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Ask Slashdot: Where Do You Get (or Share) News About Open Source Projects?

Posted by timothy on from the just-start-typing-random-ips dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Now that freshmeat.net / freecode.com doesn't accept any updates, I wonder how the Slashdot crowd gets news about new projects, and even new versions of existing projects. For project managers, where could you announce new versions of your project, so that it can reach not just those who already know the project. Freshmeat / Freecode had all the tools to explore and discover projects, see screenshots (a mandatory feature for any software project, even with only a console interface or no interface at all) and go to the homepage of the project. I subscribed years ago to the RSS feed and sometimes found interesting projects this way. You could replace these tools by subscribing to newsletters or feeds from the projects you follow, but that doesn't cover the discovery part." And do any of the major development / hosting platforms for Free / Open Source projects (GitHub, Launchpad, or Slashdot sister-site SourceForge) have tools you find especially useful for skimming projects of interest?

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  1. freshcode.club, a successor in spirit (and more) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://freshcode.club

    From their about page:
    "freshcode.club is a reimplementation of FreshMeat/FreeCode, which shut down in June 2014. It's intended to become a community-driven website again.
    It's initially also a lookalike. Yet it's planned to differentiate the feature set and provide different frontends with shared datasets. A few notable design differences are:
            No forced user accounts, just OpenID logins.
            All content is licensed under CC-BY-SA to prevent another data loss situation.
            JSON-based database exchange feeds and defining releases.json.
            Automated release updates from VCS systems and project websites.
            No commercial ads, no tracking cookies.
    The project name freshcode.club is an amalgamation of freshmeat and freecode. Both domains have been reserved as placeholders for partner projects or varied frontends. With the new .club TLD signalising a more community-inclusive direction."