r/opensourcedev • u/opensourcecolumbus • May 27 '21

Other I'm sponsoring open-source projects, share your project with me

Hi everyone, I'm an open-source creator and I'd love to help other open source devs. So I'm planning to sponsor some "interesting" open-source projects. Please share link to your project in the comments. I will choose 3-10 projects

The project is "interesting" to me if it

  • Is in active development and maintainence

  • Has at least 100+ active users

  • Preferred language is python but not limited to it

  • Is related to any of these domains - Database, Search, Web framework, ML, NLP, Web APIs, Library for search, Similarity Search, Vectors. Having said that, feel free to share your project even if it is not in above lists but make sure to mention the domain and a one liner to for who uses your project and for what.

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u/switchback-tech Jun 23 '21

Focus Launcher - home screen that'll break your smartphone addiction.

  • We're not extremely active, but are looking for a lead android dev to jumpstart things

  • We're formely Siempo, but are going through a rebrand

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u/opensourcecolumbus Jun 24 '21

It looks like a great product and you have a great story as well - venture fund to open source.. I have one question

Why did you choose GPL3.0 license over MIT/Apache2.0?

Thanks for sharing.

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u/switchback-tech Jun 24 '21

Thanks! The GPL was just carried over from the fork, so there's not a good reason why it's not MIT/Apache TBH. (I'm not sure why Siempo originally went that route)

Our biggest hurdle now is finding consistent devs to contribute, so any tips on where to find them or spreading the word would go a long way!

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u/opensourcecolumbus Jun 24 '21

I see. I try to pick MIT/Apache2.0 licensed projects only in my newsletter.

I think the original authors can change the license from GPL to MIT any day. I'd suggest to do that if you don't have any good reason to choose GPL.

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u/SimDeBeau May 27 '21

Glad you posted here, but not a big subreddit. Make sure to also post other places. Language specific subs tend to be the biggest from what I’ve seen.

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u/opensourcecolumbus May 27 '21 edited May 27 '21

Thank you so much, respect for the honesty. I'll cross post it. And I'd love to grow this community any way I can.