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Show HN: I made an open source directory of where to showoff your projects
I made an open source directory for sharing projects
Ever wondered how to show off that something you just built? Look no further!
Awesome Launch is meant to be a list of communities and forums you can share your projects to get feedback or your first users.
Anyone is free to contribute sites and resources. Hope you enjoy!
- kiru_io 2y agoNice, was looking for something similar.
- frizlab 2y agoVery nice!
- that_guy_iain 2y agoCool. I actually posted my project to a few open-source directory sites yesterday. I got an email today that it will go live on the 4th of July unless I pay for a quicker submission... I emailed them and pointed out it was just hurting themselves and they said they have a queue and they only do 3 a day so every launch gets its own time sort of thing. The value proposition is that you can find alternatives not that you can launch your project there, it makes no sense to me other than they've seen launch platforms do it so... I think there needs to be a good open-source alternatives directory that isn't run by someone who doesn't treat it as a launch platform.
- navigate8310 2y agoSubscribed RSS. Very helpful!
- tomashertus 2y agoThank you for the comment! I had no clue that Github has RSS feeds for each repo. For everyone else, I found this article to be super helpful to understand what kind of RSS functionality is available: https://ronaldsvilcins.com/2020/03/26/rss-feeds-for-your-github-releases-tags-and-activity/ https://ronaldsvilcins.com/2020/03/26/rss-feeds-for-your-git...
- pknerd 2y agoI am more interested to find platforms where laymen share their pains about items they use.
- mxuribe 2y agoAgreed! And, i would call such a site/portal/etc., something like "Awesome Pain"...I guess it could serve as a repo of anything from: * startup ideas... * to gotchas for devs to think about fixing for their respective apps/services... * to a study in best practices, or maybe what not todos... ...etc. ;-)
- preciousoo 2y agoSame, but I’m also scared of us nerds joining and telling them to just self compile/host/deploy/whatever
- pknerd 2y agoThe world does not revolve around compilers and SDKs..I am talking about problems laymen face
- airstrike 2y agoThe hard problem here is getting people to contribute with content. They have no incentive to share their pain points. Often they don't even know about what it is or how to describe it. You kinda have to do the leg work and diligence of talking to them and trying to pull that information from them, rather than them pushing to you. But I agree this is immensely important.
- preciousoo 2y agodamn, i became the person i was describing
- soGeneri 2y agoThis can be extended to include what you’re talking about. Do you have a list in mind?
- rorytbyrne 2y agoMissing lobste.rs
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- soGeneri 2y agoOn the list to be added! I’ll check it out
- Dansvidania 2y agoisn't that "closed" ? meaning not anyone can post something there?
- rorytbyrne 2y agoOh true, forgot about that. You need someone to invite you IIRC.
- hmlwilliams 2y agoIsn't self promotion frowned upon on lobste.rs?
- lakshikag 2y agoWould love to have itslaunched.com added as well https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42712666 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42712666
- soGeneri 2y agoWill check it out!
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- khnov 2y agoThanks, perfect timing
- superkittyspark 2y agonice!
- captn3m0 2y agoThis is helpful, but shouldn’t be a Show HN, as it is not something that can be tried out. The Guidelines: > Off topic: blog posts, sign-up pages, newsletters, lists, and other reading material. Those can't be tried out, so can't be Show HNs. Make a regular submission instead.
- teddyh 2y agoMissing these: • The Linux Software Map: <https://lsm.qqx.org/ https://lsm.qqx.org/> • Freshcode (spiritual successor to Freshmeat) <http://freshcode.club/ http://freshcode.club/>
- soGeneri 2y agoGonna look into these, thanks for sharing!
- teddyh 2y agoSee also: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39752746 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39752746>
- pentagrama 2y ago> Niche Communities > Designer News - A community for designers, where you can share your design-related side projects and get feedback from other designers. Sadly, Designer News looks like it has shut down: https://www.designernews.co https://www.designernews.co
- soGeneri 2y agoSad to hear, I used to visit frequently. Will remove, thanks
- monophonica 2y agoThanks for this. Really nice resource.
- terrycody 2y agoYou omitted a very famous website: starterstory
- soGeneri 2y agoI don’t think starter story fits into the spirit of this list. Seems like a paid product?
- bobheadmaker 2y ago[dead]
- pplonski86 2y agoMy dream is to create product that I don’t need to promote. I would like to have such market fit that people will search for product by them self.
- jakemanger 2y agoStarred! Am currently in the process of releasing a new app so this is what I needed today
- haidrali 2y agoThank you! I will be using it for my project InvitePlus (https://getinviteplus.com https://getinviteplus.com)