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Ask HN: Anybody working on opensource web app

24 points by ashitvora 16y ago

Hi, Is anybody here working on any Open Source Web Application? I would like to join. Or if anybody is willing to start a new project, I am fine. I am currently working as a UX/UI engineer for a Bay Area company. I rate myself 8/10 in CSS, Javascript and jQuery.

mindcrime 16y ago
Hey man, I'm working on an open-source project that could absolutely use some help from the UX/UI perspective. I'm more of a "back end" programmer, so all the UI stuff right now is very, erm, spartan and mechanical (at best). If you'd like to see more, see http://code.google.com/p/neddick http://code.google.com/p/neddick or the demo site is at http://spdemo.fogbeam.org:8080/neddick1/ http://spdemo.fogbeam.org:8080/neddick1/ If you'd like to help out, join the mailing list (Google Group) or feel free to shoot me an email directly. My email is in my profile.
Concours 16y ago
I will suggest to join http://www.openwebanalytics.com/ http://www.openwebanalytics.com/ , it's a great project and it's very useful for startups.
- kordless 16y ago
  That's pretty awesome actually, for several reasons!
roschdal 16y ago
I could really use some help with http://freeciv.net http://freeciv.net, if you want to participate in an open source web game. Please get in touch if you are interested!
intellectronica 16y ago
https://launchpad.net/launchpad-project/ https://launchpad.net/launchpad-project/ always needs help and is a great project to work on.
- j_baker 16y ago
  Yes, please. No offense, but launchpad really needs some extra UI/UX help. :-)
callmeed 16y ago
I have 2 Rails apps you might be interested in. Big Help is our company's help ticket system. I'd like to get it up to Rails 3 and prettied up. Also would like to implement macros/canned responses and allow them to be inserted via jQuery. http://github.com/bigfolio/big-help http://github.com/bigfolio/big-help Subby is a starting point for a subscription based web-app that uses subdomain-based accounts and Chargify for billing. It could use some layout/CSS love. http://github.com/bigfolio/Subby http://github.com/bigfolio/Subby
sikhnerd 16y ago
Redmine is really in need of people for the UX Team: http://redmine.org http://redmine.org
misterbwong 16y ago
I just (soft) released my .net open source project/task tracking system. not much to look at but if you want you can grab it and pick it up. i'm unsure of the future of the project mainly because the field is so crowded. demo here: http://scrumbly.mobomobo.com http://scrumbly.mobomobo.com (u: test p: test) -- source soon to be put up on codeplex.
kylemathews 16y ago
Yes please! I'm building a social learning tool based on Drupal called Eduglu. See http://eduglu.com http://eduglu.com for general background/download + http://island.byu.edu http://island.byu.edu for a working version. I'd love to hear your thoughts (and anyone else's) on the existing UX/UI plus feedback on some planned additions. A friend who's pretty decent at UX designed most of what's there but he's left for a "real" job so I'd love to have someone else helping who can give expert advice on UI/UX questions. You can email me directly at mathews.kyle@gmail.com or post issues at http://drupal.org/project/eduglu http://drupal.org/project/eduglu.
stephen_mcd 16y ago
Mezzanine is a CMS platform built with Django, BSD licensed: http://mezzanine.jupo.org http://mezzanine.jupo.org A few days ago I blogged about all the different roles it's lacking in, UX is one: http://blog.jupo.org/post/845040660/an-open-source-brief http://blog.jupo.org/post/845040660/an-open-source-brief
clemesha 16y ago
See if http://codenode.org http://codenode.org (http://github.com/codenode/codenode http://github.com/codenode/codenode ) interests you. It's BSD license, and a very cool project imho. Someone good at JavaScript / jQuery is needed.
sunflower55 16y ago
Mifos is web-based banking software for microloans - we're a Grameen Foundation project working to end world poverty. We can use help making our user interface better! http://www.mifos.org/ http://www.mifos.org/ And to volunteer: http://www.mifos.org/developers http://www.mifos.org/developers
erikpukinskis 16y ago
This is my crazy dream: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcmB_WI1jRkCZG41c2d4cl80OTJmOGpjNmNocw http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcmB_WI1jRkCZG41c2d4cl80OT...
- seancron 16y ago
  That actually looks pretty cool, but you might want to add a summary of what it is in your comment. Not everyone is willing to click through and read your entire manifesto.
ryanfitz 16y ago
I'm working on an open source html5 web interface to mongodb http://github.com/ryanfitz/pergola http://github.com/ryanfitz/pergola It uses padrino (ruby web framework), jquery, haml, and compass. I'm planning on turning the data viewer/editor into a jquery plugin that could work with any json datastore. I could use some help with that and would definitely love UI improvements.

