Maintaining a project that is used by hundreds, thousands or even millions of people can be stressful. Replying to issues, merging pull requests and answering questions in forums is a vital part of every open source project, but it takes a lot of time and energy, especially if you also work full-time in your day job.
This list is an index of open source projects seeking new maintainers. If you find a project that sounds interesting and you're looking for a way to help out, feel free to take a look at their posting and apply as a maintainer. If you maintain a project yourself and feel stressed out, you're more than welcome to add it to this list.
If you're interested in getting your site added to the Seeking Maintainers index, all you need to do is to file an issue in this repository using the "Add a new project" template and follow the instructions.
Please bear with us while a moderator reviews your submission. After your submission is approved, the "seeking-maintainer" label is assigned to the issue, which causes the project to show on the index.
Before you start contributing, please follow these steps to set up your development environment:
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Fork the Repository: Click the "Fork" button at the top-right corner of this repository to create a copy of the project in your GitHub account.
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Clone Your Fork: Clone your forked repository to your local machine using Git. Replace
<your-username>with your GitHub username:git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/seeking-maintainers.net
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Install Dependencies: Navigate to the project's directory and install the required dependencies:
cd <project-directory> npm install
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Run the Development Server: Start the development server to preview your changes:
npm start
The website should now be accessible locally at http://localhost:3000.
Once you have set up your development environment, you can start making changes to the website:
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Create a New Branch: Before you begin working on a feature or bug fix, create a new Git branch for your changes:
git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name
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Make Your Changes: Make the necessary code changes, add new features, or fix bugs.
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Commit Your Changes: When you are satisfied with your changes, commit them using Git:
git add . git commit -m "Add your descriptive commit message here"
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Push to Your Fork: Push your changes to your GitHub fork:
git push origin feature/your-feature-name
If you have any questions or want to get involved, feel free to join our room on Matrix:
https://matrix.to/#/#seeking-maintainers:matrix.org
This project is licensed under the MIT license. We do not own any rights to the projects on this list.