I just became the maintainer of an open-source repository with about 60k downloads / month.

Does anyone have any general suggestions for me? I feel like it's a big responsibility and it makes me a bit nervous.

Keep in mind that you aren't obligated to do anything just because someone asks for it or submits an issue - it can be hard to say no to ideas, but it's needed for large projects.

@slowinversesqrt yeah that I've already experienced. It feels kind of bad when someone has made a bunch of changes and submits a PR and you reject it.

What I'm surprised about is how bad most people are at following code style, writing tests, writing good commit messages etc. The quality of people's contributions are of much lower quality than I expected. It feels like most of them have never worked in a team before :/

@simeg You're probably right.

Link us the repo?

Congrats! Don't be afraid to deny PRs. And make sure you never let in code that's even barely not up to your project's standards. Good luck dude. Sometimes maintaining a big repo can feel like a lot of pressure, but remember that you're a volunteer. You can always take a break for a short while and come back better prepared to help.

@simeg teach us!

@simeg congrats dude :)

@duncathan not if it's a task for his job