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Ask HN: What open source projects need help?

206 points by aaronbrethorst 2y ago

Let's match open source projects that need help with developers looking to contribute. Think of this as "Who's Hiring" but for open source - a monthly thread to surface interesting projects that could use more hands. Please include: Project name and description (if not widely known); Tech stack; Areas needing help (DOCS, CODE, DESIGN, etc.); Level (BEGINNER-FRIENDLY if applicable); Email address or other means of contacting you. Ground rules: Post only if you maintain/run the project One post per project/suite No commercial recruitment No thread complaints Developers: Only reach out if you actually want to contribute.

aaronbrethorst 2y ago
OneBusAway A suite of real-time public transit projects that are used by millions of people every day. OneBusAway helps people find out when and where their bus will arrive, and provides them with a trip planner, too. OBA is used by transit riders everywhere from Seattle to New York City; Adelaide, Australia to Buenos Aires, Argentina. In addition to developers, we would also benefit greatly from product management and user experience assistance. Tech stacks in need of help: iOS app (Swift): developers, 2+ years of experience with iOS. Android app (Java/Kotlin): developers, 2+ years of experience with Android. REST API Server (Java): developers, 2+ years of experience with Java. Docs: Java developers with an interest in technical writing who can help to document our backend systems. Find all of our projects: https://github.com/onebusaway https://github.com/onebusaway Join our Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/onebusaway/shared_invite/zt-2jve26vs6-~qXjgxv_HkTliUKhAnuSDA https://join.slack.com/t/onebusaway/shared_invite/zt-2jve26v... Reach out to me directly: aaron@onebusaway.org
- deskr 2y ago
  I think you need a PR personnel too.
  - aaronbrethorst 2y ago
    Are you volunteering? ;)
    - deskr 2y ago
      No, just offering unsolicited advice :)
      - aaronbrethorst 2y ago
        I completely agree. I hope they happen to see our discourse.
- whamlastxmas 2y ago
  What sort of product management help do you need? Like managing the work of the developers or more wireframing and design?
  - aaronbrethorst 2y ago
    All of the above: product roadmap, coordinating developers’ work, specs and designs, and anything else you can think of.
    - mraza007 2y ago
      Would you be open to someone for those tasks? I just checkout your project and it looks amazing. I’m not a Mobile Developer but I have definitely worked with Java especially with Springboot Would love to get in touch with you
      - aaronbrethorst 2y ago
        Check out the contact links in my original post. Please reach out! :)
- kilimanjaro3 2y ago
  I need years of experience in your tech stack to contribute to your opensource project? Is this common?
  - aaronbrethorst 2y ago
    Feel free to check out the projects and find an issue where you can contribute. You're just a lot less likely to be successful without good foundational knowledge of the technologies we use, and our volunteers don't have a lot of bandwidth to try to train new prospective volunteers on the fundamentals of, say, Swift UI, Android development, or Ruby on Rails.
  - rty32 2y ago
    It is absolutely not common. It is reasonable to expect contributors to have a certain amount of programming experience, but I rarely see any open source projects ask for requirements in a very specific area like a job posting. Many open source projects -- I am not talking about React or VSCode -- would be happy to see people creating pull requests at all, and are willing to provide pointers or hints for people who have experience but may not be so proficient in a specific language. Most of the projects work well that way.
not_your_vase 2y ago
There is a help-wanted tag on github for this: https://github.com/topics/help-wanted https://github.com/topics/help-wanted (I know that GH is not the whole world, but it stores an overwhelming majority of the OSS ecosystem)
- m4rcs90 2y ago
  Funny that all Microsoft projects appear on top. They seem to struggle very hard.
  - samatman 2y ago
    The list is ranked in a completely transparent way. It's anything with the help wanted tag, ordered by number of stars. So this isn't some sneaky Microsoft thumb on the scale, the way you appear to be implying. Simpler than that: I doubt many projects know about this list (I for one just saw it for the first time), and since GitHub put it together, Microsoft codebases got the memo to add the tag. If you want to see other popular projects at the top of this list, open up a PR to have them add the tag.
    - mcmcmc 2y ago
      Personally I find it funny one of the most valuable companies in the world is begging for free help maintaining their software. Gotta be cheap to get rich I guess.
      - lytedev 2y ago
        Some open source projects don't necessarily want help. I don't think adding a help-wanted tag qualifies for begging as much as letting you know that contributors are actually welcome if you're interested.
        andrea81 2y ago
        What a shame, one of the biggest companies of our time with tags looking for help. Sell it however you want, but the tag is there and this is a pitiful image. I feel sorry for all the naive developers who will waste their time working for free for a parasitic corporation.
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roschdal 2y ago
https://github.com/freecivx/freecivx https://github.com/freecivx/freecivx https://github.com/openpdfsaucer/openpdfsaucer https://github.com/openpdfsaucer/openpdfsaucer I focus on maintaining these two open source projects. Pull request welcome!
- joshmarinacci 2y ago
  I’m so happy to see Flying Saucer still being used.
teddyh 2y ago
Free Software Foundation’s High Priority Free Software Projects: <https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:High_Priority_Projects https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:High_Priority_Proj...>
- lostmsu 2y ago
  Some of these look already dead, sadly. E.g. Ricochet
  - lolinder 2y ago
    Mycroft, too, sadly. That entry should probably be replaced with Rhasspy.
shreeshabhat043 2y ago
Job-Scout is an open-source CLI tool that aggregates remote Machine Learning, AI, and Data Science job listings from Twitter and Hacker News. It analyzes your resume to match and rank jobs based on your skills and experience, providing you with personalized job recommendations. The project is highly customizable—users can easily tweak the search to find internships or specific roles. Contributors are welcome to join and enhance this project by adding new job sources, features, and improvements! https://github.com/ShreeshaBhat1004/Job-scout https://github.com/ShreeshaBhat1004/Job-scout If you like it, Give it a star DM me if you wanna contribute
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grothoff 2y ago
GNU Taler (https://taler.net/); https://taler.net/); privacy-preserving payment system. Written in C/Java/TypeScript/Kotlin/Rust/Postgresql/etc.; needs include coding (especially integration into other applications) documentation (review, proof-reading), testing (incl. benchmark, UX), packaging, translation (Weblate/gettext); any help welcome ;-).
- medo-bear 2y ago
  Taler seems cool,but this is a huge no no: Ensure your wallet is regularly online to avoid losing money due to expiration!
  - alwayslikethis 2y ago
    Wow that's a big problem. At least my monero don't expire if I leave it for a few years..
  - grothoff 2y ago
    We do need to expire cryptographic keys eventually, there is no sane alternative to this. Now, note that "regularly online" here could mean once every X years depending on how the system is configured.
    - medo-bear 2y ago
      Thinking about it, that is fine because Taler is meant to be a payment system, not a store of value
- jdthedisciple 2y ago
  404 not found
  - croisillon 2y ago
    because of the end parenthesis: https://taler.net/ https://taler.net/ works
schneems 2y ago
Find projects here https://www.codetriage.com/ https://www.codetriage.com/ I recommend looking for projects you care about already instead of going the other way. Best place to start isn’t by looking in your lockfile https://www.codetriage.com/university/picking_a_repo https://www.codetriage.com/university/picking_a_repo
laurex 2y ago
I love this idea, thanks for putting this together. I'm biased, but I also wish more FOSS/OSS projects had a realistic contributor path for UX folks to contribute- so many (non-dev-tooling) projects suffer as a result of building without collaboration from people who might use the product.
- aaronbrethorst 2y ago
  I should have included that in my list of asks for OneBusAway. We have a ton of need for people in every user experience, discipline: visual design, usability, you name it. Also, product management would be a huge help.
hombre_fatal 2y ago
I'm skeptical that this does anything. I'd wager that just about nobody is sitting around with all this energy waiting to contribute to a project they've never used and just heard about in an HN thread. I'm sure you get some commitments of people who say they will help. Just like people say they'll pay for your product once you build it and people who say they'll go to an event 6 months from now. It's hard enough to find contributors among engineers who are using a tool.
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- wombatpm 2y ago
  I just took a new role that moves me out of day-to-day coding. I clicked into this thread looking to find a python project that needs help so that I can keep my coding skills sharp.
  - vednig 2y ago
    If you're interested in a python project, take a look at https://github.com/doshareme/server https://github.com/doshareme/server . Join us on Discord https://dub.sh/doshare-discord https://dub.sh/doshare-discord
- lytedev 2y ago
  While I don't have any free time to contribute, I do like hearing about cool stuff out there that people care about and I pass the world along! Word of mouth and fun is at least "anything"!
- neuronet 2y ago
  Will it be a low hit rate? Probably, but I've seen way less serendipitous matchmaking plans than this work out very well. The cost is low for people to just put out a feeler. Also, it's fun to read over the different projects, so we all win.
- rty32 2y ago
  Not 100% agree but would almost say the same thing. As someone who made small contributions to several projects and left comments under many GitHub issues, things that I see: * Heavy users are more likely to report bugs and end up contributing to the project * If many people run into the same issue, more likely someone will create among them will write a fix, or at least suggest a workaround * A "healthy" project -- one that addresses GitHub issues and pull requests quickly, that responds to people's questions instead of ignoring them, that encourages technical discussions, is more likely to attract even more contributions. * Some projects have issues and pull requests that are open for a long time without any response from maintainers (despite active development). I myself wouldn't even bother reporting a bug because it's not worth it Meanwhile, even under this thread, you can find people that expect certain amount of experience with a particular language. That just says to me they don't want contribution. Why? I am no expert in that certain language, but I am experienced enough in software engineering that I can jump into many codebases and create a high quality patch with some ChatGPT. I've done this many times before. If they are so obnoxious I'd rather put my energy elsewhere.
ent101 2y ago
Puter https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter We're building a "Web OS" designed to be feature-rich, exceptionally fast, and highly extensible! It can be used for anything from a Dropbox alternative to a cloud environment for building websites and apps! Stack: JavaScrips. No frameworks. Need help with: Frontend and backend. Reach out: nj@puter.com
