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Ask HN: Who are working on young open-source projects? (or know such?)

24 points by pankratiev 15y ago

I mean projects that just started recently and are not so popular. I am working on a flexible discussion platform for open-source projects. If you are interested, could you please drop me a few lines at vladimir@tagmask.com

madhouse 15y ago
There's like.. hundreds starting each minute. You might wish to be a tiny bit more specific.
- pankratiev 15y ago
  I think there are not so much people who will write a comment here about their project. However, I am interested in any project.
JamesChevalier 15y ago
This is my first open source project... It's an open source "LaunchRock"-type site: https://github.com/JamesChevalier/Launch-Soon https://github.com/JamesChevalier/Launch-Soon
simonsarris 15y ago
I am about to start a few small <canvas> game engines for my own use, chiefly a point-and-click adventure/puzzle game engine. I probably won't start coding in earnest until July though.
- pankratiev 15y ago
  Do you have any plans to share it on github?
  - simonsarris 15y ago
    Yeah, lemme make the repo for it right now. You can watch it if you're interested. https://github.com/simonsarris/canvas-adventure https://github.com/simonsarris/canvas-adventure
m0hit 15y ago
PGfb is an extremely nascent project (only one day of work), that started at a hack-a-thon at Berkeley. Aim is to bring PGP encryption to facebook using browser extensions. https://github.com/m0hit/PGfb https://github.com/m0hit/PGfb
- pankratiev 15y ago
  Looks very promising. Can I contact you?
wrburgess 15y ago
Score is a new open source project for fantasy sports gaming. http://scoreos.org http://scoreos.org
baudehlo 15y ago
I recently started creating an SMTP server using Node.js: https://github.com/baudehlo/Haraka https://github.com/baudehlo/Haraka
- pankratiev 15y ago
  I saw it. It's very interesting. I am working on flexible discussion platform for open-source projects. If you are interested, how can I contact you?
  - deleted 15y ago
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cfinke 15y ago
I'm almost always starting new projects. One of my more recent undertakings is a client-side JavaScript implementation of a Hunspell-style spellchecker: http://github.com/cfinke/Typo.js http://github.com/cfinke/Typo.js
pestaa 15y ago
I'd like to point out Hyde (github.com/hyde/hyde), it's a static website generator written in Python, and I find it pretty well executed.
- pankratiev 15y ago
  It's very interesting! Thank you very much.
olalonde 15y ago
Just wrote a small native Node.js extension for displaying desktop notifications: https://github.com/olalonde/node-notify https://github.com/olalonde/node-notify Tutorial available here: http://syskall.com/how-to-write-your-own-native-nodejs-extension http://syskall.com/how-to-write-your-own-native-nodejs-exten... Node.js has a lot of potential but is still pretty young.
helwr 15y ago
http://thechangelog.com/ http://thechangelog.com/
excid3 15y ago
While I started it a while ago, Keryx for Ubuntu/Debian is pretty new to the Linux community and not near as popular as it could be. http://keryxproject.org http://keryxproject.org It's a GUI tool I built in Python to help offline users update and install new software on Linux. I no longer have time to work on it and would love it if someone would like to take over maintaining it for me.
cperciva 15y ago
I released kivaloo just recently. As far as I'm aware, it currently has zero users (Tarsnap isn't using it yet), which probably qualifies it as "not so popular".
indexzero 15y ago
We open-sourced our fullstack application server for node.js at NodeConf last week: haibu. http://github.com/nodejitsu/haibu http://github.com/nodejitsu/haibu. The project had been internal for a year and as such is pretty mature technically, but has a nascent community. If you're thinking about running node.js in production definitely check it out!
Rinum 15y ago
Aiming to create a multiplayer sim ant http://github.com/rinum/openant http://github.com/rinum/openant
- pankratiev 15y ago
  Interesting! Is there any way to contact you?
rkalla 15y ago
I see a lot of node.js work here... I'll be the super-uncool guy in the group and admit that so far I've only ever released Java libraries under Apache 2. I just released a CloudFront log parsing library: http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/cloudfront-log-parser/ http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/cloudfront-log-parser/ and a simple XML parsing library (speed of pull-parsing with the ease of XPath-esque expressions): http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/simple-java-xml-parser-sjxp/ http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/simple-java-xml-parser-... and one library that seems to be picking up is an image-scaling library I have made a few releases of: http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/imgscalr-java-image-scaling-library/ http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/imgscalr-java-image-sca... There are a handful of other libraries: https://github.com/thebuzzmedia/ https://github.com/thebuzzmedia/ I just haven't finished the project-pages for them.
- pankratiev 15y ago
  Do you have any interest in a flexible discussion platform for your projects?
clark-kent 15y ago
Mine is Ragios - Ruby based system monitoring framework: https://github.com/obi-a/Ragios https://github.com/obi-a/Ragios A good way to find recently started projects is to follow the keyword 'github' on twitter.
kstenerud 15y ago
I created a universal framework template for iPhone/iOS (lets you build static frameworks that work on device and simulator): https://github.com/kstenerud/iOS-Universal-Framework https://github.com/kstenerud/iOS-Universal-Framework Also, a nicer interface to iPhone audio: https://github.com/kstenerud/ObjectAL-for-iPhone https://github.com/kstenerud/ObjectAL-for-iPhone I also put out my Objective-C programmer's toolbox: https://github.com/kstenerud/Objective-Gems https://github.com/kstenerud/Objective-Gems
__david__ 15y ago
I wrote a program called daemon-manager to scratch an itch of mine (http://porkrind.org/daemon-manager/ http://porkrind.org/daemon-manager/). It lets you manage non-root daemons from your user directory without requiring root permissions to start and stop them. I've been dogfooding it for about 6 months and just can't live without it any more. I think other people would be interested in using it but I'm not very good at marketing. I also co-wrote and maintain commit-patch (http://porkrind.org/commit-patch/ http://porkrind.org/commit-patch/) and it's another that I can't imagine living without. I've been using it for about 8 years and it has slightly more recognition--but not much.
hsmyers 15y ago
For no particular reason that I can think of I write modules relating to Chess on CPAN---probably not what you were thinking of, but it fits the description in that I've recently (last few weeks) updated/revised all of them. As to their popularity, well, this is chess, so what do you think? :)
dinesh_oi 15y ago
I have created a write though cache for mongodb based on memcached. ( mongoid supported currently. ) http://bit.ly/mfdIN7 http://bit.ly/mfdIN7
metachris 15y ago
I've recently started appengine-boilerplate, which makes setting up new appengine projects much quicker and more fun. Includes html5-boilerplate, openid-authentication, memcaching, etc. https://github.com/metachris/appengine-boilerplate https://github.com/metachris/appengine-boilerplate If anyone wants to help, authentication with OAuth and MailChimp integration would be great places to start :)
wess 15y ago
Friend and I are currently working on an embeddable library for server-side javascript called CoreJS (http://github.com/frenzylabs/CoreJS http://github.com/frenzylabs/CoreJS). It's not to compete with node, as it's meant to be embedded. It's threadsafe, and is, optionally, async.

