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Ask HN: What open source projects need help?

203 points aaronbrethorst | 2 comments | 16 Nov 24 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.397s | 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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aaronbrethorst ◴[16 Nov 24 17:27 UTC] No.42157583[source]▶
OneBusAway

A suite of real-time public transit projects that are used by millions of people every day. OneBusAway helps people find out when and where their bus will arrive, and provides them with a trip planner, too. OBA is used by transit riders everywhere from Seattle to New York City; Adelaide, Australia to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In addition to developers, we would also benefit greatly from product management and user experience assistance.

Tech stacks in need of help:

iOS app (Swift): developers, 2+ years of experience with iOS.

Android app (Java/Kotlin): developers, 2+ years of experience with Android.

REST API Server (Java): developers, 2+ years of experience with Java.

Docs: Java developers with an interest in technical writing who can help to document our backend systems.

Find all of our projects: https://github.com/onebusaway

Join our Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/onebusaway/shared_invite/zt-2jve26v...

Reach out to me directly: aaron@onebusaway.org

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whamlastxmas ◴[16 Nov 24 20:14 UTC] No.42158915[source]▶
What sort of product management help do you need? Like managing the work of the developers or more wireframing and design?
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aaronbrethorst ◴[16 Nov 24 20:27 UTC] No.42159024[source]▶
All of the above: product roadmap, coordinating developers’ work, specs and designs, and anything else you can think of.
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1. mraza007 ◴[17 Nov 24 07:23 UTC] No.42162540[source]▶
Would you be open to someone for those tasks?

I just checkout your project and it looks amazing. I’m not a Mobile Developer but I have definitely worked with Java especially with Springboot

Would love to get in touch with you

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2. aaronbrethorst ◴[18 Nov 24 04:55 UTC] No.42169817[source]▶
Check out the contact links in my original post. Please reach out! :)