Sīlavāpi Cheesley

Sīlavāpi (ex Ruth) is an Open Source advocate with over 18 years of experience using and contributing to many different projects. Having served on the Community Leadership Team of the Joomla! project and built a full-service digital agency, she now works as Project Lead for Mautic, supporting the community who build and maintain the world’s first Open Source Marketing Automation platform. Sīlavāpi is an ordained Buddhist in the Triratna Buddhist Order. She's a lover of cats, a keen triathlete and flautist (but not at the same time!) and is based in the East of England.

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Mautic 6 Certified Developer October 29, 2025

Sīlavāpi Cheesley

Sīlavāpi (ex Ruth) is an Open Source advocate with over 18 years of experience using and contributing to many different projects. Having served on the Community Leadership Team of the Joomla! project and built a full-service digital agency, she now works as Project Lead for Mautic, supporting the community who build and maintain the world’s first Open Source Marketing Automation platform. Sīlavāpi is an ordained Buddhist in the Triratna Buddhist Order. She's a lover of cats, a keen triathlete and flautist (but not at the same time!) and is based in the East of England.

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Open Startup Report #31 – September 2025

Our Mautic community has been growing steadily through the third quarter of 2025, and as we look back on September, I’ve been reflecting on the

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Open Startup Report #29 – July 2025

Key points Finances Income This month we’ve had a large injection of funds thanks to the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund which two of our

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Mautic graduates from the GitHub Secure Open Source Program

Mautic was selected to join the prestigious Secure Open Source Fund second cohort, a three-week intense program led by GitHub which saw our team learning about every aspect of security from experts across GitHub and the wider technology community.

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