24 points by ashitvora 16y ago

mindcrime 16y ago

Hey man, I'm working on an open-source project that could absolutely use some help from the UX/UI perspective. I'm more of a "back end" programmer, so all the UI stuff right now is very, erm, spartan and mechanical (at best). If you'd like to see more, see http://code.google.com/p/neddick http://code.google.com/p/neddick or the demo site is at http://spdemo.fogbeam.org:8080/neddick1/ http://spdemo.fogbeam.org:8080/neddick1/ If you'd like to help out, join the mailing list (Google Group) or feel free to shoot me an email directly. My email is in my profile.

Concours 16y ago

I will suggest to join http://www.openwebanalytics.com/ http://www.openwebanalytics.com/ , it's a great project and it's very useful for startups.

kordless 16y ago
That's pretty awesome actually, for several reasons!

roschdal 16y ago

I could really use some help with http://freeciv.net http://freeciv.net, if you want to participate in an open source web game. Please get in touch if you are interested!

intellectronica 16y ago

https://launchpad.net/launchpad-project/ https://launchpad.net/launchpad-project/ always needs help and is a great project to work on.

j_baker 16y ago
Yes, please. No offense, but launchpad really needs some extra UI/UX help. :-)

callmeed 16y ago

I have 2 Rails apps you might be interested in. Big Help is our company's help ticket system. I'd like to get it up to Rails 3 and prettied up. Also would like to implement macros/canned responses and allow them to be inserted via jQuery. http://github.com/bigfolio/big-help http://github.com/bigfolio/big-help Subby is a starting point for a subscription based web-app that uses subdomain-based accounts and Chargify for billing. It could use some layout/CSS love. http://github.com/bigfolio/Subby http://github.com/bigfolio/Subby

sikhnerd 16y ago

Redmine is really in need of people for the UX Team: http://redmine.org http://redmine.org

misterbwong 16y ago

I just (soft) released my .net open source project/task tracking system. not much to look at but if you want you can grab it and pick it up. i'm unsure of the future of the project mainly because the field is so crowded. demo here: http://scrumbly.mobomobo.com http://scrumbly.mobomobo.com (u: test p: test) -- source soon to be put up on codeplex.

kylemathews 16y ago

Yes please! I'm building a social learning tool based on Drupal called Eduglu. See http://eduglu.com http://eduglu.com for general background/download + http://island.byu.edu http://island.byu.edu for a working version. I'd love to hear your thoughts (and anyone else's) on the existing UX/UI plus feedback on some planned additions. A friend who's pretty decent at UX designed most of what's there but he's left for a "real" job so I'd love to have someone else helping who can give expert advice on UI/UX questions. You can email me directly at mathews.kyle@gmail.com or post issues at http://drupal.org/project/eduglu http://drupal.org/project/eduglu.

stephen_mcd 16y ago

Mezzanine is a CMS platform built with Django, BSD licensed: http://mezzanine.jupo.org http://mezzanine.jupo.org A few days ago I blogged about all the different roles it's lacking in, UX is one: http://blog.jupo.org/post/845040660/an-open-source-brief http://blog.jupo.org/post/845040660/an-open-source-brief

clemesha 16y ago

See if http://codenode.org http://codenode.org (http://github.com/codenode/codenode http://github.com/codenode/codenode ) interests you. It's BSD license, and a very cool project imho. Someone good at JavaScript / jQuery is needed.

sunflower55 16y ago

Mifos is web-based banking software for microloans - we're a Grameen Foundation project working to end world poverty. We can use help making our user interface better! http://www.mifos.org/ http://www.mifos.org/ And to volunteer: http://www.mifos.org/developers http://www.mifos.org/developers

erikpukinskis 16y ago

This is my crazy dream: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcmB_WI1jRkCZG41c2d4cl80OTJmOGpjNmNocw http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcmB_WI1jRkCZG41c2d4cl80OT...

seancron 16y ago
That actually looks pretty cool, but you might want to add a summary of what it is in your comment. Not everyone is willing to click through and read your entire manifesto.

ryanfitz 16y ago

I'm working on an open source html5 web interface to mongodb http://github.com/ryanfitz/pergola http://github.com/ryanfitz/pergola It uses padrino (ruby web framework), jquery, haml, and compass. I'm planning on turning the data viewer/editor into a jquery plugin that could work with any json datastore. I could use some help with that and would definitely love UI improvements.