OSPO Survey: The State of Enterprise Open Source

The 2023 TODO Group survey results dropped recently, and one number jumped out: 66% of surveyed organizations now have a dedicated Open Source Program Office or some formal open source initiative. That’s a 32% jump from the previous year.

Two years ago, OSPOs were something you’d find at Google, Microsoft, Meta — the usual suspects. Big tech companies with the resources and the open source exposure to justify a dedicated team. The idea that two-thirds of organizations would have formal open source governance would’ve seemed optimistic at best.