{"id":16348,"date":"2025-07-29T11:08:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/?p=16348"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:03:53","slug":"foss-awards-open-for-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/foss-awards-open-for-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"The FOSS Awards Are Open For Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voting for the 2025 FOSS Awards is now officially underway, and you can have your say at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/foss-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.20i.com\/foss-awards\/<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 20i FOSS awards recognise and celebrate all the developers who give their time, talent and energy to support the amazing free software so many of us use every day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These unsung heroes often work without funding, relying on community support and personal commitment to keep these vital tools available, secure, and evolving.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By voting for your favourite apps across any of 11 categories, and spreading the word, you can join us in celebrating these people and their platforms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Each category winner will win:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Free high-performance hosting to help continue developing their project&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A physical award to display proudly in the office or home&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/foss-award-generic.png\" alt=\"20i FOSS award winners trophy\" class=\"wp-image-16384\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:620px;height:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/foss-award-generic.png 665w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/07\/foss-award-generic-300x300.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/07\/foss-award-generic-150x150.png.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/07\/foss-award-generic-370x370.png.webp 370w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/07\/foss-award-generic-270x270.png.webp 270w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/07\/foss-award-generic-570x570.png.webp 570w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/07\/foss-award-generic-96x96.png.webp 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A FOSS Awards digital winners&#8217; badge to display on their website &amp; social media&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A bundle of exclusive 20i merch, including our extremely popular branded Lego set!&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/foss-awards-win-lego.png\" alt=\"20i custom lego\" class=\"wp-image-16380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/foss-awards-win-lego.png 960w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/07\/foss-awards-win-lego-300x225.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/07\/foss-awards-win-lego-768x576.png.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/07\/foss-awards-win-lego-400x300.png.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/07\/foss-awards-win-lego-800x600.png.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/07\/foss-awards-win-lego-832x624.png.webp 832w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/07\/foss-awards-win-lego-150x113.png.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cast your vote<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also win by voting this year, with <strong>1 year&#8217;s free hosting<\/strong>, and a 20i merch bundle going to one lucky winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To enter, simply click the banner below, vote in any category, you will then be given a hashtag to share on social media \u2013 and thats it! We will choose a winner at random once the awards are closed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Progress is displayed live, so you can follow along and see how your favourites are performing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/foss-awards\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Vote-in-the-FOSS-awards.png\" alt=\"FOSS Awards vote button\" class=\"wp-image-10735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Vote-in-the-FOSS-awards.png 600w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/03\/Vote-in-the-FOSS-awards-300x58.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/03\/Vote-in-the-FOSS-awards-370x72.png.webp 370w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/03\/Vote-in-the-FOSS-awards-270x52.png.webp 270w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/03\/Vote-in-the-FOSS-awards-570x110.png.webp 570w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/03\/Vote-in-the-FOSS-awards-150x29.png.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Voting for the 2025 FOSS Awards is now officially underway, and you can have your say at https:\/\/www.20i.com\/foss-awards\/.&nbsp;&hellip;","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":16359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-20i","cs-entry"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Blog-FOSS-scaled.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Danny Watkinson","author_link":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/author\/dan-watkinson\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16348"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18209,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16348\/revisions\/18209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}