# Maintainer

> A contributor who can approve and merge pull requests in a repository.

Source: https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/maintainer/

- Also: maintainers

Maintainers keep a repository healthy: they review and merge pull requests. Anyone can review, but only maintainers can merge.

## Related terms

- [Review](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/review/): Reading and testing a pull request before it is merged, by maintainers, integration owners, or anyone else who wants to help.
- [Integration owner](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/integration-owner/): A person or team responsible for an integration, listed in its manifest, who gets notified about its issues and asked to review its pull requests.
- [Pull request](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/pull-request/): A request on GitHub to merge a change into a repository, where it is reviewed before it goes in.