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Re: Ask HN: What open source projects need help?

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Post by michaelsalim »

TheOpenPresenter - https://github.com/Vija02/TheOpenPresenter

A presentation software useful for Event Presenting, Digital Signage, Dashboards and more. Basically if you ever need to control a screen, we want to make that process easy. The core system handles all the boring detail like real time communication and media handling. Meanwhile, you can install plugins to handle specific things like playing video, displaying powerpoint, dashboards, etc.

Tech stack: Typescript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, GraphQL.

Need help: Code - The project is just a few months old. There's still a lot of grounds to cover. Main priority is to get one specific use-case to work really well. Then, to get the plugin API robust so that we can start developing more plugins without refactoring repeatedly.

Level: Intermediate - Advanced

Contact: See my profile

Re: Ask HN: What open source projects need help?

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Post by _whiteCaps_ »

_fizz_buzz_ wrote: post #44
craftyjon wrote: post #20

KiCad EDA - https://kicad.org KiCad is a popular open-source EDA tool used by engineers and designers across the globe. We're always open to contributions from experienced C++ developers, especially those who are also familiar with the world of electrical engineering / PCB design. Check out our developer landing page[1] to find the developers email list and contribution guides. We accept merge requests on GitLab[2] a…

Kicad is amazing. I was trying to contribute a while ago. But setting everything up and compiling is a bit tricky. I think I will give it another shot.

Following their docs and noting any difficulties might be helpful even if you don't get to any actual coding.

Re: Ask HN: What open source projects need help?

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Post by rubyfan »

ent101 wrote: post #18

Puter https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter We're building a "Web OS" designed to be feature-rich, exceptionally fast, and highly extensible! It can be used for anything from a Dropbox alternative to a cloud environment for building websites and apps! Stack: JavaScrips. No frameworks. Need help with: Frontend and backend. Reach out: nj@puter.com

This is great. I played Solitaire for an hour, maybe two.

Re: Ask HN: What open source projects need help?

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Post by Fethbita »

emrtd - https://github.com/Fethbita/emrtd

A Rust crate used to communicate with compliant e-passports and identity documents. It can be used for building automated systems or the like. Rust is used.

Help is needed with code and design, also the Rust crypto ecosystem as many algorithms needed to implement these security mechanisms such as brainpool are missing from Rust Crypto project.

Level: Beginner friendly after getting familiar with the ICAO Doc 9303 Series or reading my blog post about the ecosystem (https://blog.burakcankus.com/2024/04/18/how-do-electronic-pa...)

Contact through contact@emrtd.com

Re: Ask HN: What open source projects need help?

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Post by lolinder »

lostmsu wrote: post #27
teddyh wrote: post #7

Free Software Foundation’s High Priority Free Software Projects: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:High_Priority_Proj... >

Some of these look already dead, sadly. E.g. Ricochet

Mycroft, too, sadly. That entry should probably be replaced with Rhasspy.

Re: Ask HN: What open source projects need help?

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Post by drewp »

Looks like the same mission as:

* https://www.codeshelter.co/

* https://up-for-grabs.net/

* https://www.codetriage.com/ (mentioned in these comments)

I seem to recall yet another one, maybe with a name that invoked a traveling group of helpers who would jump into projects briefly to fix them up?

On a related note, it would be cool if there was a way to leave a hobo sign equivalent if you find a project that is well-run and easy to contribute to. If the build and tests Just Work, etc., we should praise that project in a way that 1) encourages helpers to pick it since they'll have a good experience, and 2) provides a good example for other projects to follow.

Re: Ask HN: What open source projects need help?

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Post by sahmeepee »

memset wrote: post #33

Plain Old Recipe: takes online recipes and removes the cruft. https://www.plainoldrecipe.com https://github.com/poundifdef/plainoldrecipe Things I want to do: 1. Improved print-friendly format 2. Ability to format to arbitrary sizes (for example, format for index cards) 3. Smarter layouts. For example, if a recipe says "add the chicken stock" in a step it would be great if it could identify how much ("1 cup") like so…

Never seen this before, but it's such a simple and brilliant idea. Thank you!

Re: Ask HN: What open source projects need help?

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Post by ranger_danger »

pizlonator wrote: post #30

Fil-C - a memory safe implementation of C and C++. Written in C and C++. Need most help just porting C programs to Fil-C. Often porting is as easy as recompiling, but sometimes there are compatibility issues to resolve similar to if you were porting C code to a new CPU or OS. Could also use help with compiler hacking (llvm expertise required) and runtime hacking (experience with high level language runtimes required)…

Are use-after-free and such bugs detected at compile time? There are still some cases that scan-build, cppcheck and other static analysis tools do not find.
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