The Developer Guide is one of the original documents from OWASP and so has a long history. The original DevGuide repository has many of the previous versions going back to the very first version 1.0 release from 2002.

This is the content for the Developer Guide document, the DevGuide repository, the latest version of this guide is accessible as a web document.

The content for the OWASP Developer Guide project pages is in its own repo.

OWASP has a podcast on The History of the OWASP Developer Guide which discusses the history and future of the project.

Contributions and suggestions for the Developer Guide are all welcome; make a start by reading the contributing guidelines and follow the contributing code of conduct.

For other contributions to these pages please create an issue or open a pull request.

The easiest way to get in contact with the development community for this documentation project is via the OWASP Slack #project-developer-guide project channel (you may need to subscribe first).

You can follow the DevGuide on Bluesky.

The project wiki contains more information about the project's background and purpose.

If you have forked this repo, note that the default branch has been renamed to main.

The DevGuide leaders are:

• Andra Lezza
• Shruti Kulkarni
• Vandana Verma Sehgal
• Harold Blankenship
• Jon Gadsden

OWASP DevGuide: accessible security for developers