Ask HN: How do you grow OSS projects?
Hey there, founder of a startup here which main product is an oss project. We've been trying to grow the project for months, and it's lowkey growing in stars and adoption. But it's linear. We see other projects do big jumps and hit thousands of stars in days. Going viral in HN, X, etc. We believe that real adoption might not come from one day to another, and the teams using us are happy and want to use us more. Now, I hate to spam in places like hn or other forums, but what strategies have you f
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来源描述：Hey there, founder of a startup here which main product is an oss project. We've been trying to grow the project for months, and it's lowkey growing in stars and adoption. But it's linear. We see other projects do big jumps and hit thousands of stars in days. Going viral in HN, X, etc. We believe that real adoption might not come from one day to another, and the teams using us are happy and want to use us more. Now, I hate to spam in places like hn or other forums, but what strategies have you f
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