How to get contributors for my very fresh open-source project?

Posted by surya2024@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 10 comments

I am the only maintainer with no contributors and visitors for open-source project

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dgkimpton@reddit

That depends on what it is, but usually you would have to do at least some self promotion otherwise no one will ever know it exists. Like us since you didn't add a link.

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throwaway6560192@reddit

Contributors come from users. First try to get users - make it useful, make it known in places where people will find it useful.

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pak9rabid@reddit

Try posting it in Hacker News.

In reality, though, most small FOSS projects are this way.

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depends on which programing language. If you clarify that i might be able too contribute.
Other than that, I would advice to promote the project on behance and a major one like tumbler or instagram.
Option 2, and more sucessful in the long term, join a open source project that you are intrested in the languages you master. Github is oversatured with projects it is verz hard to get attention

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