Exceptional community Abilities can be promoted to Official status. This page explains what that means and how it works.
| Community | Official | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | community/ |
official/ |
| Badge | 🔶 Orange | 🔷 Blue |
| Maintained by | Original author | OpenHome team |
| Marketplace placement | Standard listing | Featured / priority |
| Support | Best-effort | Officially supported |
| Author credit | Always preserved | Always preserved |
| Criteria | Threshold |
|---|---|
| Marketplace installs | 50+ users |
| Stability | No critical bugs for 30+ days |
| Code quality | Clean, follows all SDK patterns |
| Author responsiveness | Responds to issues and feedback |
| Usefulness | Fills a real gap in the ecosystem |
- The OpenHome team monitors high-performing community Abilities
- We reach out to the author to discuss promotion
- We do a deeper code review and may suggest changes
- Once approved, the Ability moves to
official/ - Author is credited in the README, CONTRIBUTORS.md, and release notes
- OpenHome takes over maintenance going forward
- Permanent credit as the original creator
- Recognition in CONTRIBUTORS.md
- Mention in release notes
- Their Ability reaching more users via featured Marketplace placement
Yes. Open an issue with the title [Promotion Request] your-ability-name and we'll review it. Meeting the thresholds above doesn't guarantee promotion, but it puts you in strong consideration.