hiero-ledger/governance

Hiero governance is a repository that centralizes organizational governance configuration and policies for the Hiero project's GitHub infrastructure.

The repository addresses the need to manage governance across a distributed open-source organization by consolidating election rules, project guidelines, role definitions, and GitHub repository configuration in a single source of truth. It uses Clowarden as the tool to apply the configuration defined in config.yaml across all organization repositories, providing an audit trail of changes made to GitHub resources.

Organizations adopting this approach should understand that it is designed for projects requiring formal governance structures, including Technical Steering Committee elections and role-based access control. It suits organizations that need to enforce consistent policies across multiple repositories and want to track all infrastructure changes through version control and pull request workflows. The repository provides specialized PR templates for different types of changes—such as repository creation, team management, and role modifications—to guide contributors through the governance process.

The project maintains active documentation of governance procedures with structured folders for elections, rules, and roles. Pull request templates are used systematically to enforce process compliance for different categories of changes. The repository integrates with external tooling for GitHub resource management and maintains an audit log accessible through Clowarden's interface.