How to promote my open-source? π
> This cheat sheet summarize important steps you should follow to promote your open-source project in the best conditions.
List of availables languages:
- [English](./README.md)
- [Français](./README-fr.md)
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## 1. π’ Preparation step
- π Choose a cool name for your project
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Make your README pretty
Details
> [List of beautiful readmes](https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme).
- β¨ Provide a demo of your project
- π Insall/Usage must be super easy
- π Create a clean and well structured documentation
## 2. π’ Spread the word about your hard works
- β Talk about your project to your friends and colleagues to get your first stars before publishing to social networks
Details
> A minimum of stars make your project more trustable then a zero star project.
- βοΈ Share the project on social medias an specialized platforms
- π Write articles that mention your project
- π Take care to choose the best time to post and share articles
- π Manage your communication to make the project be in trending pages
## 3. π€ Keep your users
- πTry to regularly release new versions of your project
- β Do not let issues open without answer
- π Invite users to contribute
- π Reward contributors
- π¬ Open a community chat platform
- π Ask for feedback
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# Useful links
- [List of beautiful readmes](https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme)