Solving Open Source Discovery

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32 points·andrewnez··10 comments

It seems like http://libraries.io/ is looking in npm Pypi and the like, but doesn't look in Github and Bitbucket.

I know a couple of open source project that have their own library ready for reuse, but http://libraries.io/ doesn't find them because they are not for reuse for npm, and the like. And if I know a couple, there are probably thousands. These libraries are not not re-use first, but project first, re-use second.

Search algorithm needs a lot of work. Should sort results by the number of dependents http://i.imgur.com/BiOkb8o.png

For sure, I'm constantly tweaking the ranking to get better results as more information becomes available, if you have any ideas or problems, please do add them to the issue tracker: https://github.com/librariesio/support/issues/new

Agreed; for trying to solve a problem rooted in valuing popularity over use, showing the "stars" for a result is counter productive.

Another suggestion: Allow searching from a language sub-page, with results limited to that language.

Nice start. I would love to be able to upload my project's Gemfile and then have the option to subscribe to everything there.

Also, I would love to have an option to subscribe via RSS (I know that makes me seem old) instead of email.

I do really like how you're pulling release information and badge status from each project.

Thanks, both of those features are high on my todo list.

Direct link to the site: http://libraries.io

While the direct link is useful (and is prominently linked int the OP), the blog post does add useful background information to the what's and whys. I recommend viewing both.

Great job Andrew!!! :+1:

Great project, nice work!

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