Ask HN: Open-source water cooler locations

[armini]

Hi HN, It seems like every open source community is managed in a different location or channel (e.g. slack, discord & subreddit). Are you able to share where you visit & which community it relates to?

I’d be happy to collate that list into a document for everyone: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14bNirWxNAU83VOSYedcXf_uuHD9D8TvUJJn2iLsOnyg/edit?usp=sharing

This is a great way for open source maintainers to find places to promote their projects & packages.

Sorry in advance if this is a duplicate request, please also let me know if such a list already exists.

[pabs3]

None of the projects I visit use proprietary communications tools, they are all on IRC (OFTC/Libera) and or mailing lists.

[armini]

Is there a place people can sign up for the mailing list or find the IRC details?

[shapefrog]

Dropped in thinking the title was literal.

Stay hydrated.

[armini]

You’re right, I should have done a better title

[abrahms]

Various foundations (CDF, CNCF, etc)

[armini]

Yeah good point, problem is how do small/upcoming maintainers promote their work or get noticed in those ecosystems?