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Finding Open Source Projects Looking For Help?

Posted by timothy on from the matchmaker-matchmaker-gnu-make-me-a-match dept.

aus writes "I've been doing web development for about 10 years now. It's been very good to me, but I want to do more than write HTML, PHP, JavaScript and CSS. Since the job market isn't all that great right now in the US, it would seem that volunteering some time on an open source project would give me the satisfaction I'm looking for. The problem is finding a project that wants/needs help that I would also be interested in. I've tried browsing around on Sourceforge and Freshmeat ... is there a site somewhere that I'm not aware of that has classifieds where open source project maintainers post 'job' listings?"

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  1. Find project you like or use by tokul · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Find project you like or use and start contributing. Or ask them if they need any help.

  2. idea by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Insightful

    use your mad php/css/html/js skillz to make a website where people can find projects that need help.

    --
    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  3. How-To by ddt · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Find a project with a mailing list where people are asking for a feature that is just below the radar, keeps getting put off because of more important things. Implement it, submit the patch, and pray. If no love, which is unfortunately common and even likely for new contributors, shoot video of the feature in action and send a letter out to the mailing list linking the video, and let them know where they can find the patch if they want it, start collecting and posting feedback on the patch from users.

  4. Re:Does it have to be coding? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    testing, writing testing scripts, and writing docs and help

    Yes!

    One of the biggest complaints about open source apps is the documentation. Everyone wants to code it, no one wants to document it.

  5. Free Software Job Listings by fcanas · · Score: 4, Insightful

    you asked:

    http://www.fsf.org/resources/jobs/listing