- pizzafeelsright 2y ago
  I see good stuff yet the scope creep including AI and opening every imaginable file seems to be a slowdown
- rubyfan 2y ago
  This is great. I played Solitaire for an hour, maybe two.
craftyjon 2y ago
KiCad EDA - https://kicad.org https://kicad.org KiCad is a popular open-source EDA tool used by engineers and designers across the globe. We're always open to contributions from experienced C++ developers, especially those who are also familiar with the world of electrical engineering / PCB design. Check out our developer landing page[1] to find the developers email list and contribution guides. We accept merge requests on GitLab[2] and try to keep a number of lower-scope issues tagged starter [3] for new developers to take on. We're currently in our annual feature freeze as we focus on stabilizing features added in the past year and squashing bugs ahead of our planned 9.0 release at the end of January. Any help testing the nightly builds and surfacing bugs to fix is appreciated as well as actual bug-fixing! [1] https://dev-docs.kicad.org/en/getting-started/index.html https://dev-docs.kicad.org/en/getting-started/index.html [2] https://gitlab.com/kicad https://gitlab.com/kicad [3] https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/?label_name[]=starter https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/?label_name[]=s...
- rwmj 2y ago
  I think if one did curate such a list, then importance (both number of users, and societal impact) should be a key factor. KiCad is an important project on both dimensions.
- _fizz_buzz_ 2y ago
  Kicad is amazing. I was trying to contribute a while ago. But setting everything up and compiling is a bit tricky. I think I will give it another shot.
  - _whiteCaps_ 2y ago
    Following their docs and noting any difficulties might be helpful even if you don't get to any actual coding.
    - r3db34rd 2y ago
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nimishk 2y ago
Phase - Open source application secrets management platform for developers What we are building and how it works (TL;DR): - CLI that replaces .env files by imports secrets, encrypting and syncing them to the backend. The CLI injects secrets into any application at runtime as environment variables. - A frontend web app to CRUD key, value pairs across dev, staging, prod envs. Add teammates. View logs. - An backend API to store secrets data. Sync them to common platforms like GitHub, Kubernetes, AWS etc. Tech stack: - Next.js frontend - Python / Django backend (django-rq, django REST, graphene graphql) - Postgresql - Redis Repos: - https://github.com/phasehq/console https://github.com/phasehq/console - https://github.com/phasehq/cli https://github.com/phasehq/cli - https://github.com/phasehq/docs https://github.com/phasehq/docs - https://github.com/phasehq/python-sdk https://github.com/phasehq/python-sdk - https://github.com/phasehq/golang-sdk https://github.com/phasehq/golang-sdk - https://github.com/phasehq/kubernetes-secrets-operator https://github.com/phasehq/kubernetes-secrets-operator - https://github.com/phasehq/terraform-provider-phase https://github.com/phasehq/terraform-provider-phase DM me on Slack: https://slack.phase.dev https://slack.phase.dev or X: https://x.com/nimishkarmali https://x.com/nimishkarmali Help needed: Contributors are welcome to try the platform and improve it by creating or picking up GitHub issues on any of the above repos, adding new integrations, features, and docs!
semiinfinitely 2y ago
Pytorch their compiler is trash
memset 2y ago
SmoothMQ: a drop-in replacement for SQS. https://github.com/poundifdef/smoothmq https://github.com/poundifdef/smoothmq I am looking to build 4 main things: 1. Better compatibility with SQS' different endpoints 2. Sharding: I want users to be able to add/remove a node to a cluster and have the system automatically rebalance 3. Replication The project is written in Go, and the UI is also just uses HTML and go templates.
- akutlay 2y ago
  I'm interested in this but I see long lasting issues and very few PRs (last one from August 3rd). Is it because things are stable now or the project is not getting traction?
pizlonator 2y ago
Fil-C - a memory safe implementation of C and C++. Written in C and C++. Need most help just porting C programs to Fil-C. Often porting is as easy as recompiling, but sometimes there are compatibility issues to resolve similar to if you were porting C code to a new CPU or OS. Could also use help with compiler hacking (llvm expertise required) and runtime hacking (experience with high level language runtimes required). https://github.com/pizlonator/llvm-project-deluge https://github.com/pizlonator/llvm-project-deluge
- ranger_danger 2y ago
  Are use-after-free and such bugs detected at compile time? There are still some cases that scan-build, cppcheck and other static analysis tools do not find.
  - pizlonator 2y ago
    They’re deterministically detected at runtime. Any use of a pointer to an object that got freed will trap with a filc safety error, which terminates program execution and prints a backtrace. I don’t think it’s possible to catch all use after frees at compile time precisely. Like, you could have a checker that catches all errors but also rejects valid programs or you can have a checker that accepts all valid programs but doesn’t find all the bugs. To be precise it has to be at runtime, and that’s what Fil-C does.
    - fithisux 2y ago
      can you imagine a program termination in the middle of a surgical operation? It is harmless for less critical jobs though, like image viewing.
      - pizlonator 2y ago
        Memory safe languages aren’t about proving everything at compile time. Some version of a panic is going to be there, at a minimum for array bounds checking. In Fil-C, if you don’t like the use after free panic, then just don’t call free and let the GC free your objects. And if you’re doing safety critical stuff (I’m assuming that’s what you’re getting at) then the game is to prove that the system will be safe in the sense of not hurting people, not in the sense of memory safety. And that proof burden is much higher than the proof burden for memory safety.
pentamassiv 2y ago
enigo - Cross platform input simulation in Rust [1] enigo tries to make it easy for developers to simulate key presses or mouse movements on Linux, Windows and macOS. I try to hide the differences between operating systems and make it as simple as possible. It is the most popular crate to do so according to crates.io, but there are still a number of issues. A number of cool project use it such as - plock: Query and stream the output of an LLM from anywhere you can type [2] - RustDesk: Remote Access and Support Software (forked enigo) [3] I'm close to running integration tests in the CI to prevent regressions and find platform differences, but it's not fully working yet. If someone could get it over the finish line, that would be great. For Linux there is X11 but also basic Wayland implementation and a libei one, but they only work properly for US keyboards. [1] https://github.com/enigo-rs/enigo https://github.com/enigo-rs/enigo [2] https://github.com/jasonjmcghee/plock https://github.com/jasonjmcghee/plock [3] https://rustdesk.com/ https://rustdesk.com/
memset 2y ago
Plain Old Recipe: takes online recipes and removes the cruft. https://www.plainoldrecipe.com https://www.plainoldrecipe.com https://github.com/poundifdef/plainoldrecipe https://github.com/poundifdef/plainoldrecipe Things I want to do: 1. Improved print-friendly format 2. Ability to format to arbitrary sizes (for example, format for index cards) 3. Smarter layouts. For example, if a recipe says "add the chicken stock" in a step it would be great if it could identify how much ("1 cup") like some apps do.
- mfashby 2y ago
  Thanks for plainoldrecipe! Such a handy tool.
- sahmeepee 2y ago
  Never seen this before, but it's such a simple and brilliant idea. Thank you!
- kianN 2y ago
  I love this project! I immediately made an iphone shortcut so I can convert any page I'm currently to a plainoldrecipe. Sharing in case it is useful for anyone else: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/86bfd549ae6c421ca04b5a993206f285 https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/86bfd549ae6c421ca04b5a99320...
  - wyclif 2y ago
    Just The Recipe is a similar service: https://www.justtherecipe.com/ https://www.justtherecipe.com/
    - hehehheh 2y ago
      Does not appear to be open source.
    - memset 2y ago
      I would like to have some sort of paid version. Maybe an API, or something, to help pay for ongoing server costs and maybe some pizza money too. Any ideas on what would be worthwhile for “premium” access?
rodrodriguez 2y ago
General Bots: Omnichannel Bot Platform with LLM Orchestrator https://github.com/GeneralBots https://github.com/GeneralBots • TypeScript (Server, Add-ins, Apps), Python (AI Models), BASIC (system dialogs, templates) • Built on TS, Expo, React Native, and Node.js • 5-year codebase, continuously expanding • Open-source project seeking community contributors Interested? Visit our GitHub (https://github.com/generalbots https://github.com/generalbots) or contact info@pragmatismo.cloud or https://pragmatismo.cloud https://pragmatismo.cloud. Thank you.
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throw_a_grenade 2y ago
I'd say "projects that you personaly use". If you use a piece of software or a linux distro, please contribute back, "pay" for it forward. So I shall not suggest any particular piece, everyone uses different set of Free Software, and that's how we all like it.
aothms 2y ago
IfcOpenShell - https://ifcopenshell.org https://ifcopenshell.org - https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell An open-source toolkit for developing digital platforms in the built environment. With IfcOpenShell, you can read, write, and modify Building Information Models (BIM) using the IFC standard — a versatile and open digital language spanning the entire lifecycle of buildings, from design to construction and beyond. Now including Bonsai, a Blender-based 3D editor to create and edit multidisciplinary information within IFC models. The built environment is a major contributor to emissions, making sustainability in design, construction, and operations an area we can work on with data-driven decisions unlocked by open source tools. CAD/BIM has long faced lock-in by the proprietary nature of traditional tools. We aim to change that. C++ / Python / 3D / Computational geometry / CAD / BIM
etewiah 2y ago
I'd love to resurrect my open source real estate website builder: https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder I was quite active with updating it a few years ago but haven't had the time to work on it recently. On another project of mine I have been using aider and co-pilot and realised I could bring property_web_builder back to life with these tools. It would motivate me massively to do this if at least one or two other people were willing to work with me on this.
- coldtrait 2y ago
  I'm just at a beginner level with Ruby on Rails, but I am interested in working on it.
  - etewiah 2y ago
    Hi there, sorry I've only just now seen your comment. What is the best way to reach you? You can send me a message on x: https://x.com/prptywebbuilder https://x.com/prptywebbuilder Or via the linkedinpage for propertywebbuilder
    - coldtrait 2y ago
      No worries. Sent you a LinkedIn message.
andybak 2y ago
