Let's start a monthly thread where open source projects can ask for <i>specific</i> help.<p>It's not required, but appreciated if this format if followed:<p>- Name of project<p>- URL<p>- Short description (Languages etc)<p>- Link to issues<p>- A few specific issues that you need help with.
I have a lot of projects you might be interested in.<p>## MediaCrush ##<p>Open source video, audio, and image hosting.<p><a href="https://mediacru.sh" rel="nofollow">https://mediacru.sh</a><p>Languages: Python, CoffeeScript, SCSS<p>Issues: <a href="https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush/issues?state=open" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush/issues?state=open</a><p>Join #mediacrush on irc.freenode.net to chat about helping. There are tons of things, big and small, that need to get done.<p>## KnightOS ##<p>Kernel and userland for Texas Instruments calculators.<p><a href="http://knightos.org" rel="nofollow">http://knightos.org</a><p>Languages: Assembly<p>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).<p>## Craft.Net ##<p>Open source Minecraft client+server+utils, compatible with official software.<p><a href="https://github.com/SirCmpwn/Craft.Net" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/SirCmpwn/Craft.Net</a><p>Languages: C#<p>Issues: <a href="https://github.com/SirCmpwn/Craft.Net" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/SirCmpwn/Craft.Net</a><p>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.<p>## LockBox ##<p>Secure file syncronization based on gpg, rsync, and your own ring of trust.<p><a href="https://github.com/SirCmpwn/lockbox" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/SirCmpwn/lockbox</a><p>Languages: Whatever you want<p>Currently only done in concept. Get in touch if you want to help out: sir@cmpwn.com<p>## Other ##<p>I have loads of other projects you may be interested in, all of which are open for pull requests: <a href="https://github.com/SirCmpwn" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/SirCmpwn</a>
- pyhs2<p>- <a href="https://github.com/bradruderman/pyhs2" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/bradruderman/pyhs2</a><p>- Python library to programmatically query hive. Skills needed (python, java, thrift, c)<p>- <a href="https://github.com/bradruderman/pyhs2/issues?page=1&state=open" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/bradruderman/pyhs2/issues?page=1&state=op...</a><p>- 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.
- Quill -<p><a href="http://www.quill.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.quill.org</a><p>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.<p>The site is built in Ruby on Rails.<p>All of our outstanding issues are at: <a href="https://github.com/empirical-org/Compass/issues?state=open" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/empirical-org/Compass/issues?state=open</a><p>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.
Lumail, a scriptable console-based mail-client<p><a href="http://lumail.org/" rel="nofollow">http://lumail.org/</a><p>There is a (small) issue list here: <a href="https://github.com/skx/lumail/issues" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/skx/lumail/issues</a><p>A simple(?) issue I cannot resolve relates to compiling under Mac OS X - Using readline from the ports system, and that issue is tracked here - <a href="https://github.com/skx/lumail/issues/179" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/skx/lumail/issues/179</a><p>Any update from a Mac user would be most welcome.