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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: 0.906s | 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. memset ◴[16 Nov 24 18:55 UTC] No.42158325[source]▶
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 some apps do.

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2. mfashby ◴[16 Nov 24 20:24 UTC] No.42159006[source]▶
Thanks for plainoldrecipe! Such a handy tool.
3. sahmeepee ◴[16 Nov 24 21:40 UTC] No.42159588[source]▶
Never seen this before, but it's such a simple and brilliant idea. Thank you!
4. kianN ◴[16 Nov 24 22:31 UTC] No.42159972[source]▶
I love this project! I immediately made an iphone shortcut so I can convert any page I'm currently to a plainoldrecipe. Sharing in case it is useful for anyone else: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/86bfd549ae6c421ca04b5a99320...
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5. wyclif ◴[17 Nov 24 00:45 UTC] No.42160959[source]▶
Just The Recipe is a similar service: https://www.justtherecipe.com/
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6. hehehheh ◴[17 Nov 24 02:19 UTC] No.42161461{3}[source]▶
Does not appear to be open source.
7. memset ◴[17 Nov 24 03:11 UTC] No.42161702{3}[source]▶
I would like to have some sort of paid version. Maybe an API, or something, to help pay for ongoing server costs and maybe some pizza money too.

Any ideas on what would be worthwhile for “premium” access?