Hi,<p>I wondered how you discover new tools
or find existing ones for your needs very quickly?<p>Using Google or searching in Github
can become quite time consuming.<p>Currently I use<p><pre><code> - Hacker News (of course)
- https://www.libhunt.com
- https://sysadmin.libhunt.com
- https://awesomeopensource.com
- https://directory.fsf.org
- https://repology.org
- https://debtags.debian.org
- Awesome Lists on Github
- YouTube Channels where
tools are shown/recommended...</code></pre>
This maybe a bit redundant -- but IMO it's always worth a quick stop at `<a href="https://alternativeto.net/" rel="nofollow">https://alternativeto.net/</a>` since you can specify OS & License types, etc and read a few reviews.<p>I've also started to find some neat stuff with `<a href="https://github.com/trending" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/trending</a>` - has been good for finding some good jumping-off points for subjects where I don't always have my finger on the pulse.<p>It's nice to get out of the echo-chamber and see what the other side of the shop is innovating. It helps me solve problems in ways I might not have come up with - and I've thankfully made lots of friends in Art, Design, UI/UX, and FrontEnd now because of it...so it's easier to keep up with for me now.<p>I don't think that's an especially hot take on HN though, but just putting it out there in case someone needed to hear it.
Google search: '[topic] awesome'. For example, 'react awesome' or 'web dev awesome'. Next, look for a github repo. You can also add "site:github.com" to your search, such as, "image editing awesome site:github.com".<p>This was a great tip given to me by a friend. I've found some amazing tools and resources because of it.
Don't overlook the "topics" of GH and GL; they (currently) require the repo owner to apply those labels, so it can be hit-or-miss but often works pretty well<p>* e.g. <a href="https://github.com/topics/aws" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/topics/aws</a><p>* <a href="https://gitlab.com/explore/projects/topics/aws" rel="nofollow">https://gitlab.com/explore/projects/topics/aws</a>
Web Tools Weekly is a good one [1]. I've discovered – and used – all sorts of useful tools through it since I signed up.<p><a href="https://webtoolsweekly.com/" rel="nofollow">https://webtoolsweekly.com/</a>