24 points by pankratiev 15y ago

madhouse 15y ago

There's like.. hundreds starting each minute. You might wish to be a tiny bit more specific.

pankratiev 15y ago
I think there are not so much people who will write a comment here about their project. However, I am interested in any project.

JamesChevalier 15y ago

This is my first open source project... It's an open source "LaunchRock"-type site: https://github.com/JamesChevalier/Launch-Soon https://github.com/JamesChevalier/Launch-Soon

simonsarris 15y ago

I am about to start a few small <canvas> game engines for my own use, chiefly a point-and-click adventure/puzzle game engine. I probably won't start coding in earnest until July though.

pankratiev 15y ago
Do you have any plans to share it on github?
- simonsarris 15y ago
  Yeah, lemme make the repo for it right now. You can watch it if you're interested. https://github.com/simonsarris/canvas-adventure https://github.com/simonsarris/canvas-adventure

m0hit 15y ago

PGfb is an extremely nascent project (only one day of work), that started at a hack-a-thon at Berkeley. Aim is to bring PGP encryption to facebook using browser extensions. https://github.com/m0hit/PGfb https://github.com/m0hit/PGfb

pankratiev 15y ago
Looks very promising. Can I contact you?

wrburgess 15y ago

Score is a new open source project for fantasy sports gaming. http://scoreos.org http://scoreos.org

baudehlo 15y ago

I recently started creating an SMTP server using Node.js: https://github.com/baudehlo/Haraka https://github.com/baudehlo/Haraka

pankratiev 15y ago
I saw it. It's very interesting. I am working on flexible discussion platform for open-source projects. If you are interested, how can I contact you?
- deleted 15y ago
  [deleted]

cfinke 15y ago

I'm almost always starting new projects. One of my more recent undertakings is a client-side JavaScript implementation of a Hunspell-style spellchecker: http://github.com/cfinke/Typo.js http://github.com/cfinke/Typo.js

pestaa 15y ago

I'd like to point out Hyde (github.com/hyde/hyde), it's a static website generator written in Python, and I find it pretty well executed.

pankratiev 15y ago
It's very interesting! Thank you very much.

