NSCA was originally written in 2000 by Ethan Galstad. A full list of authors, contributors, and maintainers is as follows:
- Ethan Galstad (Original Author, Nagios)
- Bryan Heden (Nagios)
- John Frickson (Nagios)
- Eric Stanley (Nagios)
- Mike Lindsey
- Falk Hoeppner
- Sebastian Wolf (Nagios)
- mvela
- Xavier Bachelot
- mib
- Daniel Wittenberg
- Ryan Ordway
- Brian Seklecki
- Holger Weiss
- Ton Voon
- Chris Wilson
- Altinity
- Sean Finney
- Mark Ferlatte
- David Binderman
- Scott Cokely
- Ralf Ertzinger
- David Luyer
- Jay McCarthy
- Griffin Westerman (Nagios)
- Imre Jonk