Building something great is only half the battle. The popular tools you are competing with have been marketed to a large extent. Redux is a good example of some

Building something great is only half the battle. The popular tools you are competing with have been marketed to a large extent. Redux is a good example of something that was shown to a large crowd at a conference who wanted something just like what they were seeing. It didn’t stop there though. They took the time to write really clear documentation. Dan did free videos for egghead to teach people how to use it. Some open source authors are already very well connected. Sometimes the projects are backed by a large company. There are several ways to get the word out.