Where Can I List My Opensource Project? [duplicate]

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How can I get the word out about a new (open-source) library I've developed?

I have hosted my latest project, a JVM-based MIDI processor/API called Mjdj MIDI Morph, on Github (here and here). Now I need to bring some interest to it, even if it's negative interest (so I can improve it). I've looked up open source list on Google and end up with such things as this page on Wikipedia, which makes it quite clear that they don't want your project if it's new. Where should I list my project? Short of adwords and talking it up in forums and trade shows, where should I submit my URLs?

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Get it announced on Freshmeat Freecode (no longer accepting updates as of 2014-06-18). Also, remember to get to a usable state or people will only use it once and keep that impression forever...

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There are many places.

If your software is good, it'll spread like wild fire trust me. Even a crappy software I made during my first year of Uni got a lot of hits because I submitted it to two forums and /r/Software.

How about a Wikipedia page that is directly topically related to what your software does? I have a simulation library that supplies routines for studying genetics, so I put a link on the page for "linkage disequilibrium," since my software allows you to model it.

Post it on Hacker News - you'll get a lot of feedback.

Hacker News is a social news website about computer hacking and startup companies, run by Paul Graham's investment fund and startup incubator, Y Combinator. It is different from other social news websites in that there is no option to down vote submissions; submissions can either be voted up or not voted on at all, although spam submissions can be flagged. In contrast, comments can be down voted after a user accumulates sufficient "karma" or points gained when submissions or comments are voted up. In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity"...

Suggest it to Dan Benjamin, and he might discuss it on his software development podcast, The Dev Show. Your website has black text on a white background, so your project has a good chance of making it into the show.

Freshmeat is a site, preferably but not exclusively for FOSS. Big and mirrored all over the world.

You can tag your software with multiple tags in different categories (OS, GUI, Web/Server/Client, purpose, programming language, license, ...) but you normally host it elsewhere.

And you get nice stats about downloads and visits.

Besides @Sergio's great indications check http://thechangelog.com/

One of the best places to advertise your OSS. But before, you really should read this: http://thechangelog.com/post/3032074343/top-ten-reasons-why-i-wont-use-your-open-source-project

Best of luck!

Why not try the open-source hosting sites like github and sourceforge?

If above doesn't work, try posting it on your site and get some traffic by link exchange techniques.

( Not sure if this works )

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