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Solving Open Source Discovery

32 points by andrewnez 12y ago

zivc 12y ago
Search algorithm needs a lot of work. Should sort results by the number of dependents http://i.imgur.com/BiOkb8o.png http://i.imgur.com/BiOkb8o.png
- andrewnez 12y ago
  For sure, I'm constantly tweaking the ranking to get better results as more information becomes available, if you have any ideas or problems, please do add them to the issue tracker: https://github.com/librariesio/support/issues/new https://github.com/librariesio/support/issues/new
- falcolas 12y ago
  Agreed; for trying to solve a problem rooted in valuing popularity over use, showing the "stars" for a result is counter productive. Another suggestion: Allow searching from a language sub-page, with results limited to that language.
andrewnez 12y ago
Direct link to the site: http://libraries.io http://libraries.io
- falcolas 12y ago
  While the direct link is useful (and is prominently linked int the OP), the blog post does add useful background information to the what's and whys. I recommend viewing both.
arthurnn 12y ago
Great job Andrew!!! :+1:
lloydwatkin 12y ago
Great project, nice work!
dankohn1 12y ago
Nice start. I would love to be able to upload my project's Gemfile and then have the option to subscribe to everything there. Also, I would love to have an option to subscribe via RSS (I know that makes me seem old) instead of email. I do really like how you're pulling release information and badge status from each project.
- andrewnez 12y ago
  Thanks, both of those features are high on my todo list.
GroSacASacs 12y ago
It seems like http://libraries.io/ http://libraries.io/ is looking in npm Pypi and the like, but doesn't look in Github and Bitbucket. I know a couple of open source project that have their own library ready for reuse, but http://libraries.io/ http://libraries.io/ doesn't find them because they are not for reuse for npm, and the like. And if I know a couple, there are probably thousands. These libraries are not not re-use first, but project first, re-use second.

32 points by andrewnez 12y ago

zivc 12y ago

Search algorithm needs a lot of work. Should sort results by the number of dependents http://i.imgur.com/BiOkb8o.png http://i.imgur.com/BiOkb8o.png

andrewnez 12y ago
For sure, I'm constantly tweaking the ranking to get better results as more information becomes available, if you have any ideas or problems, please do add them to the issue tracker: https://github.com/librariesio/support/issues/new https://github.com/librariesio/support/issues/new
falcolas 12y ago
Agreed; for trying to solve a problem rooted in valuing popularity over use, showing the "stars" for a result is counter productive. Another suggestion: Allow searching from a language sub-page, with results limited to that language.

andrewnez 12y ago

Direct link to the site: http://libraries.io http://libraries.io

falcolas 12y ago
While the direct link is useful (and is prominently linked int the OP), the blog post does add useful background information to the what's and whys. I recommend viewing both.

arthurnn 12y ago

Great job Andrew!!! :+1:

lloydwatkin 12y ago

Great project, nice work!

dankohn1 12y ago

Nice start. I would love to be able to upload my project's Gemfile and then have the option to subscribe to everything there. Also, I would love to have an option to subscribe via RSS (I know that makes me seem old) instead of email. I do really like how you're pulling release information and badge status from each project.

andrewnez 12y ago
Thanks, both of those features are high on my todo list.

GroSacASacs 12y ago

It seems like http://libraries.io/ http://libraries.io/ is looking in npm Pypi and the like, but doesn't look in Github and Bitbucket. I know a couple of open source project that have their own library ready for reuse, but http://libraries.io/ http://libraries.io/ doesn't find them because they are not for reuse for npm, and the like. And if I know a couple, there are probably thousands. These libraries are not not re-use first, but project first, re-use second.