Where can I advertise an open source project?

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I have started an open source project and was wondering how I would best go about inviting people to work on the project. SourceForge is great but didn't fit the needs of the project. Any ideas?

What about SourceForge didn't fit your needs? Did you look at Google Code and CodePlex? — adrianbanks, Oct 25 '09 at 20:03
perhaps you could explain WHY sourceforge doesn't meet your needs, otherwise it isn't clear what you want. — SpliFF, Oct 25 '09 at 20:04
Should the link be removed--to assure George that SO is *incorrect* answer to this question? :) — P Shved, Oct 25 '09 at 20:06
The source code management just wasn't what was needed. So I rolled my own in PHP. — Nathan Osman, Oct 25 '09 at 20:13

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:29

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You could use Stack Overflow's Open Source Advertising:

https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/31913/open-source-advertising-sidebar-1h-2010

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:29

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answered Jan 06 '10 at 08:13

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where do those ads show up? – huseyin tugrul buyukisik Apr 09 '17 at 13:47
IIRC, on the sidebar of the main page. – Christian Specht Apr 10 '17 at 21:54

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '09 at 20:03

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Announcing it on FreshMeat never hurts.

answered Oct 25 '09 at 20:03

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 25 '09 at 20:26

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You could start tweeting about it! Also, write about the project in InfoQ.

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 17 '13 at 10:43

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You can also look forward to write articles about your project and post it on different websites like Code Project

answered Apr 17 '13 at 10:43

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 25 '09 at 20:05

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Codeplex might be something to look into

answered Oct 25 '09 at 20:05

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 25 '09 at 22:39

Assuming the project relates to a specific topic then there is usually a mailing list or set of webpages that relates to this. So, for example, if the project was primarily about XML you could announce it on xml-dev. If about chemistry use the blue-obelisk mailing list, and so on. Mailing lists are a good way of attracting general interest which may increase your user base as well as your developer base.

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 25 '09 at 20:05

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Throw it onto Github?

answered Oct 25 '09 at 20:05

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Where can I advertise an open source project?

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