Icosa Gallery - https://github.com/icosa-foundation/icosa-gallery https://github.com/icosa-foundation/icosa-gallery A Google Poly replacement with ambitions beyond that. 3D model hosting, viewing, sharing with simple self-hosting and (eventually) federation. An API that's 99% compatible with the Google Poly API means it's easy to revive integrations that used to support Poly. We're also got a dataset that we've cleaned up from Internet Archive scrapes restoring nearly all of the original collection. (about 150,000 models) Looking for help with the three.js viewer/editor, help with fediverse support, Django database or OAuth experts. And of course documentation, testing, design, ux and everything else. And anyone with their own project that would benefit from integrating with us. Stack: Vanilla javascript / HTMX, Django, Postgres, three.js and GLTF Suitable for any skill levels. andy@icosa.foundation https://icosa.gallery/ https://icosa.gallery/ (currently in private alpha)
SplitPotato535 2y ago
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folli 2y ago
CubeTrek An Open-Source Alternative to Strava (GPS Track Manager for Hiking, Running, Cycling, Mountaineering etc.) https://cubetrek.com https://cubetrek.com https://github.com/r-follador/CubeTrek/ https://github.com/r-follador/CubeTrek/ Java, Spring Boot, PostGis, JavaScript, Babylon.js Front end could use some help in design overhaul, new feature ideas etc. Also looking for some 3D designers helping to improve the Babylon.js parts. Other, new ideas and features are welcome!
wbazant 2y ago
Falling Fruit beta.fallingfruit.org We're a foraging resource where people can put locations of fruit trees and other opportunities for urban harvest. We're building a React app to replace the current server side rendered website and mobile app, it's in a really good place now and quite close to feature parity but there are still small layout issues and missing features, plus everything else we could potentially do. There's also a NodeJS API that could be worked on. Github.com/falling-fruit/falling-fruit-web
- sen 2y ago
  This is super cool. Surprised how many entries there are even in my small city in AU.
JeffMcCune 2y ago
Holos - https://holos.run/docs/v1alpha5/tutorial/overview/ https://holos.run/docs/v1alpha5/tutorial/overview/ Holos is a configuration management tool for Kubernetes. It provides the building blocks needed for implementing the rendered manifests pattern. It's a new project we built from our experience managing our own and our client's infrastructure. We're looking for design partners to help us identity and define use cases. If you need to configure services for multiple environments, customers, regions, projects, and teams your input would be valuable. Tech Stack: Go, CUE, Helm, Kustomize. Roadmap: Jsonnet, KCL, PKL, etc... as needed.
levkk 2y ago
Come build the next full stack web framework for your favorite programming language! https://github.com/levkk/rwf https://github.com/levkk/rwf All aspects of project are open to contributors. Beginner friendly. Learn Rust/web tech if you're not familiar with how the sausage is made.
- timka 2y ago
  You say beginner friendly. How does rwf look like compared to Pavex[1] in this regard? [1] https://github.com/LukeMathWalker/pavex https://github.com/LukeMathWalker/pavex
  - levkk 2y ago
    I think rwf is easier to use, but it's not my place to make this argument. Try them both out and let me know which one you like best!
em-bee 2y ago
societyserver/open-Team an object-storage, backend as a service platform. enables you to build complex websites/applications including chat, messaging, email, without needing any custom backend coding among other things. https://gitlab.com/societyserver/ https://gitlab.com/societyserver/ https://github.com/societyserver/ https://github.com/societyserver/ backend: Pike/MySQL (without Roxen) frontends: XSLT or REST (for custom javascript frontends), java desktop clients, a PHP library. this project is forked from the original developers who stopped publicly maintaining it more than a decade ago. http://web.archive.org/web/20120502154511/http://www.open-steam.org:80/ http://web.archive.org/web/20120502154511/http://www.open-st... the website was lost during covid due to an administrative error while i was busy with family problems: http://web.archive.org/web/20211017092823/http://societyserver.org/ http://web.archive.org/web/20211017092823/http://societyserv... tasks that need to be done: 1: rebuild the website by scraping content from archive.org/ (skills needed: HTML/CSS/JS/UX) 2: rebuild the TLS stack and the auth API. (skills needed: pike, auth) 3: build more frontend examples for different frameworks (currently we have angularjs and aurelia. would love to see react, svelte, etc...) (UX/JS/TS/HTML/CSS) 4: add a GraphQL API. (pike) 5: document the developer tools. (most of that is on gitlab/github) further on my wishlist are: integrate shared editing like etherpad. support SQLite as an alternative to MySQL/PostgreSQL. better developer tools, like integration with git. (content is stored in the server with a history. the history can be exported to and imported from git), remote editing of content from VIM and other editors. matrix integration (we already have IRC, XMPP, IMAP, SMTP, POP3, NNTP, FTP, WEBDAV, TELNET, LDAP...) a gmail style mail frontend. other integrations this project has a long history and a lot of potential. i am actively using it for my own websites, but i have been neglecting the project itself since i was busy finding more work. if i could only get the first two steps done, we'd be back in business.
- em-bee 2y ago
  just adding this here for completeness, so i can point people here: i'd really like to get rid of xslt, but that requires rebuilding the complete admin interface from scratch. alternatively the xslt bindings could be pushed upstream into pike so we don't have to maintain them and the server can be built without a C compiler. (i am currently working on fixing the TLS issue during which i was reminded how libxml2 is a moving target, and its bindings require updating with every minor version.)
parasti 2y ago
I maintain Neverball, a 3D rolling ball game. It's a spare time project for me. Written in C, ported to the web via WASM and handwritten HTML/CSS/JS (https://play.neverball.org https://play.neverball.org). Been polishing the web app for a while, but looking for critiques that might help me pinpoint where the web app falls short of expectation. Contacts: https://github.com/Neverball/neverball/discussions https://github.com/Neverball/neverball/discussions or HN.
- Cyphase 2y ago
  Thank you! I have fond memories of Neverball and Neverputt, and still play them occasionally when the mood strikes.
michaelsalim 2y ago
TheOpenPresenter - https://github.com/Vija02/TheOpenPresenter https://github.com/Vija02/TheOpenPresenter A presentation software useful for Event Presenting, Digital Signage, Dashboards and more. Basically if you ever need to control a screen, we want to make that process easy. The core system handles all the boring detail like real time communication and media handling. Meanwhile, you can install plugins to handle specific things like playing video, displaying powerpoint, dashboards, etc. Tech stack: Typescript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, GraphQL. Need help: Code - The project is just a few months old. There's still a lot of grounds to cover. Main priority is to get one specific use-case to work really well. Then, to get the plugin API robust so that we can start developing more plugins without refactoring repeatedly. Level: Intermediate - Advanced Contact: See my profile
Fethbita 2y ago
emrtd - https://github.com/Fethbita/emrtd https://github.com/Fethbita/emrtd A Rust crate used to communicate with compliant e-passports and identity documents. It can be used for building automated systems or the like. Rust is used. Help is needed with code and design, also the Rust crypto ecosystem as many algorithms needed to implement these security mechanisms such as brainpool are missing from Rust Crypto project. Level: Beginner friendly after getting familiar with the ICAO Doc 9303 Series or reading my blog post about the ecosystem (https://blog.burakcankus.com/2024/04/18/how-do-electronic-passports-work.html https://blog.burakcankus.com/2024/04/18/how-do-electronic-pa...) Contact through contact@emrtd.com
drewp 2y ago
Looks like the same mission as: * https://www.codeshelter.co/ https://www.codeshelter.co/ * https://up-for-grabs.net/ https://up-for-grabs.net/ * https://www.codetriage.com/ https://www.codetriage.com/ (mentioned in these comments) I seem to recall yet another one, maybe with a name that invoked a traveling group of helpers who would jump into projects briefly to fix them up? On a related note, it would be cool if there was a way to leave a hobo sign equivalent if you find a project that is well-run and easy to contribute to. If the build and tests Just Work, etc., we should praise that project in a way that 1) encourages helpers to pick it since they'll have a good experience, and 2) provides a good example for other projects to follow.
jmakov 2y ago
ray.io, onprem clister up does't work at all...
- mdaniel 2y ago
  I'm guessing this comment is some kind of "if you know, you know." Likely starting from https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/cluster/vms/user-guides/launching-clusters/on-premises.html#using-ray-cluster-launcher https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/cluster/vms/user-guides/launch... and then trawling through one of these I guess https://github.com/ray-project/ray/issues?q=is%3Aissue+prem+is%3Aopen https://github.com/ray-project/ray/issues?q=is%3Aissue+prem+...
zxilly 2y ago
go-size-analyzer, a tool for analysing different dependency volumes in go binaries. Specifically, I'm looking for help from some people who have experience with reversing on the Mac OS platform, and I'd like to address this issue, which is about how binary relocations handle memory addresses on Mac OS. https://github.com/Zxilly/go-size-analyzer/issues/242 https://github.com/Zxilly/go-size-analyzer/issues/242 gsa obtains the memory address by calculating the address expression in the dwarf, and subsequently looks for the static content in the binary that actually corresponds to the memory address, but when the macho file contains relocations, the calculated memory address needs to be relocated with the same logic to get the correct binary content. I've been working on this problem for a while, but I'm really not familiar with the macho structure and I don't own a macbook, I'd like to get help from developers who have experience in this area.
psc 2y ago
Orcasound | https://github.com/orcasound/ https://github.com/orcasound/ | https://www.orcasound.net/ https://www.orcasound.net/ We're building open source tools to listen underwater, focused on monitoring endangered orcas (killer whales) along the west coast of North America. We operate a network of hydrophones that anyone can listen to live (https://live.orcasound.net/ https://live.orcasound.net/). We have a community of over 6,000 citizen scientists who use our tools to help us detect orcas & other marine life. Short-term our goal is to help conservation, long term we want to contribute to scientific research (orca behavior & communication). It's an incredibly broad project that ranges from: - hardware (building hydrophones & deploying electronics underwater) - embedded systems / IoT (capturing & streaming data from our locations) - live streaming & audio processing - machine learning & data science (our dataset is nearly 10tb, all open data) - mapping & GIS - full-stack web - design, UX, UI Tech stack: Python, Elixir, Javascript/Typescript, React, C#, PostgreSQL We need so many things that there's almost certainly something you can contribute to, regardless of skill level. If you're interested, come say hi in our community chat on Zulip! https://orcasound.zulipchat.com/ https://orcasound.zulipchat.com/
fullstackwife 2y ago
GenAIcode - https://www.npmjs.com/package/genaicode https://www.npmjs.com/package/genaicode Coding assistant with localhost web UI(can be used as a CLI tool as well), developed entirely with typescript, nodejs, and React (for UI). This is my current personal pet project, and I'm looking for someone who could try to use it on a real code base other than TS/JS and let me know via GitHub if there are issues. I'm open to contributions as well, this project is quite fun to work on.:)
