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Ask HN: What open source projects need help?

203 points aaronbrethorst | 1 comments | 16 Nov 24 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source

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.

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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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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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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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1. hehehheh ◴[17 Nov 24 02:19 UTC] No.42161461[source]▶
Does not appear to be open source.