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Ask HN: Open Source Projects Looking for Help

21 pointsby 12y ago
5 comments
Let's start a monthly thread where open source projects can ask for specific help.

It's not required, but appreciated if this format if followed:

- Name of project

- URL

- Short description (Languages etc)

- Link to issues

- A few specific issues that you need help with.

12y agoHN ↗

I'm partway through writing a bot to post this automagically.

12y agoHN ↗

I have a lot of projects you might be interested in.

## MediaCrush ##

Open source video, audio, and image hosting.

https://mediacru.sh

Languages: Python, CoffeeScript, SCSS

Issues: https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush/issues?state=open

Join #mediacrush on irc.freenode.net to chat about helping. There are tons of things, big and small, that need to get done.

## KnightOS ##

Kernel and userland for Texas Instruments calculators.

http://knightos.org

Languages: Assembly

Join #knightos on irc.freenode.net to chat about helping. Need help finishing up a bunch of small tasks (like better datetime math) and a few bigger tasks (like a writable filesystem).

## Craft.Net ##

Open source Minecraft client+server+utils, compatible with official software.

https://github.com/SirCmpwn/Craft.Net

Languages: C#

Issues: https://github.com/SirCmpwn/Craft.Net

Join #craft.net on irc.freenode.net to chat about helping. Exciting plans for Craft.Net.Rendering are underway, as well as plenty of other issues.

## LockBox ##

Secure file syncronization based on gpg, rsync, and your own ring of trust.

https://github.com/SirCmpwn/lockbox

Languages: Whatever you want

Currently only done in concept. Get in touch if you want to help out: sir@cmpwn.com

## Other ##

I have loads of other projects you may be interested in, all of which are open for pull requests: https://github.com/SirCmpwn

12y agoHN ↗

- pyhs2

- https://github.com/bradruderman/pyhs2

- Python library to programmatically query hive. Skills needed (python, java, thrift, c)

- https://github.com/bradruderman/pyhs2/issues?page=1&state=op...

- I would like a contributor who understands thrift, and how to optimize it. I would like to remove the dependent libraries (sasl + thrift) by building them into the library itself. I would also like to have a resource that can help improve underlying thrift code to improve the library.

12y agoHN ↗

- Quill -

http://www.quill.org

Quill is a free web application that provides interactive English grammar lessons. We have built 30 hours of lessons (www.quill.org/lessons), and we currently have 5,000 students using our site.

The site is built in Ruby on Rails.

All of our outstanding issues are at: https://github.com/empirical-org/Compass/issues?state=open

There are a variety of issues, from small bug fixes to major features. If you're interested in the project, please reach out to me at peter@quill.org.