joshestroud 2y ago
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jph 2y ago
Assertables: Rust crate of assert macros for better testing and runtime vetting. https://github.com/sixarm/assertables-rust-crate/ https://github.com/sixarm/assertables-rust-crate/ BEGINNER-FRIENDLY for documentation help such as creating examples, outreach help such as connecting with developers. INTERMEDIATE-FRIENDLY adding capabilities for no_std, and for values without debug, and for env var configuration, etc.
jph 2y ago
GitAlias - https://github.com/GitAlias/gitalias/ https://github.com/GitAlias/gitalias/ GitAlias is a big list of git alias commands that aims to help developers by providing shortcuts, patterns, workflows, etc. We're always looking for better ways to use git. This includes coming up with new aliases, and also improving existing aliases by adding parameters, and writing better docs.
snthpy 2y ago
https://github.com/PRQL/prql https://github.com/PRQL/prql PRQL - the Pipelined Relational Query Language, pronounced "Prequel". PRQL is a modern language for transforming data — a simple, powerful, pipelined SQL replacement. Like SQL, it's readable, explicit and declarative. Unlike SQL, it forms a logical pipeline of transformations, and supports abstractions such as variables and functions. It can be used with any database that uses SQL, since it compiles to SQL. Lots of ideas for making PRQL the best language for working with and transforming data in any environment. As a completely community driven project with no corporate association or sponsor, velocity is limited by volunteer availability and contributions so help is welcome. From compiler work in Rust, to front-end improvements on the website, and CLIs, language integrations, alternative backends, etc ... in between.
- zaphodias 2y ago
  hey there, honestly I haven't tried prql yet but I think I already saw it on HN before. What would you expect from a language integration? I'd like to work on something in Go, which doesn't make it easy to have Rust bindings. One nice challenge for me would be to rewrite the compiler in pure Go, but maybe it's too complex of a task bringing little value to the project overall :) What other tools do you need? E.g. what kind of CLIs? What do you mean by alternative backends?
  - mdaniel 2y ago
    > I think I already saw it on HN before. Bunches of times: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&query=prql&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&query=prql&sort=b... e.g. 9 months ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39428609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39428609
mangeshm 2y ago
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tobylane 2y ago
CorsixTH - https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH A modern platform's clone of the 1997 Bullfrog game Theme Hospital, where you manage a series of hospitals. CorsixTH is mostly feature complete, with additions like player made maps and levels, and some ease of use changes. The game logic and layout is in Lua, the backend is C++. We have some issues marked Good First Issue, and long term plans including multiplayer. The documentation and wiki are good, and there's a Matrix/Discord room. Also an Android port - https://github.com/alanwoolley/CorsixTH-Android https://github.com/alanwoolley/CorsixTH-Android
jlukecarlson 2y ago
ml-mdm from Apple Machine Learning Research I maintain ml-mdm, a text-to-image diffusion codebase, that contains implementations of my research group’s recent papers https://github.com/apple/ml-mdm https://github.com/apple/ml-mdm Any help with DOCS or CODE would be greatly appreciated. I’m happy to have BEGINNER-FRIENDLY contributions as well, there’s a “good first issues” label that we use on GitHub. We have an active and growing group of external contributors and welcome newcomers. Could be a fun opportunity to contribute to a machine learning research project and to learn about cutting edge techniques in this subfield.
d4rkp4ttern 2y ago
Langroid: https://github.com/langroid/langroid https://github.com/langroid/langroid Langroid (2.7k stars, 20k downloads/mo) is an intuitive, lightweight, extensible and principled Python framework to easily build agent-oriented LLM-powered applications, from CMU and UW-Madison researchers. You set up Agents, equip them with optional components (LLM, vector-store and tools/functions), assign them tasks, and have them collaboratively solve a problem by exchanging messages. agent-oriented Python framework to simplify building LLM applications. It has been in development since Apr 2023, predating other Agent frameworks, and was built from the ground up to be agent-oriented (not as an after-thought) and does not depend on any other LLM library. The framework is gaining popularity among developers due its clean, principled design. I am the lead dev/architect. Areas needing help: CODE, DOCS, DESIGN Level: There are a number of areas (see the issues and contribution docs) where beginners or advanced developers can contribute. Contact: Drop into the discord and post a message in a suitable channel, or create an Issue or Discussion in the GitHub repo. Discord: https://discord.gg/ZU36McDgDs https://discord.gg/ZU36McDgDs
mdnahas 2y ago
Parchive, a.k.a. “.par2” files Parchive is a file format for redundant files. If any of the original files are damaged, the redundancy lets them be restored. It is used for transmission over faulty networks (like Usenet) and for protecting storage (like backups). Version 2 clients had 7+ million downloads. Version 2 had bugs and limitations, so I’ve designed Version 3 with fixes and new features, such as incremental backups. Version 3 needs a reference implementation to be coded and tested. It could be coded by a single person. The reference implementation just needs to read and write files and compute on the data. A follow on would be a high-performance implementation using threads, heavy optimization, and a static or dynamic library interface. It’s a good project for someone looking to prove their coding skills while doing the good deed of protecting data. https://parchive.github.io/ https://parchive.github.io/
- mdnahas 2y ago
  If you have questions, email me at hackernews@mike.nahasmail.com. — Mike
yagarea 2y ago
JekTeX - A Jekyll plugin for fast server-side cached LaTeX rendering, with support for macros. ( https://github.com/yagarea/jektex https://github.com/yagarea/jektex ) I would like to split it to the multiple files and make some unit tests. + I have two issues that should be easy to fix but I have no time to try to solve them because my uni takes more time than I would like.
bitfl0wer 2y ago
Polyphony is an in-development chat service, meant to be a direct competitor to and replacement for Discord. Polyphony offers a subset of Discords v9 HTTP API, excluding some of the more bloated features while keeping the fun yet functional experience. Self-hosting and federation are key features of Polyphony and thus are supposed to have a mass-market ready user experience associated with them. For this reason, we are also building polyproto - a new, „boring“, extendable identity and message federation protocol, with polyproto-chat being the general purpose Discord/Matrix-like chat platform protocol for interoperability between different services. Here is a list of things that we could use some help with: * The core polyproto HTTP API routes need to be streamlined - as in, trying to achieve a similar thing on two different routes should be done in a similar way (https://docs.polyphony.chat/APIs/core/ https://docs.polyphony.chat/APIs/core/). No code experience needed, just some knowledge on HTTP REST API best practices, if possible. * There are some unfinished polyproto HTTP API routes, which need to be designed snd documented (https://docs.polyphony.chat/APIs/core/ https://docs.polyphony.chat/APIs/core/). * No code experience needed, just some knowledge on HTTP REST API best practices, if possible. * The entirety of the polyproto HTTP API documentation should be translated into TypeSpec definitions (https://typespec.io https://typespec.io). TypeSpec is a modern way to describe APIs, and TypeSpec definitions compile down to OpenAPI 3.0 for easy codegen in all sorts of different programming languages. No prior experience with TypeSpec is required - I am also currently in the process of learning it, and it seems to be quite simple and mostly ergonomic. * The polyproto Rust crate (https://github.com/polyphony-chat/polyproto-rs https://github.com/polyphony-chat/polyproto-rs) could use general optimizations and most importantly internal refactors to allow for wasm-bindgen to create a JavaScript/TypeScript library directly from our Rust code via an FFI, as the Rust codebase should ideally act as a single source of truth to keep implementations in different languages from exerting different behaviors. This would ideally require knowledge of FFIs/ABIs or an interest in learning about these topics. * In addition to the previous point, C-Bindings from the Rust library would also be extremely useful to easily make polyproto available in other programming languages via the C-ABI and FFIs. Find us at https://github.com/polyphony-chat https://github.com/polyphony-chat and/or join our development Discord at https://discord.gg/4DPuQStJ4s https://discord.gg/4DPuQStJ4s. Yes, we are aware of the irony :)
maximus93 2y ago
Multiwoven is an open-source Reverse ETL platform that simplifies data activation for businesses of all sizes. Tech Stack: Backend: Ruby Frontend: React Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes Areas Needing Help: Documentation: Enhancing user and contributor guides. Code: Developing new connectors and improving existing ones. Design: Refining the UI/UX of our platform. Level: Beginner-Friendly: Documentation improvements and minor code enhancements. Advanced: Building new connectors and optimizing data pipelines. Get Involved: GitHub: (https://github.com/Multiwoven/multiwoven/ https://github.com/Multiwoven/multiwoven/) Join Our Community: Slack (https://join.slack.com/t/multiwoven/shared_invite/zt-2bnjye26u-~lu_FFOMLpChOYxvovep7g https://join.slack.com/t/multiwoven/shared_invite/zt-2bnjye2...) We welcome contributors passionate about data integration and open-source development. Feel free to reach out if you're interested!
Maclezzy 2y ago
Extremely excellent service. UMOBIX OFFICIAL got me access to everything. So smooth, fast and reliable without any faults. I am happy I worked with them and I would continue to work with UMOBIX OFFICIAL and recommend their services is pretty decent company which offers all that’s listed on their platform. Voice calls Messages Social media Location A 100/100 rating from me to UMOBIX OFFICIAL on Instagram name and Telegram ‪ +44 7903 168662‬ Email :: umobix.official21@gmail.com
buhtz 2y ago
Hyperorg [1] does convert org(roam) files into HTML files preserving there links to each other. It's primary use case is to have an HTML representation of your Zettelkasten (aka "second brain") that is usable on your local machine in a browser without running a fancy web server, JavaScript or anything else. Pure HTML5 and CSS. [1] -- <https://codeberg.org/buhtz/hyperorg https://codeberg.org/buhtz/hyperorg>
buhtz 2y ago
Back In Time [1] is a round about 15 years old backup software using rsync in the back. I'm part of the 3rd generation maintenance team there. A lot of work in investigating and fixing issues, understanding, documenting and refactoring old code. Have a look at Good First Issues [2] or Help Wanted Issues [3]. [1] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime https://github.com/bit-team/backintime> [2] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/GOOD%20FIRST%20ISSUE https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/GOOD%20FIRST%2...> [3] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/HELP-WANTED https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/HELP-WANTED>

