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Ask HN: What open source projects need help?

203 points aaronbrethorst | 7 comments | 16 Nov 24 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom

Let's match open source projects that need help with developers looking to contribute. Think of this as "Who's Hiring" but for open source - a monthly thread to surface interesting projects that could use more hands.

Please include: Project name and description (if not widely known); Tech stack; Areas needing help (DOCS, CODE, DESIGN, etc.); Level (BEGINNER-FRIENDLY if applicable); Email address or other means of contacting you.

Ground rules:

Post only if you maintain/run the project

One post per project/suite

No commercial recruitment

No thread complaints

Developers: Only reach out if you actually want to contribute.

1. grothoff ◴[16 Nov 24 18:20 UTC] No.42158006[source]▶
GNU Taler (https://taler.net/); privacy-preserving payment system. Written in C/Java/TypeScript/Kotlin/Rust/Postgresql/etc.; needs include coding (especially integration into other applications) documentation (review, proof-reading), testing (incl. benchmark, UX), packaging, translation (Weblate/gettext); any help welcome ;-).
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2. medo-bear ◴[16 Nov 24 18:30 UTC] No.42158115[source]▶
Taler seems cool,but this is a huge no no:

    Ensure your wallet is regularly online to avoid losing money due to expiration!
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3. alwayslikethis ◴[16 Nov 24 18:33 UTC] No.42158131[source]▶
Wow that's a big problem. At least my monero don't expire if I leave it for a few years..
4. grothoff ◴[16 Nov 24 18:35 UTC] No.42158148[source]▶
We do need to expire cryptographic keys eventually, there is no sane alternative to this. Now, note that "regularly online" here could mean once every X years depending on how the system is configured.
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5. jdthedisciple ◴[16 Nov 24 19:41 UTC] No.42158660[source]▶

    404 not found
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6. croisillon ◴[16 Nov 24 19:46 UTC] No.42158696[source]▶
because of the end parenthesis: https://taler.net/ works
7. medo-bear ◴[16 Nov 24 22:02 UTC] No.42159737{3}[source]▶
Thinking about it, that is fine because Taler is meant to be a payment system, not a store of value