Start collecting details which helps to contribute on Open Source software projects and follow!
- Spreading the word : spread the word about your hard work!
- Figure out your message : What makes your project different or interesting?
What makes your project different or interesting? Why did you create it? Answering these questions for yourself will help you communicate your project’s significance.
Code examples to clearly communicate why the project is useful!
Mozilla’s “Personas and Pathways” developing user personas. - Help people find and follow your project
You ideally need a single “home” URL that you can promote and point people to in relation to your project.
-— Peter Cooper & Robert Nyman, “How to Spread the Word About Your Code”
Consider creating a website for your project. Go through GitHub Pages : If project is hosted on GitHub, GitHub pages to easily make a website. Examples: https://yeoman.io/, https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant, https://middlemanapp.com/ - Go where your project’s audience is (online) If your open source project is a software project, you can probably find your audience on Stack Overflow, Reddit, Hacker News, BSKY.
- Go where your project’s audience is (offline) Public Speaking
- Libera Chat : Providing a community platform for free and open-source software and peer directed projects.
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- hachyderm.io is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse. This is an
open-sourcesocial media server powered by Mastodon, specifically designed fortech industry professionalsandcomputer scientists. - Stack Exchange
- Open-Source Communities