aaronbrethorst 2y ago

OneBusAway A suite of real-time public transit projects that are used by millions of people every day. OneBusAway helps people find out when and where their bus will arrive, and provides them with a trip planner, too. OBA is used by transit riders everywhere from Seattle to New York City; Adelaide, Australia to Buenos Aires, Argentina. In addition to developers, we would also benefit greatly from product management and user experience assistance. Tech stacks in need of help: iOS app (Swift): developers, 2+ years of experience with iOS. Android app (Java/Kotlin): developers, 2+ years of experience with Android. REST API Server (Java): developers, 2+ years of experience with Java. Docs: Java developers with an interest in technical writing who can help to document our backend systems. Find all of our projects: https://github.com/onebusaway https://github.com/onebusaway Join our Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/onebusaway/shared_invite/zt-2jve26vs6-~qXjgxv_HkTliUKhAnuSDA https://join.slack.com/t/onebusaway/shared_invite/zt-2jve26v... Reach out to me directly: aaron@onebusaway.org

deskr 2y ago
I think you need a PR personnel too.
- aaronbrethorst 2y ago
  Are you volunteering? ;)
  - deskr 2y ago
    No, just offering unsolicited advice :)
    - aaronbrethorst 2y ago
      I completely agree. I hope they happen to see our discourse.
whamlastxmas 2y ago
What sort of product management help do you need? Like managing the work of the developers or more wireframing and design?
- aaronbrethorst 2y ago
  All of the above: product roadmap, coordinating developers’ work, specs and designs, and anything else you can think of.
  - mraza007 2y ago
    Would you be open to someone for those tasks? I just checkout your project and it looks amazing. I’m not a Mobile Developer but I have definitely worked with Java especially with Springboot Would love to get in touch with you
    - aaronbrethorst 2y ago
      Check out the contact links in my original post. Please reach out! :)
kilimanjaro3 2y ago
I need years of experience in your tech stack to contribute to your opensource project? Is this common?
- aaronbrethorst 2y ago
  Feel free to check out the projects and find an issue where you can contribute. You're just a lot less likely to be successful without good foundational knowledge of the technologies we use, and our volunteers don't have a lot of bandwidth to try to train new prospective volunteers on the fundamentals of, say, Swift UI, Android development, or Ruby on Rails.
- rty32 2y ago
  It is absolutely not common. It is reasonable to expect contributors to have a certain amount of programming experience, but I rarely see any open source projects ask for requirements in a very specific area like a job posting. Many open source projects -- I am not talking about React or VSCode -- would be happy to see people creating pull requests at all, and are willing to provide pointers or hints for people who have experience but may not be so proficient in a specific language. Most of the projects work well that way.

not_your_vase 2y ago

There is a help-wanted tag on github for this: https://github.com/topics/help-wanted https://github.com/topics/help-wanted (I know that GH is not the whole world, but it stores an overwhelming majority of the OSS ecosystem)

m4rcs90 2y ago
Funny that all Microsoft projects appear on top. They seem to struggle very hard.
- samatman 2y ago
  The list is ranked in a completely transparent way. It's anything with the help wanted tag, ordered by number of stars. So this isn't some sneaky Microsoft thumb on the scale, the way you appear to be implying. Simpler than that: I doubt many projects know about this list (I for one just saw it for the first time), and since GitHub put it together, Microsoft codebases got the memo to add the tag. If you want to see other popular projects at the top of this list, open up a PR to have them add the tag.
  - mcmcmc 2y ago
    Personally I find it funny one of the most valuable companies in the world is begging for free help maintaining their software. Gotta be cheap to get rich I guess.
    - lytedev 2y ago
      Some open source projects don't necessarily want help. I don't think adding a help-wanted tag qualifies for begging as much as letting you know that contributors are actually welcome if you're interested.
      - andrea81 2y ago
        What a shame, one of the biggest companies of our time with tags looking for help. Sell it however you want, but the tag is there and this is a pitiful image. I feel sorry for all the naive developers who will waste their time working for free for a parasitic corporation.

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roschdal 2y ago

https://github.com/freecivx/freecivx https://github.com/freecivx/freecivx https://github.com/openpdfsaucer/openpdfsaucer https://github.com/openpdfsaucer/openpdfsaucer I focus on maintaining these two open source projects. Pull request welcome!

joshmarinacci 2y ago
I’m so happy to see Flying Saucer still being used.

teddyh 2y ago

Free Software Foundation’s High Priority Free Software Projects: <https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:High_Priority_Projects https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:High_Priority_Proj...>

lostmsu 2y ago
Some of these look already dead, sadly. E.g. Ricochet
- lolinder 2y ago
  Mycroft, too, sadly. That entry should probably be replaced with Rhasspy.

shreeshabhat043 2y ago

Job-Scout is an open-source CLI tool that aggregates remote Machine Learning, AI, and Data Science job listings from Twitter and Hacker News. It analyzes your resume to match and rank jobs based on your skills and experience, providing you with personalized job recommendations. The project is highly customizable—users can easily tweak the search to find internships or specific roles. Contributors are welcome to join and enhance this project by adding new job sources, features, and improvements! https://github.com/ShreeshaBhat1004/Job-scout https://github.com/ShreeshaBhat1004/Job-scout If you like it, Give it a star DM me if you wanna contribute

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grothoff 2y ago

GNU Taler (https://taler.net/); https://taler.net/); privacy-preserving payment system. Written in C/Java/TypeScript/Kotlin/Rust/Postgresql/etc.; needs include coding (especially integration into other applications) documentation (review, proof-reading), testing (incl. benchmark, UX), packaging, translation (Weblate/gettext); any help welcome ;-).

medo-bear 2y ago
Taler seems cool,but this is a huge no no: Ensure your wallet is regularly online to avoid losing money due to expiration!
- alwayslikethis 2y ago
  Wow that's a big problem. At least my monero don't expire if I leave it for a few years..
- grothoff 2y ago
  We do need to expire cryptographic keys eventually, there is no sane alternative to this. Now, note that "regularly online" here could mean once every X years depending on how the system is configured.
  - medo-bear 2y ago
    Thinking about it, that is fine because Taler is meant to be a payment system, not a store of value
jdthedisciple 2y ago
404 not found
- croisillon 2y ago
  because of the end parenthesis: https://taler.net/ https://taler.net/ works

schneems 2y ago

Find projects here https://www.codetriage.com/ https://www.codetriage.com/ I recommend looking for projects you care about already instead of going the other way. Best place to start isn’t by looking in your lockfile https://www.codetriage.com/university/picking_a_repo https://www.codetriage.com/university/picking_a_repo

laurex 2y ago

I love this idea, thanks for putting this together. I'm biased, but I also wish more FOSS/OSS projects had a realistic contributor path for UX folks to contribute- so many (non-dev-tooling) projects suffer as a result of building without collaboration from people who might use the product.

aaronbrethorst 2y ago
I should have included that in my list of asks for OneBusAway. We have a ton of need for people in every user experience, discipline: visual design, usability, you name it. Also, product management would be a huge help.

hombre_fatal 2y ago

I'm skeptical that this does anything. I'd wager that just about nobody is sitting around with all this energy waiting to contribute to a project they've never used and just heard about in an HN thread. I'm sure you get some commitments of people who say they will help. Just like people say they'll pay for your product once you build it and people who say they'll go to an event 6 months from now. It's hard enough to find contributors among engineers who are using a tool.

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wombatpm 2y ago
I just took a new role that moves me out of day-to-day coding. I clicked into this thread looking to find a python project that needs help so that I can keep my coding skills sharp.
- vednig 2y ago
  If you're interested in a python project, take a look at https://github.com/doshareme/server https://github.com/doshareme/server . Join us on Discord https://dub.sh/doshare-discord https://dub.sh/doshare-discord
lytedev 2y ago
While I don't have any free time to contribute, I do like hearing about cool stuff out there that people care about and I pass the world along! Word of mouth and fun is at least "anything"!
neuronet 2y ago
Will it be a low hit rate? Probably, but I've seen way less serendipitous matchmaking plans than this work out very well. The cost is low for people to just put out a feeler. Also, it's fun to read over the different projects, so we all win.
rty32 2y ago
Not 100% agree but would almost say the same thing. As someone who made small contributions to several projects and left comments under many GitHub issues, things that I see: * Heavy users are more likely to report bugs and end up contributing to the project * If many people run into the same issue, more likely someone will create among them will write a fix, or at least suggest a workaround * A "healthy" project -- one that addresses GitHub issues and pull requests quickly, that responds to people's questions instead of ignoring them, that encourages technical discussions, is more likely to attract even more contributions. * Some projects have issues and pull requests that are open for a long time without any response from maintainers (despite active development). I myself wouldn't even bother reporting a bug because it's not worth it Meanwhile, even under this thread, you can find people that expect certain amount of experience with a particular language. That just says to me they don't want contribution. Why? I am no expert in that certain language, but I am experienced enough in software engineering that I can jump into many codebases and create a high quality patch with some ChatGPT. I've done this many times before. If they are so obnoxious I'd rather put my energy elsewhere.

ent101 2y ago

Puter https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter We're building a "Web OS" designed to be feature-rich, exceptionally fast, and highly extensible! It can be used for anything from a Dropbox alternative to a cloud environment for building websites and apps! Stack: JavaScrips. No frameworks. Need help with: Frontend and backend. Reach out: nj@puter.com

pizzafeelsright 2y ago
I see good stuff yet the scope creep including AI and opening every imaginable file seems to be a slowdown
rubyfan 2y ago
This is great. I played Solitaire for an hour, maybe two.

