Welcome! Are you interested in contributing to one (or several) of the Freeware Lovers projects? This repository should help you. It contains information and guidelines about contributions to the current projects supervised by the Freeware Lovers company.
There are multiple ways to start contributing to our ecosystem, including either company-wide and project-wide opportunities.
- Front-end developer
- Back-end developer
- Technical writer
- SEO specialist
- Growth hacker
- ... we are open for many other roles, feel free to ask / suggest ...
Below is the table with the main projects listed in alphabetical order.
| Project | Description | Tech Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Case Converter | Online case converter | vanilla/native JavaScript |
| Community Lovers | Open community platform | Django (Python), React (JavaScript) |
| DiiCT | Multilingual dictionary | currently LAMP (PHP + MySQL), open for suggestions |
| Freeware Lovers | Wikipedia of free software | currently LAMP (PHP + MySQL), should be reimplemented in Laravel (PHP) |
| My Profiles | ||
| Password Generator | Online password generator | vanilla/native JavaScript |
| Skupu | MERN (Mongo, Express, React, Node.js) | |
| Spell Check | Online spell checker | vanilla/native JavaScript (currently broken) |
| Translit | Online transliterator | vanilla/native JavaScript |
| WebSniffer | HTTP request/response viewer | currently LAMP (PHP + MySQL), open for suggestions (needs more JS) |
| new projects | we are open to any new projects and ideas | any tech stack |
We do A LOT of code contribution, issue tracking, branstorming and general collaboration at GitHub. It is HIGHLY recommended to join our GitHub organization to fully contribute to our open source projects. Even is you are not a coder, strongly consider joining the org. If you are new to GitHub, then go ahead and create an account. It's free and will expand your horizons greatly!
Every registered GitHub user can join our org using the self-service page at join-freeware-lovers.herokuapp.com.
For internal communication we are primerily using Discord. If you are not a Discord lover, then use our fall back Slack space.
To join our Discord server, where most of the communication is happening, simply use this invite link: freewarelovershq.com/discord.
To join our Slack workspace simply use this invite link: freewarelovershq.com/slack.
When you are done setting up your profile, then feel free to introduce yourself to everyone in the #introduce-yourself channel.