companies aren’t tapping into it. Here’s how Scarf helps us, and how it can help you do the same with your marketing.
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Daniela Villegas
Daniela Villegas
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Join Us at the Scarf Summit on December 10th

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The Scarf Summit is back, and we’re inviting you to join us for an event that’s all about turning open source usage data into actionable insights.

This is your chance to connect with our team, hear directly from Scarf users, and learn how open source companies are leveraging usage data to uncover new opportunities, refine their outreach strategies, and fuel revenue growth.

Meet our guest speakers

We’re thrilled to welcome two amazing speakers to the Summit:

  • Kevin White, Head of Marketing at Common Room
  • Soham Maniar, Director of RevOps at Weaviate

Together, we will dive into the importance of open source usage data for commercial open source companies. 

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Event Details

📅 Date: December 10th, 2024

🕒 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET

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Register now to save your spot!

We’re looking forward to seeing you there!