craftyjon 2y ago

KiCad EDA - https://kicad.org https://kicad.org KiCad is a popular open-source EDA tool used by engineers and designers across the globe. We're always open to contributions from experienced C++ developers, especially those who are also familiar with the world of electrical engineering / PCB design. Check out our developer landing page[1] to find the developers email list and contribution guides. We accept merge requests on GitLab[2] and try to keep a number of lower-scope issues tagged starter [3] for new developers to take on. We're currently in our annual feature freeze as we focus on stabilizing features added in the past year and squashing bugs ahead of our planned 9.0 release at the end of January. Any help testing the nightly builds and surfacing bugs to fix is appreciated as well as actual bug-fixing! [1] https://dev-docs.kicad.org/en/getting-started/index.html https://dev-docs.kicad.org/en/getting-started/index.html [2] https://gitlab.com/kicad https://gitlab.com/kicad [3] https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/?label_name[]=starter https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/?label_name[]=s...

rwmj 2y ago
I think if one did curate such a list, then importance (both number of users, and societal impact) should be a key factor. KiCad is an important project on both dimensions.
_fizz_buzz_ 2y ago
Kicad is amazing. I was trying to contribute a while ago. But setting everything up and compiling is a bit tricky. I think I will give it another shot.
- _whiteCaps_ 2y ago
  Following their docs and noting any difficulties might be helpful even if you don't get to any actual coding.
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nimishk 2y ago

Phase - Open source application secrets management platform for developers What we are building and how it works (TL;DR): - CLI that replaces .env files by imports secrets, encrypting and syncing them to the backend. The CLI injects secrets into any application at runtime as environment variables. - A frontend web app to CRUD key, value pairs across dev, staging, prod envs. Add teammates. View logs. - An backend API to store secrets data. Sync them to common platforms like GitHub, Kubernetes, AWS etc. Tech stack: - Next.js frontend - Python / Django backend (django-rq, django REST, graphene graphql) - Postgresql - Redis Repos: - https://github.com/phasehq/console https://github.com/phasehq/console - https://github.com/phasehq/cli https://github.com/phasehq/cli - https://github.com/phasehq/docs https://github.com/phasehq/docs - https://github.com/phasehq/python-sdk https://github.com/phasehq/python-sdk - https://github.com/phasehq/golang-sdk https://github.com/phasehq/golang-sdk - https://github.com/phasehq/kubernetes-secrets-operator https://github.com/phasehq/kubernetes-secrets-operator - https://github.com/phasehq/terraform-provider-phase https://github.com/phasehq/terraform-provider-phase DM me on Slack: https://slack.phase.dev https://slack.phase.dev or X: https://x.com/nimishkarmali https://x.com/nimishkarmali Help needed: Contributors are welcome to try the platform and improve it by creating or picking up GitHub issues on any of the above repos, adding new integrations, features, and docs!

semiinfinitely 2y ago

Pytorch their compiler is trash

memset 2y ago

SmoothMQ: a drop-in replacement for SQS. https://github.com/poundifdef/smoothmq https://github.com/poundifdef/smoothmq I am looking to build 4 main things: 1. Better compatibility with SQS' different endpoints 2. Sharding: I want users to be able to add/remove a node to a cluster and have the system automatically rebalance 3. Replication The project is written in Go, and the UI is also just uses HTML and go templates.

akutlay 2y ago
I'm interested in this but I see long lasting issues and very few PRs (last one from August 3rd). Is it because things are stable now or the project is not getting traction?

pizlonator 2y ago

Fil-C - a memory safe implementation of C and C++. Written in C and C++. Need most help just porting C programs to Fil-C. Often porting is as easy as recompiling, but sometimes there are compatibility issues to resolve similar to if you were porting C code to a new CPU or OS. Could also use help with compiler hacking (llvm expertise required) and runtime hacking (experience with high level language runtimes required). https://github.com/pizlonator/llvm-project-deluge https://github.com/pizlonator/llvm-project-deluge

ranger_danger 2y ago
Are use-after-free and such bugs detected at compile time? There are still some cases that scan-build, cppcheck and other static analysis tools do not find.
- pizlonator 2y ago
  They’re deterministically detected at runtime. Any use of a pointer to an object that got freed will trap with a filc safety error, which terminates program execution and prints a backtrace. I don’t think it’s possible to catch all use after frees at compile time precisely. Like, you could have a checker that catches all errors but also rejects valid programs or you can have a checker that accepts all valid programs but doesn’t find all the bugs. To be precise it has to be at runtime, and that’s what Fil-C does.
  - fithisux 2y ago
    can you imagine a program termination in the middle of a surgical operation? It is harmless for less critical jobs though, like image viewing.
    - pizlonator 2y ago
      Memory safe languages aren’t about proving everything at compile time. Some version of a panic is going to be there, at a minimum for array bounds checking. In Fil-C, if you don’t like the use after free panic, then just don’t call free and let the GC free your objects. And if you’re doing safety critical stuff (I’m assuming that’s what you’re getting at) then the game is to prove that the system will be safe in the sense of not hurting people, not in the sense of memory safety. And that proof burden is much higher than the proof burden for memory safety.

pentamassiv 2y ago

enigo - Cross platform input simulation in Rust [1] enigo tries to make it easy for developers to simulate key presses or mouse movements on Linux, Windows and macOS. I try to hide the differences between operating systems and make it as simple as possible. It is the most popular crate to do so according to crates.io, but there are still a number of issues. A number of cool project use it such as - plock: Query and stream the output of an LLM from anywhere you can type [2] - RustDesk: Remote Access and Support Software (forked enigo) [3] I'm close to running integration tests in the CI to prevent regressions and find platform differences, but it's not fully working yet. If someone could get it over the finish line, that would be great. For Linux there is X11 but also basic Wayland implementation and a libei one, but they only work properly for US keyboards. [1] https://github.com/enigo-rs/enigo https://github.com/enigo-rs/enigo [2] https://github.com/jasonjmcghee/plock https://github.com/jasonjmcghee/plock [3] https://rustdesk.com/ https://rustdesk.com/

memset 2y ago

Plain Old Recipe: takes online recipes and removes the cruft. https://www.plainoldrecipe.com https://www.plainoldrecipe.com https://github.com/poundifdef/plainoldrecipe https://github.com/poundifdef/plainoldrecipe Things I want to do: 1. Improved print-friendly format 2. Ability to format to arbitrary sizes (for example, format for index cards) 3. Smarter layouts. For example, if a recipe says "add the chicken stock" in a step it would be great if it could identify how much ("1 cup") like some apps do.

mfashby 2y ago
Thanks for plainoldrecipe! Such a handy tool.
sahmeepee 2y ago
Never seen this before, but it's such a simple and brilliant idea. Thank you!
kianN 2y ago
I love this project! I immediately made an iphone shortcut so I can convert any page I'm currently to a plainoldrecipe. Sharing in case it is useful for anyone else: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/86bfd549ae6c421ca04b5a993206f285 https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/86bfd549ae6c421ca04b5a99320...
- wyclif 2y ago
  Just The Recipe is a similar service: https://www.justtherecipe.com/ https://www.justtherecipe.com/
  - hehehheh 2y ago
    Does not appear to be open source.
  - memset 2y ago
    I would like to have some sort of paid version. Maybe an API, or something, to help pay for ongoing server costs and maybe some pizza money too. Any ideas on what would be worthwhile for “premium” access?

rodrodriguez 2y ago

General Bots: Omnichannel Bot Platform with LLM Orchestrator https://github.com/GeneralBots https://github.com/GeneralBots • TypeScript (Server, Add-ins, Apps), Python (AI Models), BASIC (system dialogs, templates) • Built on TS, Expo, React Native, and Node.js • 5-year codebase, continuously expanding • Open-source project seeking community contributors Interested? Visit our GitHub (https://github.com/generalbots https://github.com/generalbots) or contact info@pragmatismo.cloud or https://pragmatismo.cloud https://pragmatismo.cloud. Thank you.

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throw_a_grenade 2y ago

I'd say "projects that you personaly use". If you use a piece of software or a linux distro, please contribute back, "pay" for it forward. So I shall not suggest any particular piece, everyone uses different set of Free Software, and that's how we all like it.

aothms 2y ago

IfcOpenShell - https://ifcopenshell.org https://ifcopenshell.org - https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell An open-source toolkit for developing digital platforms in the built environment. With IfcOpenShell, you can read, write, and modify Building Information Models (BIM) using the IFC standard — a versatile and open digital language spanning the entire lifecycle of buildings, from design to construction and beyond. Now including Bonsai, a Blender-based 3D editor to create and edit multidisciplinary information within IFC models. The built environment is a major contributor to emissions, making sustainability in design, construction, and operations an area we can work on with data-driven decisions unlocked by open source tools. CAD/BIM has long faced lock-in by the proprietary nature of traditional tools. We aim to change that. C++ / Python / 3D / Computational geometry / CAD / BIM

etewiah 2y ago

I'd love to resurrect my open source real estate website builder: https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder I was quite active with updating it a few years ago but haven't had the time to work on it recently. On another project of mine I have been using aider and co-pilot and realised I could bring property_web_builder back to life with these tools. It would motivate me massively to do this if at least one or two other people were willing to work with me on this.

coldtrait 2y ago
I'm just at a beginner level with Ruby on Rails, but I am interested in working on it.
- etewiah 2y ago
  Hi there, sorry I've only just now seen your comment. What is the best way to reach you? You can send me a message on x: https://x.com/prptywebbuilder https://x.com/prptywebbuilder Or via the linkedinpage for propertywebbuilder
  - coldtrait 2y ago
    No worries. Sent you a LinkedIn message.

