On the 24th of August I had the chance to present and demo [OpenFaaS](https://www.openfaas.com) to the [Cloud Native Computing Foundation's](https://www.cncf.io) Serverless workgroup. This was a great time to reflect on what had been achieved since the first commit, show OpenFaaS in action and to talk about what was coming next. OpenFaaS is an open-source framework for building Serverless functions on Docker or Kubernetes. You can read [my introduction to OpenFaaS here](https://blog.alexellis.io/introducing-functions-as-a-service/). ![](/content/images/2017/08/magnet.png) > OpenFaaS comes in one flavor - Cloud Native. We also have some great SWAG on the way and have started to explore the [OpenFaaS](https://www.openfaas.com) brand. Read on for a quick summary, the video recording and some ideas on how you can get involved. ## What's in a name? Once we found consensus in the community around the name [OpenFaaS](https://www.openfaas.com) I went ahead and checked GitHub, Twitter and domain availability. Not everything we wanted was available. So we started to ask around and then had some blog posts get up to [#1 on Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15062782) along with trending as the most popular [Golang project on GitHub](https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/897342022897602560) for several days and the most popular project overall for around a day.

When the @open_faas #github star history looks like a physical law graph. https://t.co/jTRIBgfXdA #serverless #disruptive #faas #docker pic.twitter.com/4ew3rjWpB1
— Loic Messal (@_Tofull) August 24, 2017

No long after a few people came forward and kindly offered up what we were looking for. **Official accounts:** * Twitter: [open_faas](https://twitter.com/open_faas) * GitHub: [openfaas](https://github.com/open-faas) * Web: [openfaas.com](https://www.openfaas.com) > Thanks to Mark Peek from VMWare who also transferred openfaas.io and openfaas.org over to me. **CNCF Landscape** The CNCF landscape identifies key and important projects in the cloud native space. There's an [open issue](https://github.com/cncf/landscape/issues/137) to have OpenFaaS placed in the event-based compute space. The project's name started out as FaaS, so we're looking at where it makes sense to use the new branding of OpenFaaS in [this issue](https://github.com/alexellis/faas/issues/123). ## Swag You can order a set of 10 sample stickers for $8 / £5 including shipping from StickerMule. Here's a proof of what one of them will look like: ![](/content/images/2017/08/small.png) *Thanks to [Packet Host](https://www.packet.net) for funding the logo and website designs* > You can download the media pack including the new logo right here: https://github.com/openfaas/media If you would like to get a sticker in person you can catch me at the following events: * Cloud Native Meetup - London (September) * LinuxCon - North America (September) * JeffConf - Milan (September) * Dockercon EU - Copenhagen (October) ## Recording This is the demo and introduction I gave to the [CNCF](https://www.cncf.io) Serverless workgroup - it's an action packaged 10 minutes covering everything the project has achieved so far, some practical demos and then what we see as coming next. You can also grab the [slides on SlideShare.net](https://www.slideshare.net/AlexEllis11/cncf-intro-demo-openfaas-framework?utm_content=buffer35245&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer). ### What are people saying?

The best part of contributing to @open_faas is the great team, #opensource and how well it just works across @kubernetesio and @Docker Swarm
— Jock Reed (@JockDaRock) August 27, 2017

I wrote my first FaaS today and it couldn't have been easier or more fun. Thanks @alexellisuk! #FaaS #Docker
— Robbie Page (@rorpage) August 15, 2017

Very pleased with how straightforward it is to write a function for @alexellisuk's FaaS platform - https://t.co/r4dUX4Fyzv #golang pic.twitter.com/UPOvv2IMRZ
— John McCabe (@mccabejohn) August 10, 2017

I've recently started to play with FaaS and it's pretty sweet. You should check it out. Super simple. Super fun. https://t.co/xd5FOIGepk
— David McKay (@rawkode) August 8, 2017

## What now? * Checkout the project [openfaas.com](https://www.openfaas.com) and **Star** the GitHub repo - help us hit 10k by the end of 2017! * Contribute to the project in whatever way you can - test it out (60 seconds to deploy), offer suggestions, answer questions, add features or pick up open issues.

Contributions welcome at every skill level, email alex@openfaas.com for a Slack community invite. https://t.co/KnuqyljsAr
— Alex Ellis (@alexellisuk) August 26, 2017

* Join us on Slack - just email alex@openfaas.com and I'll send you an invite. * Print some stickers out! Head over to our [media pack](https://github.com/openfaas/media) and get yourself a set of [StickerMule](https://www.stickermule.com/uk/unlock?ref_id=5304980701) samples for around $8 / £5.

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