Ask HN: Open-source projects that do something good for the world?

• Openstreetmap

  745 2,049 9.9 Ruby

  The Rails application that powers OpenStreetMap

  

https://www.hotosm.org/tools-and-data runs software that's used for example after an earthquake. The tasking manager specifically is a reactjs app plus postgresql with plenty of open issues. HOTOSM has full-time staff, I'm not sure if the developers are full-time, but it's more organized than a volunteer project.

https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/ is Ruby on Rails (easy installable with a docker setup). The maintainers have trouble even reviewing incoming PRs so an experienced person who can triage, test, review is currently needed.

If you're in the US then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_for_America might be worth having a look at.

https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ will soon annouce vetted organizations who do open source. (last year https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2023/organizati...). Project are paid, the process is long though, all summer. https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline

• Scout Monitoring

  www.scoutapm.com featured

  Rennaisance engineers rejoice! 1 gem 5 min to app monitoring. 5-minute onboarding. No sales team. Devs in the support channels. No DevOps team required. Get the free app insights every engineer deserves with Scout Monitoring.

  

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