andybak 2y ago

Icosa Gallery - https://github.com/icosa-foundation/icosa-gallery https://github.com/icosa-foundation/icosa-gallery A Google Poly replacement with ambitions beyond that. 3D model hosting, viewing, sharing with simple self-hosting and (eventually) federation. An API that's 99% compatible with the Google Poly API means it's easy to revive integrations that used to support Poly. We're also got a dataset that we've cleaned up from Internet Archive scrapes restoring nearly all of the original collection. (about 150,000 models) Looking for help with the three.js viewer/editor, help with fediverse support, Django database or OAuth experts. And of course documentation, testing, design, ux and everything else. And anyone with their own project that would benefit from integrating with us. Stack: Vanilla javascript / HTMX, Django, Postgres, three.js and GLTF Suitable for any skill levels. andy@icosa.foundation https://icosa.gallery/ https://icosa.gallery/ (currently in private alpha)

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folli 2y ago

CubeTrek An Open-Source Alternative to Strava (GPS Track Manager for Hiking, Running, Cycling, Mountaineering etc.) https://cubetrek.com https://cubetrek.com https://github.com/r-follador/CubeTrek/ https://github.com/r-follador/CubeTrek/ Java, Spring Boot, PostGis, JavaScript, Babylon.js Front end could use some help in design overhaul, new feature ideas etc. Also looking for some 3D designers helping to improve the Babylon.js parts. Other, new ideas and features are welcome!

wbazant 2y ago

Falling Fruit beta.fallingfruit.org We're a foraging resource where people can put locations of fruit trees and other opportunities for urban harvest. We're building a React app to replace the current server side rendered website and mobile app, it's in a really good place now and quite close to feature parity but there are still small layout issues and missing features, plus everything else we could potentially do. There's also a NodeJS API that could be worked on. Github.com/falling-fruit/falling-fruit-web

sen 2y ago
This is super cool. Surprised how many entries there are even in my small city in AU.

JeffMcCune 2y ago

Holos - https://holos.run/docs/v1alpha5/tutorial/overview/ https://holos.run/docs/v1alpha5/tutorial/overview/ Holos is a configuration management tool for Kubernetes. It provides the building blocks needed for implementing the rendered manifests pattern. It's a new project we built from our experience managing our own and our client's infrastructure. We're looking for design partners to help us identity and define use cases. If you need to configure services for multiple environments, customers, regions, projects, and teams your input would be valuable. Tech Stack: Go, CUE, Helm, Kustomize. Roadmap: Jsonnet, KCL, PKL, etc... as needed.

levkk 2y ago

Come build the next full stack web framework for your favorite programming language! https://github.com/levkk/rwf https://github.com/levkk/rwf All aspects of project are open to contributors. Beginner friendly. Learn Rust/web tech if you're not familiar with how the sausage is made.

timka 2y ago
You say beginner friendly. How does rwf look like compared to Pavex[1] in this regard? [1] https://github.com/LukeMathWalker/pavex https://github.com/LukeMathWalker/pavex
- levkk 2y ago
  I think rwf is easier to use, but it's not my place to make this argument. Try them both out and let me know which one you like best!

em-bee 2y ago

societyserver/open-Team an object-storage, backend as a service platform. enables you to build complex websites/applications including chat, messaging, email, without needing any custom backend coding among other things. https://gitlab.com/societyserver/ https://gitlab.com/societyserver/ https://github.com/societyserver/ https://github.com/societyserver/ backend: Pike/MySQL (without Roxen) frontends: XSLT or REST (for custom javascript frontends), java desktop clients, a PHP library. this project is forked from the original developers who stopped publicly maintaining it more than a decade ago. http://web.archive.org/web/20120502154511/http://www.open-steam.org:80/ http://web.archive.org/web/20120502154511/http://www.open-st... the website was lost during covid due to an administrative error while i was busy with family problems: http://web.archive.org/web/20211017092823/http://societyserver.org/ http://web.archive.org/web/20211017092823/http://societyserv... tasks that need to be done: 1: rebuild the website by scraping content from archive.org/ (skills needed: HTML/CSS/JS/UX) 2: rebuild the TLS stack and the auth API. (skills needed: pike, auth) 3: build more frontend examples for different frameworks (currently we have angularjs and aurelia. would love to see react, svelte, etc...) (UX/JS/TS/HTML/CSS) 4: add a GraphQL API. (pike) 5: document the developer tools. (most of that is on gitlab/github) further on my wishlist are: integrate shared editing like etherpad. support SQLite as an alternative to MySQL/PostgreSQL. better developer tools, like integration with git. (content is stored in the server with a history. the history can be exported to and imported from git), remote editing of content from VIM and other editors. matrix integration (we already have IRC, XMPP, IMAP, SMTP, POP3, NNTP, FTP, WEBDAV, TELNET, LDAP...) a gmail style mail frontend. other integrations this project has a long history and a lot of potential. i am actively using it for my own websites, but i have been neglecting the project itself since i was busy finding more work. if i could only get the first two steps done, we'd be back in business.

em-bee 2y ago
just adding this here for completeness, so i can point people here: i'd really like to get rid of xslt, but that requires rebuilding the complete admin interface from scratch. alternatively the xslt bindings could be pushed upstream into pike so we don't have to maintain them and the server can be built without a C compiler. (i am currently working on fixing the TLS issue during which i was reminded how libxml2 is a moving target, and its bindings require updating with every minor version.)

parasti 2y ago

I maintain Neverball, a 3D rolling ball game. It's a spare time project for me. Written in C, ported to the web via WASM and handwritten HTML/CSS/JS (https://play.neverball.org https://play.neverball.org). Been polishing the web app for a while, but looking for critiques that might help me pinpoint where the web app falls short of expectation. Contacts: https://github.com/Neverball/neverball/discussions https://github.com/Neverball/neverball/discussions or HN.

Cyphase 2y ago
Thank you! I have fond memories of Neverball and Neverputt, and still play them occasionally when the mood strikes.

michaelsalim 2y ago

TheOpenPresenter - https://github.com/Vija02/TheOpenPresenter https://github.com/Vija02/TheOpenPresenter A presentation software useful for Event Presenting, Digital Signage, Dashboards and more. Basically if you ever need to control a screen, we want to make that process easy. The core system handles all the boring detail like real time communication and media handling. Meanwhile, you can install plugins to handle specific things like playing video, displaying powerpoint, dashboards, etc. Tech stack: Typescript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, GraphQL. Need help: Code - The project is just a few months old. There's still a lot of grounds to cover. Main priority is to get one specific use-case to work really well. Then, to get the plugin API robust so that we can start developing more plugins without refactoring repeatedly. Level: Intermediate - Advanced Contact: See my profile

Fethbita 2y ago

emrtd - https://github.com/Fethbita/emrtd https://github.com/Fethbita/emrtd A Rust crate used to communicate with compliant e-passports and identity documents. It can be used for building automated systems or the like. Rust is used. Help is needed with code and design, also the Rust crypto ecosystem as many algorithms needed to implement these security mechanisms such as brainpool are missing from Rust Crypto project. Level: Beginner friendly after getting familiar with the ICAO Doc 9303 Series or reading my blog post about the ecosystem (https://blog.burakcankus.com/2024/04/18/how-do-electronic-passports-work.html https://blog.burakcankus.com/2024/04/18/how-do-electronic-pa...) Contact through contact@emrtd.com

drewp 2y ago

Looks like the same mission as: * https://www.codeshelter.co/ https://www.codeshelter.co/ * https://up-for-grabs.net/ https://up-for-grabs.net/ * https://www.codetriage.com/ https://www.codetriage.com/ (mentioned in these comments) I seem to recall yet another one, maybe with a name that invoked a traveling group of helpers who would jump into projects briefly to fix them up? On a related note, it would be cool if there was a way to leave a hobo sign equivalent if you find a project that is well-run and easy to contribute to. If the build and tests Just Work, etc., we should praise that project in a way that 1) encourages helpers to pick it since they'll have a good experience, and 2) provides a good example for other projects to follow.

jmakov 2y ago

ray.io, onprem clister up does't work at all...

mdaniel 2y ago
I'm guessing this comment is some kind of "if you know, you know." Likely starting from https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/cluster/vms/user-guides/launching-clusters/on-premises.html#using-ray-cluster-launcher https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/cluster/vms/user-guides/launch... and then trawling through one of these I guess https://github.com/ray-project/ray/issues?q=is%3Aissue+prem+is%3Aopen https://github.com/ray-project/ray/issues?q=is%3Aissue+prem+...

zxilly 2y ago

go-size-analyzer, a tool for analysing different dependency volumes in go binaries. Specifically, I'm looking for help from some people who have experience with reversing on the Mac OS platform, and I'd like to address this issue, which is about how binary relocations handle memory addresses on Mac OS. https://github.com/Zxilly/go-size-analyzer/issues/242 https://github.com/Zxilly/go-size-analyzer/issues/242 gsa obtains the memory address by calculating the address expression in the dwarf, and subsequently looks for the static content in the binary that actually corresponds to the memory address, but when the macho file contains relocations, the calculated memory address needs to be relocated with the same logic to get the correct binary content. I've been working on this problem for a while, but I'm really not familiar with the macho structure and I don't own a macbook, I'd like to get help from developers who have experience in this area.

psc 2y ago

Orcasound | https://github.com/orcasound/ https://github.com/orcasound/ | https://www.orcasound.net/ https://www.orcasound.net/ We're building open source tools to listen underwater, focused on monitoring endangered orcas (killer whales) along the west coast of North America. We operate a network of hydrophones that anyone can listen to live (https://live.orcasound.net/ https://live.orcasound.net/). We have a community of over 6,000 citizen scientists who use our tools to help us detect orcas & other marine life. Short-term our goal is to help conservation, long term we want to contribute to scientific research (orca behavior & communication). It's an incredibly broad project that ranges from: - hardware (building hydrophones & deploying electronics underwater) - embedded systems / IoT (capturing & streaming data from our locations) - live streaming & audio processing - machine learning & data science (our dataset is nearly 10tb, all open data) - mapping & GIS - full-stack web - design, UX, UI Tech stack: Python, Elixir, Javascript/Typescript, React, C#, PostgreSQL We need so many things that there's almost certainly something you can contribute to, regardless of skill level. If you're interested, come say hi in our community chat on Zulip! https://orcasound.zulipchat.com/ https://orcasound.zulipchat.com/

fullstackwife 2y ago

GenAIcode - https://www.npmjs.com/package/genaicode https://www.npmjs.com/package/genaicode Coding assistant with localhost web UI(can be used as a CLI tool as well), developed entirely with typescript, nodejs, and React (for UI). This is my current personal pet project, and I'm looking for someone who could try to use it on a real code base other than TS/JS and let me know via GitHub if there are issues. I'm open to contributions as well, this project is quite fun to work on.:)

joshestroud 2y ago

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jph 2y ago

Assertables: Rust crate of assert macros for better testing and runtime vetting. https://github.com/sixarm/assertables-rust-crate/ https://github.com/sixarm/assertables-rust-crate/ BEGINNER-FRIENDLY for documentation help such as creating examples, outreach help such as connecting with developers. INTERMEDIATE-FRIENDLY adding capabilities for no_std, and for values without debug, and for env var configuration, etc.

