maintainer
One who preserves
A maintainer is someone who keeps something in working order or good condition.
In open-source software, the maintainer oversees a project—reviewing contributions, fixing bugs, and deciding what gets included: The package maintainer released a security patch.
More broadly, anyone responsible for ongoing upkeep: the maintainer of an old estate, building maintainers.
Funder of activities
- patronRegular supporter or customer
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- backerFinancial supporter
- sustainerOne who preserves
provider · underwriter · donor · funder · contributor · investor · philanthropist · endower
One who builds things
- programmerOne who writes software
- engineerTechnical design professional
- contributorOne who provides something
- coderOne who programs
sysadmin · administrator · operator · troubleshooter · debugger · patcher · committer · releaser
One who safeguards others
- preserverOne that maintains or saves
- conservatorArtifact preservation expert
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- curatorCollection overseer
custodian · steward · warden · keeper · defender · overseer · sentinel · patron
Property maintenance worker
- custodianGuardian of a place
- janitorBuilding cleaner and maintainer
- superintendentChief administrative official
- handymanVersatile home repairer
housekeeper · gardener · landscaper · sexton · concierge · porter · caretaker · warden
sponsor
Funder of activities
- patronRegular supporter or customer
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- backerFinancial supporter
sustainer · provider · underwriter · donor · funder · contributor · investor · philanthropist · endower · financier
developer
One who builds things
- programmerOne who writes software
- engineerTechnical design professional
- contributorOne who provides something
coder · sysadmin · administrator · operator · troubleshooter · debugger · patcher · committer · releaser · packager
protector
One who safeguards others
- preserverOne that maintains or saves
- conservatorArtifact preservation expert
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
curator · custodian · steward · warden · keeper · defender · overseer · sentinel · patron · champion
groundskeeper
Property maintenance worker
- custodianGuardian of a place
- janitorBuilding cleaner and maintainer
- superintendentChief administrative official
handyman · housekeeper · gardener · landscaper · sexton · concierge · porter · caretaker · warden · keeper
- access levelsadmin, administrator, user, guest, restricted
- Air Force Rolesairman, colonel, general, major, lieutenant
- rail workerslocomotive engineer, train conductor, rail conductor, engine driver, train engineer
- open sourceGNU, open source software, free software, GPL, forks
- tech jobsprogrammer, developer, coder, engineers, software developers
- dependable peoplerock, stalwart, mainstay, pillar, backbone
maintainerdestroyer
One that ruins completely
wrecker · demolisher · saboteur · vandal · ruiner
- maintain appearancesPreserve outward impression
maintain, maintained, maintaining, maintains, unmaintained, maintainable, maintainers, maintainability