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What are some ways to support open source projects besides writing code?
However, if they don't or someone doesn't have a $20 to throw at open source, there are a lot of ways to help. Just to mention a few (assuming you are at least an active user):
- help less experienced users (answer community questions, reported issues etc.),
- improve documentation (documentation is never finished),
- share your knowledge about a tool (write an article, tutorial),
- take part in tests and report bugs,
- apply your skills (design, writing, community management etc.) to aid project's needs,
- create (and maintain) a useful "resource" (e.g. list of example projects, plugin reviews).
There are many ways that often go "unnoticed" or rather... no one may officially pat you on the back for it, but it helps.
Write documentation. Good documentation is hard to find for a lot of open source software.
Write documentation. Good documentation is hard to find for a lot of open source software.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13437252
Or generally anything that helps user experience: documentation, improving web site/documentation design, testing, finding bugs and making high quality bug reports, evangelizing the project to users who need it but aren't aware, becoming a expert user of the project (which will almost certainly lead to bug reports, suggestions for improvements to features and documentation, etc.) and triaging tickets, answering questions in the support forum, etc.
https://esheavyindustries.com/2016/02/have-some-extra-cash-h...