I want to create IMDB for Open source projects

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Open HUB

OpenHub (formerly Ohloh) tries, or tried, to do this. Seems like it’s not getting a lot of love lately but perhaps you can learn from it. https://openhub.net/ One useful feature is the ability to coalesce different identities. For example, I've released libraries on my personal accounts as well as through work. I’m not sure where you start with this or what the use case is. If it’s bragging rights, we have Github stars. Effectively (and sadly) open source is a resume building tool nowadays, so maybe that? What use cases do you see? https://openhub.net/accounts/neilk.

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AlternativeTo

This is the best that I've ever used to search for similar software: https://alternativeto.net/ No alternative to it that I'm aware of.

#Software Marketplace #Software Recommendations #Software Alternatives 423 social mentions

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OpenAlternative

There are a few: - https://openalternative.co/ - https://www.opensourcealternative.to/ - https://opensourcealternatives.org/ - https://www.btw.so/open-source-alternatives By just aggregating everything FOSS, doesn't mean its useful. Its useful in a certain context - such as searching for alternatives. If you are uncertain how to "plan the product", don't plan -> just start.

#Open Source #Developer Tools #SaaS 4 social mentions

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Hacker News

I'm not sure how much value making something "not fugly" really matters. Design should be based on functionality, not anti-fugliness. In my experience, design considerations should come <i>after</i> building a successful growth "feedback loop." (Or whatever you want to call it.) At that point, you may decide making your website look "polished" isn't even necessary. IMDB was certainly quite ugly for a long time. See: https://web.archive.org/web/20100712165326/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000352/ Other examples of extremely successful, low design sites: https://archiveofourown.org/ <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/">https://news.ycombinator.com/</a>.

#Social Networks #Social News #Startups 501 social mentions

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Archive of Our Own

I'm not sure how much value making something "not fugly" really matters. Design should be based on functionality, not anti-fugliness. In my experience, design considerations should come <i>after</i> building a successful growth "feedback loop." (Or whatever you want to call it.) At that point, you may decide making your website look "polished" isn't even necessary. IMDB was certainly quite ugly for a long time. See: https://web.archive.org/web/20100712165326/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000352/ Other examples of extremely successful, low design sites: https://archiveofourown.org/ <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/">https://news.ycombinator.com/</a>.

#Entertainment #Books #e-Books And Digital Publishing Software 627 social mentions

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OssSoftware.org

Two sites are alreading doing this really well: https://osssoftware.org/.

#Software Directory #Software Discovery #Open Source 1 social mentions

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Freshcode

#Linux #Linux Distribution #Note Taking 6 social mentions

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The Visual Novel Database

#Books & Reference #Entertainment #Movie Reviews 157 social mentions