olalonde 15y ago

Just wrote a small native Node.js extension for displaying desktop notifications: https://github.com/olalonde/node-notify https://github.com/olalonde/node-notify Tutorial available here: http://syskall.com/how-to-write-your-own-native-nodejs-extension http://syskall.com/how-to-write-your-own-native-nodejs-exten... Node.js has a lot of potential but is still pretty young.

helwr 15y ago

http://thechangelog.com/ http://thechangelog.com/

excid3 15y ago

While I started it a while ago, Keryx for Ubuntu/Debian is pretty new to the Linux community and not near as popular as it could be. http://keryxproject.org http://keryxproject.org It's a GUI tool I built in Python to help offline users update and install new software on Linux. I no longer have time to work on it and would love it if someone would like to take over maintaining it for me.

cperciva 15y ago

I released kivaloo just recently. As far as I'm aware, it currently has zero users (Tarsnap isn't using it yet), which probably qualifies it as "not so popular".

indexzero 15y ago

We open-sourced our fullstack application server for node.js at NodeConf last week: haibu. http://github.com/nodejitsu/haibu http://github.com/nodejitsu/haibu. The project had been internal for a year and as such is pretty mature technically, but has a nascent community. If you're thinking about running node.js in production definitely check it out!

Rinum 15y ago

Aiming to create a multiplayer sim ant http://github.com/rinum/openant http://github.com/rinum/openant

pankratiev 15y ago
Interesting! Is there any way to contact you?

rkalla 15y ago

I see a lot of node.js work here... I'll be the super-uncool guy in the group and admit that so far I've only ever released Java libraries under Apache 2. I just released a CloudFront log parsing library: http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/cloudfront-log-parser/ http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/cloudfront-log-parser/ and a simple XML parsing library (speed of pull-parsing with the ease of XPath-esque expressions): http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/simple-java-xml-parser-sjxp/ http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/simple-java-xml-parser-... and one library that seems to be picking up is an image-scaling library I have made a few releases of: http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/imgscalr-java-image-scaling-library/ http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/imgscalr-java-image-sca... There are a handful of other libraries: https://github.com/thebuzzmedia/ https://github.com/thebuzzmedia/ I just haven't finished the project-pages for them.

pankratiev 15y ago
Do you have any interest in a flexible discussion platform for your projects?

clark-kent 15y ago

Mine is Ragios - Ruby based system monitoring framework: https://github.com/obi-a/Ragios https://github.com/obi-a/Ragios A good way to find recently started projects is to follow the keyword 'github' on twitter.

kstenerud 15y ago

I created a universal framework template for iPhone/iOS (lets you build static frameworks that work on device and simulator): https://github.com/kstenerud/iOS-Universal-Framework https://github.com/kstenerud/iOS-Universal-Framework Also, a nicer interface to iPhone audio: https://github.com/kstenerud/ObjectAL-for-iPhone https://github.com/kstenerud/ObjectAL-for-iPhone I also put out my Objective-C programmer's toolbox: https://github.com/kstenerud/Objective-Gems https://github.com/kstenerud/Objective-Gems

__david__ 15y ago

I wrote a program called daemon-manager to scratch an itch of mine (http://porkrind.org/daemon-manager/ http://porkrind.org/daemon-manager/). It lets you manage non-root daemons from your user directory without requiring root permissions to start and stop them. I've been dogfooding it for about 6 months and just can't live without it any more. I think other people would be interested in using it but I'm not very good at marketing. I also co-wrote and maintain commit-patch (http://porkrind.org/commit-patch/ http://porkrind.org/commit-patch/) and it's another that I can't imagine living without. I've been using it for about 8 years and it has slightly more recognition--but not much.

hsmyers 15y ago

For no particular reason that I can think of I write modules relating to Chess on CPAN---probably not what you were thinking of, but it fits the description in that I've recently (last few weeks) updated/revised all of them. As to their popularity, well, this is chess, so what do you think? :)

dinesh_oi 15y ago

I have created a write though cache for mongodb based on memcached. ( mongoid supported currently. ) http://bit.ly/mfdIN7 http://bit.ly/mfdIN7

metachris 15y ago

I've recently started appengine-boilerplate, which makes setting up new appengine projects much quicker and more fun. Includes html5-boilerplate, openid-authentication, memcaching, etc. https://github.com/metachris/appengine-boilerplate https://github.com/metachris/appengine-boilerplate If anyone wants to help, authentication with OAuth and MailChimp integration would be great places to start :)

wess 15y ago

Friend and I are currently working on an embeddable library for server-side javascript called CoreJS (http://github.com/frenzylabs/CoreJS http://github.com/frenzylabs/CoreJS). It's not to compete with node, as it's meant to be embedded. It's threadsafe, and is, optionally, async.