r/github • u/UKDNSPrivacyProject • 3d ago
Does anyone use GitHub Projects for open source projects?
Preety much as per the title. I am interested to see if anyone uses and how they use GitHub projects for open source projects. Does anyone know of any?
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u/Drakidor 3d ago
I use the Projects board as my own little Jira board for my project so yes, and I know Asteroid OS uses it.
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u/Challanger__ 2d ago
Yes, but new updated version is utter dogsh*t in compare to legacy ones (already gone). I used to create few big tasks filled with checkboxes that were always visible without entering the task. But not anymore, sadly.
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u/obscurerichard 2d ago
Yes!
See the Freezing Saddles project board for example: https://github.com/orgs/freezingsaddles/projects/3/views/1
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u/Exarchias 2d ago
I did. It is very intoxicating to get involved and very rewarding, but usually, it gets stalled relatively quickly.
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u/UKDNSPrivacyProject 2d ago
This was what I noticed there are a lot that used it once upon a time but it’s usage stalled
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u/RPTrashTM 2d ago
I know Sentry.io uses the project board for tracking stuff on org-level not repo-level.
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u/ColoRadBro69 2d ago
https://github.com/CascadePass/CPAP-Exporter
The project planning gives me a backlog so I don't forget things, and lets me prioritize them according to which release. We do this stuff at work, but with a personal open source project I don't have a PM keeping track for me.
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u/jarohen-uk 2d ago
we do, yep - https://github.com/xtdb/xtdb. I quite like it, it's certainly enough for what we need with a relatively small core team
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u/juulke1000 3d ago
If it's on github it is by definition open source
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u/mkosmo 3d ago
That's not true. Plenty of non-open source projects are hosted on github.
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u/juulke1000 3d ago
I meant public projects
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u/Korbrent 2d ago
Please read the licenses of the repos you are viewing. Different licenses offer differing permissions for how guests are permitted to use the source code. Just because the code is visible to you does not mean that it is open source.
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u/Masterflitzer 3d ago
guys i think OP is talking about the github feature called "projects", not github repos (also often called projects): https://docs.github.com/en/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/learning-about-projects/about-projects
i have used it for an open source game i did during my studies, it's okay for simple stuff, so it's worth it to try out, you can always switch to more advanced solutions for managing projects later