Sugar Labs

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Sugar Labs
FormationMay 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)[1]
TypeNGO and Non profit organization
PurposeEducational
HeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts, USA
Region served
Worldwide
MembershipContributors approved via community consensus
President
Walter Bender
Staff0
Volunteers100+

Sugar Labs is a community-run software project whose mission is to produce, distribute, and support the use of Sugar, an open source desktop environment and learning platform.[2][3][4] Sugar Labs was initially established as a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy, an umbrella organization for free software projects,[5] but in 2021, it became an independent 501(c)(3) organization.[6]

About every six months, the Sugar Labs community releases a new version of the Sugar software. The most recent stable release is available as a Fedora Linux spin.[7] Through on-going support from Nexcopy's RecycleUSB program, Sugar Labs provides Sugar on a Stick to elementary schools.

The Sugar Labs community participates in events for teachers, students, and software developers interested in the Sugar software, such as the Montevideo Youth Summit[8] and Turtle Art Day.[9]

Sugar Labs has participated in Google Code-in,[10] which served as an outlet for young programmers. Sugar Labs is a long-time participant in Google Summer of Code.

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