jph 2y ago

GitAlias - https://github.com/GitAlias/gitalias/ https://github.com/GitAlias/gitalias/ GitAlias is a big list of git alias commands that aims to help developers by providing shortcuts, patterns, workflows, etc. We're always looking for better ways to use git. This includes coming up with new aliases, and also improving existing aliases by adding parameters, and writing better docs.

snthpy 2y ago

https://github.com/PRQL/prql https://github.com/PRQL/prql PRQL - the Pipelined Relational Query Language, pronounced "Prequel". PRQL is a modern language for transforming data — a simple, powerful, pipelined SQL replacement. Like SQL, it's readable, explicit and declarative. Unlike SQL, it forms a logical pipeline of transformations, and supports abstractions such as variables and functions. It can be used with any database that uses SQL, since it compiles to SQL. Lots of ideas for making PRQL the best language for working with and transforming data in any environment. As a completely community driven project with no corporate association or sponsor, velocity is limited by volunteer availability and contributions so help is welcome. From compiler work in Rust, to front-end improvements on the website, and CLIs, language integrations, alternative backends, etc ... in between.

zaphodias 2y ago
hey there, honestly I haven't tried prql yet but I think I already saw it on HN before. What would you expect from a language integration? I'd like to work on something in Go, which doesn't make it easy to have Rust bindings. One nice challenge for me would be to rewrite the compiler in pure Go, but maybe it's too complex of a task bringing little value to the project overall :) What other tools do you need? E.g. what kind of CLIs? What do you mean by alternative backends?
- mdaniel 2y ago
  > I think I already saw it on HN before. Bunches of times: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&query=prql&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&query=prql&sort=b... e.g. 9 months ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39428609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39428609

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tobylane 2y ago

CorsixTH - https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH A modern platform's clone of the 1997 Bullfrog game Theme Hospital, where you manage a series of hospitals. CorsixTH is mostly feature complete, with additions like player made maps and levels, and some ease of use changes. The game logic and layout is in Lua, the backend is C++. We have some issues marked Good First Issue, and long term plans including multiplayer. The documentation and wiki are good, and there's a Matrix/Discord room. Also an Android port - https://github.com/alanwoolley/CorsixTH-Android https://github.com/alanwoolley/CorsixTH-Android

jlukecarlson 2y ago

ml-mdm from Apple Machine Learning Research I maintain ml-mdm, a text-to-image diffusion codebase, that contains implementations of my research group’s recent papers https://github.com/apple/ml-mdm https://github.com/apple/ml-mdm Any help with DOCS or CODE would be greatly appreciated. I’m happy to have BEGINNER-FRIENDLY contributions as well, there’s a “good first issues” label that we use on GitHub. We have an active and growing group of external contributors and welcome newcomers. Could be a fun opportunity to contribute to a machine learning research project and to learn about cutting edge techniques in this subfield.

d4rkp4ttern 2y ago

Langroid: https://github.com/langroid/langroid https://github.com/langroid/langroid Langroid (2.7k stars, 20k downloads/mo) is an intuitive, lightweight, extensible and principled Python framework to easily build agent-oriented LLM-powered applications, from CMU and UW-Madison researchers. You set up Agents, equip them with optional components (LLM, vector-store and tools/functions), assign them tasks, and have them collaboratively solve a problem by exchanging messages. agent-oriented Python framework to simplify building LLM applications. It has been in development since Apr 2023, predating other Agent frameworks, and was built from the ground up to be agent-oriented (not as an after-thought) and does not depend on any other LLM library. The framework is gaining popularity among developers due its clean, principled design. I am the lead dev/architect. Areas needing help: CODE, DOCS, DESIGN Level: There are a number of areas (see the issues and contribution docs) where beginners or advanced developers can contribute. Contact: Drop into the discord and post a message in a suitable channel, or create an Issue or Discussion in the GitHub repo. Discord: https://discord.gg/ZU36McDgDs https://discord.gg/ZU36McDgDs

mdnahas 2y ago

Parchive, a.k.a. “.par2” files Parchive is a file format for redundant files. If any of the original files are damaged, the redundancy lets them be restored. It is used for transmission over faulty networks (like Usenet) and for protecting storage (like backups). Version 2 clients had 7+ million downloads. Version 2 had bugs and limitations, so I’ve designed Version 3 with fixes and new features, such as incremental backups. Version 3 needs a reference implementation to be coded and tested. It could be coded by a single person. The reference implementation just needs to read and write files and compute on the data. A follow on would be a high-performance implementation using threads, heavy optimization, and a static or dynamic library interface. It’s a good project for someone looking to prove their coding skills while doing the good deed of protecting data. https://parchive.github.io/ https://parchive.github.io/

mdnahas 2y ago
If you have questions, email me at hackernews@mike.nahasmail.com. — Mike

yagarea 2y ago

JekTeX - A Jekyll plugin for fast server-side cached LaTeX rendering, with support for macros. ( https://github.com/yagarea/jektex https://github.com/yagarea/jektex ) I would like to split it to the multiple files and make some unit tests. + I have two issues that should be easy to fix but I have no time to try to solve them because my uni takes more time than I would like.

bitfl0wer 2y ago

Polyphony is an in-development chat service, meant to be a direct competitor to and replacement for Discord. Polyphony offers a subset of Discords v9 HTTP API, excluding some of the more bloated features while keeping the fun yet functional experience. Self-hosting and federation are key features of Polyphony and thus are supposed to have a mass-market ready user experience associated with them. For this reason, we are also building polyproto - a new, „boring“, extendable identity and message federation protocol, with polyproto-chat being the general purpose Discord/Matrix-like chat platform protocol for interoperability between different services. Here is a list of things that we could use some help with: * The core polyproto HTTP API routes need to be streamlined - as in, trying to achieve a similar thing on two different routes should be done in a similar way (https://docs.polyphony.chat/APIs/core/ https://docs.polyphony.chat/APIs/core/). No code experience needed, just some knowledge on HTTP REST API best practices, if possible. * There are some unfinished polyproto HTTP API routes, which need to be designed snd documented (https://docs.polyphony.chat/APIs/core/ https://docs.polyphony.chat/APIs/core/). * No code experience needed, just some knowledge on HTTP REST API best practices, if possible. * The entirety of the polyproto HTTP API documentation should be translated into TypeSpec definitions (https://typespec.io https://typespec.io). TypeSpec is a modern way to describe APIs, and TypeSpec definitions compile down to OpenAPI 3.0 for easy codegen in all sorts of different programming languages. No prior experience with TypeSpec is required - I am also currently in the process of learning it, and it seems to be quite simple and mostly ergonomic. * The polyproto Rust crate (https://github.com/polyphony-chat/polyproto-rs https://github.com/polyphony-chat/polyproto-rs) could use general optimizations and most importantly internal refactors to allow for wasm-bindgen to create a JavaScript/TypeScript library directly from our Rust code via an FFI, as the Rust codebase should ideally act as a single source of truth to keep implementations in different languages from exerting different behaviors. This would ideally require knowledge of FFIs/ABIs or an interest in learning about these topics. * In addition to the previous point, C-Bindings from the Rust library would also be extremely useful to easily make polyproto available in other programming languages via the C-ABI and FFIs. Find us at https://github.com/polyphony-chat https://github.com/polyphony-chat and/or join our development Discord at https://discord.gg/4DPuQStJ4s https://discord.gg/4DPuQStJ4s. Yes, we are aware of the irony :)

maximus93 2y ago

Multiwoven is an open-source Reverse ETL platform that simplifies data activation for businesses of all sizes. Tech Stack: Backend: Ruby Frontend: React Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes Areas Needing Help: Documentation: Enhancing user and contributor guides. Code: Developing new connectors and improving existing ones. Design: Refining the UI/UX of our platform. Level: Beginner-Friendly: Documentation improvements and minor code enhancements. Advanced: Building new connectors and optimizing data pipelines. Get Involved: GitHub: (https://github.com/Multiwoven/multiwoven/ https://github.com/Multiwoven/multiwoven/) Join Our Community: Slack (https://join.slack.com/t/multiwoven/shared_invite/zt-2bnjye26u-~lu_FFOMLpChOYxvovep7g https://join.slack.com/t/multiwoven/shared_invite/zt-2bnjye2...) We welcome contributors passionate about data integration and open-source development. Feel free to reach out if you're interested!

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buhtz 2y ago

Hyperorg [1] does convert org(roam) files into HTML files preserving there links to each other. It's primary use case is to have an HTML representation of your Zettelkasten (aka "second brain") that is usable on your local machine in a browser without running a fancy web server, JavaScript or anything else. Pure HTML5 and CSS. [1] -- <https://codeberg.org/buhtz/hyperorg https://codeberg.org/buhtz/hyperorg>

buhtz 2y ago

Back In Time [1] is a round about 15 years old backup software using rsync in the back. I'm part of the 3rd generation maintenance team there. A lot of work in investigating and fixing issues, understanding, documenting and refactoring old code. Have a look at Good First Issues [2] or Help Wanted Issues [3]. [1] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime https://github.com/bit-team/backintime> [2] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/GOOD%20FIRST%20ISSUE https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/GOOD%20FIRST%2...> [3] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/HELP-WANTED https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/HELP-WANTED>