LFDT - Improve usability, maintainability, and contributor experience of Hyperledger Cacti

About the Organization

<p>This mentorship focuses on improving the usability, maintainability, and contributor experience of Hyperledger Cacti. Following the merger of Hyperledger Cactus and Weaver, the codebase and architecture have grown complex, with fragmented documentation and legacy components that hinder onboarding and long-term sustainability.</p><p><br></p><p>The project targets the ongoing Cacti Cleanup Initiative, aiming to simplify architecture, remove deprecated modules, improve security, and create high-quality documentation. The mentee will audit and restructure developer and user documentation, align docs with the evolving architecture, identify outdated components for removal, and improve onboarding guides and contribution workflows.</p><p><br></p><p>Implementation will follow an iterative process: reviewing GitHub issues and cleanup boards, proposing improvements, implementing updates to documentation and selected code areas, and validating improvements with maintainers. The outcome will be a streamlined, well-documented Cacti framework that lowers entry barriers for contributors and strengthens the project’s long-term sustainability.</p><p><br></p><h3>Learning Objectives</h3><ul><li>Understand cross-chain architectures and pluggable DLT frameworks</li><li>Gain experience contributing to a large open-source project under the LF Decentralized Trust ecosystem</li><li>Learn best practices for technical documentation, developer experience, and onboarding design</li><li>Develop skills in codebase refactoring, modularization, and security-driven cleanup</li><li>Collaborate with an international open-source community using GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and review workflows</li></ul><h3>Expected Outcome and Deliverables</h3><ul><li>A restructured and standardized documentation suite (developer, user, and architecture docs)</li><li>Cleanup contributions removing deprecated or low-value components and simplifying modules</li><li>Improved onboarding guides, tutorials, and contributor documentation</li><li>CI/CD improvements reducing pipeline runtime and complexity (where applicable)</li><li>A final report summarizing changes, impact, and recommendations for future improvements</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Lean more at <a href="https://github.com/LF-Decentralized-Trust-Mentorships/mentorship-program/issues/62" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/LF-Decentralized-Trust-Mentorships/mentorship-program/issues/62</a></p>