id: maintainer
name: Maintainer
tags:
- community
short-description: >
  A highly experienced {% glossary_tooltip text="contributor" term_id="contributor" %}, active in multiple areas of Kubernetes, who has cross-area ownership and write access to a project's GitHub repository.
long-description: >
  Maintainers work holistically across the project to maintain its health and success and have made substantial contributions, both through code development and broader organizational efforts.