Sugar Labs

Sugar Labs is a community-run software project whose mission is to produce, distribute, and support the use of Sugar, an open source desktop environment and learning platform.^[2][3][4] Sugar Labs was initially established as a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy, an umbrella organization for free software projects.,^[5] but in 2021, it became an independent 501(c)(3) organization.^[6]

Sugar Labs

Formation	May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)[1]
Type	NGO and Non profit organization
Purpose	Educational
Headquarters	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	Contributors approved via community consensus
President	Walter Bender
Staff	0
Volunteers	100+
Website	www.sugarlabs.org

About every six months, the Sugar Labs community releases a new version of the Sugar software. The most recent stable release is available as a Fedora Linux spin.^[7] Through on-going support from Nexcopy's RecycleUSB program, Sugar Labs provides Sugar on a Stick to elementary schools.

The Sugar Labs community participates in events for teachers, students, and software developers interested in the Sugar software, such as the Montevideo Youth Summit^[8] and Turtle Art Day.^[9]

Sugar Labs had participated in Google Code-in,^[10] which served as an outlet for young programmers. Sugar Labs is a long-time participant in Google Summer of Code.