From 45cf38e08f15d2dd445fd45050b7b6677f9dea7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Forster <florian@zitadel.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:48:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: adding an adopters file for our community (#8909)

# Which Problems Are Solved

We want to give adopters a platform to show that they are using ZITADEL

# How the Problems Are Solved

Addding an ADOPTERS.md file

# Additional Changes

none

# Additional Context

none
---
 ADOPTERS.md | 9 +++++++++
 README.md   | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 ADOPTERS.md

diff --git a/ADOPTERS.md b/ADOPTERS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bb7e1a707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ADOPTERS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+## Adopters
+
+We are grateful to the organizations and individuals who are using ZITADEL. If you are using ZITADEL, please consider adding your name to this list by submitting a pull request.
+
+| Organization/Individual | Contact Information                                      | Description of Usage                            |
+| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| ZITADEL                 | [@fforootd](https://github.com/fforootd) (and many more) | ZITADEL Cloud makes heavy use of of ZITADEL ;-) |
+| Organization Name       | contact@example.com                                      | Description of how they use ZITADEL             |
+| Individual Name         | contact@example.com                                      | Description of how they use ZITADEL             |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27c66dbf81..17306129c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ Available data regions are:
 ZITADEL Cloud comes with a free tier, providing you with all the same features as the open-source version.
 Learn more about the [pay-as-you-go pricing](https://zitadel.com/pricing).
 
+## Adopters
+
+We are grateful to the organizations and individuals who are using ZITADEL. If you are using ZITADEL, please consider adding your name to our [Adopters list](./ADOPTERS.md) by submitting a pull request.
+
 ### Example applications
 
 Clone one of our [example applications](https://zitadel.com/docs/sdk-examples/introduction) or deploy them directly to Vercel.