This would be a great addition to the monthly "Who's Hiring" and "Freelancers" posts that go up. Not sure who runs the whoishiring account but maybe they could consider this.
I agree. Especially if the intro post encouraged a little more standardization like the "who's hiring" one. Maybe request that all posts include at least the tech stack their project uses, for example.
I would really like this. I'm looking for something to contribute to, and threads like this are the ideal place to find projects.
Awesome - you perfectly represent 50% of the people I posted it for. Woo!
Yeah, I agree. I thought maybe in a month's time I'll post it again if they don't. Would be better for a bot like that, though.
Would we be better off with a site to link to that was searchable based on language/project/etc?
I would definitely enjoy hearing about active open source projects that need help. I especially appreciate hearing from the people running them, it helps would-be contributors get a sense of each project's current top priorities. I would be a little concerned that big open source projects would always dominate, but that would probably be a high quality problem to deal with at a later point.