This is always the struggle. To implement it is not like promote it. Making the product publicly visible and known is actually the harder part.
Be consistent, try on multiple places, be active, make good site, good videos, good training, talk to people, listen what they say.
Post it in reddit, write articles in places like here, dev.to, medium, explain how you did it, why, what you learned...
Cases where somebody implements something and it becomes viral for a one night sleep are so rare, that I am not really sure that they actually exists ;)
I totally agree!
As most of developers do, I want my projects to be seen by more users. It's really helpful to find out the drawbacks in my projects and make me realize how to imporve my works. I need feedbacks, both positive and negative are welcome.
So I'm writing this post to ask my seniors for advice and experiences on how to promote an open-source project.
Yes. Marketing skills are significant, and I'm trying to learn more about it. It's just at the early stage for me though lol. I hope I can stick to it.
Agreed. I think that's the basis of promotion and marketing: find your users and make sure you can reach them. I'll try to be more focused on meeting the needs. Ty.
The inspiration came from scattered fragments of my observed needs in life, so it may be hard to intergrate the tools. But I can intentionally do this afterwards. Thank you for your comment.
This is always the struggle. To implement it is not like promote it. Making the product publicly visible and known is actually the harder part.
Be consistent, try on multiple places, be active, make good site, good videos, good training, talk to people, listen what they say. Post it in reddit, write articles in places like here, dev.to, medium, explain how you did it, why, what you learned...
Cases where somebody implements something and it becomes viral for a one night sleep are so rare, that I am not really sure that they actually exists ;)
Thank you for your valuable suggestions!
You will find in five years. Untill then, practice, analyse, experiment the tool, make it efficient.
You would have already known your plan, the five years is to clear out the trash from head and find why you started in first place
Totally agree. There are too much noise on the way to the target and we have to keep the original intention.
You could start by putting a link to your projects or blogs in your HN profile.
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> No pull requests, no issues, even no stars
This is the standard for most projects
What is your objective?
I totally agree! As most of developers do, I want my projects to be seen by more users. It's really helpful to find out the drawbacks in my projects and make me realize how to imporve my works. I need feedbacks, both positive and negative are welcome. So I'm writing this post to ask my seniors for advice and experiences on how to promote an open-source project.
You can improve by aiming for increasingly complex programming features. A step above what you can already do.
That's a great idea. I'll try it from now on.
This is normal. Projects used by others are the exception. They are usually driven by skilled marketing efforts or funding.
Yes. Marketing skills are significant, and I'm trying to learn more about it. It's just at the early stage for me though lol. I hope I can stick to it.
Post it where your users already spend time and keep it simple—show what problem it solves, not just the code.
Agreed. I think that's the basis of promotion and marketing: find your users and make sure you can reach them. I'll try to be more focused on meeting the needs. Ty.
What do you find them useful for? Could they potentially provide value to another open source project if integrated?
The inspiration came from scattered fragments of my observed needs in life, so it may be hard to intergrate the tools. But I can intentionally do this afterwards. Thank you for your comment.
Please share some of your tools.
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