Journée J'aime les Logiciels Libres
Nous sous-estimons souvent le pouvoir d'un simple Merci. Les contributeurs des Logiciels Libres réalisent des travaux importants pour notre société et ils méritent de l'attention. La journée « J'aime les Logiciels Libres » le 14 février (aussi connu comme la Saint-Valentin) est l'opportunité parfaite pour vous d'exprimer votre gratitude particulière.
Dans la communauté des Logiciels Libres, nous attendons beaucoup de travail des mainteneurs des projets des Logiciels Libres. Nous voulons que nos rapports de bogues soient traités rapidement et nous demandons de nouvelles fonctionnalités à des personnes qui utilisent souvent leur temps libre bénévolement sur du code de Logiciel Libre, les traductions, les tests ou la conception. Rien n'est mauvais dans tout cela car les retours constructifs nous aident à nous améliorer et conservent les projets de Logiciels Libres en vie. Mais il est également important de montrer de l'appréciation à ceux qui travaillent de manière désintéressée toute l'année pour nous ! Vous pouvez montrer votre amour pour les Logiciels Libres en disant merci à votre projet ou contributeur de Logiciel Libre favori.
La journée « J'aime les Logiciels Libres » annuelle vous permet de faire du 14 février un jour plein de messages positifs, créatifs et charmants pour toute la communauté. Ensemble, nous pouvons célébrer la liberté des logiciels qui nous garnit de pouvoirs.
I ♥ Free Software Day 2026: Maintainer matters
“I Love Free Software Day” is a long-lasting tradition. On this day, we thank all the people behind Free Software projects or programs and let them know that their work does not go unnoticed. Let’s celebrate all the wonderful people working for Free Software together: join the “I Love Free Software Day” celebrations all over Europe. Get in touch with your local FSFE group and organise a fun meeting.
We are grateful to those who work and contribute to the Free Software
universe: developers, designers, translators, advocates, contributors,
users, and more. There are a lot of different Free Software
communities out there, with different values or different focuses in
their work. But we all contribute to Free Software and value the
freedom to use, study, share and improve software. Let's celebrate our
appreciation for Free Software and the people behind it with a simple
Thank you!
For our upcoming 13th edition of the "I Love Free Software Day" we have a special focus on maintainers of Free Software projects. Maintainers of Free Software projects are those who most often ensure the availability of all Free Software projects on various systems. Their work is vital for all of us using Free Software in our daily lives. their contribution is often a time consuming and money consuming tasks. As the packages need to be build and checked – depending on the packages this can need powerful resources. With the upcoming “I Love Free Software Day: 2026” we focus on the commitment of maintainers to the Free Software ecosystem. Let us celebrate their work and contribution and thank all of them!
Join the celebrations for "I Love Free Software Day 2026"
You want to participate in the "I Love Free Software Day 2026"? Now is the time to start
planning and to reach out to us
on social media
or
Celebrations and events in Europe
To be announced
❤ Get active ❤
If you want to organise an event in your local area feel free to take a look at our toolkit toolkit for local groups. In this kit you find resources for organising your own I Love Free Software Day event. reach out to us via email. For "I Love Free Software Day 2025" we want to organise events dedicated for Free Software projects that are a part of our core infrastructure.
- Contact your local library and organise a talk about Free Software and the four freedoms
- Contact your local hackerspace and organise a Free Software meet-up with them
- Contact local Free Software companies and organise an event with them
- Reach out to your local Free Software group, local Linux User Group or digital rights groups and organise an event together!
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Say thanks
Think about a Free Software project that you are grateful for and that deserves more attention. Reach out to them and your maintainer for the project on the 14th of February to say thank you. Organise a local group meeting or spread the word about Free Software. You can use our sharepics, stickers and balloons, or artwork, and merchandise for #ilovefs.
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Remember the good times
Which Free Software project did you use in the past year? Do you know who is the maintainer of the project? What was fun? For some inspiration have a look at others’ love statements and videos.
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Share your love
That’s the fun part! We have created a sharepic generator, with which you can easily create your very own sharepics and share your appreciation on social media (#ilovefs), in blog posts, pictures and video messages, or directly to the Free Software developers and contributors.
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Improve Free Software
Talking is silver, contributing is gold! Help a Free Software project with a donation, a translation or by assisting its users. If you can, please consider supporting our work with a donation to the Free Software Foundation Europe.
What is your contribution to this special day dedicated to the people who enable you to use Free Software? Will you use our stickers and balloons? Or make a picture or video with your new ILoveFS shirt? And what about celebrating software freedom with your colleagues and friends at a company gathering or public event? Whatever you do, show it to the world by using the #ilovefs tag. And if you have questions, just drop us an email.
Happy I Love Free Software Day everyone! ❤