{"slug": "ask-hn-how-to-get-your-open-source-project-gain-popularity", "title": "Ask HN: How to get your open-source project gain popularity?", "summary": "An open-source developer asks how to gain popularity for a free robotics tool and an ML tool, having already posted on Hacker News, Reddit, LinkedIn, and forums, and seeks free posting venues and social media platforms.", "body_md": "| ||||||||||||\n1 point by |\nIf someone has made a free-to-use tool that is open-source and legitmately helpful (and not AI slop). How do I get it to people? I have already posted it here on HN, on subreddits, on LinkedIn, and some forums. Where else can I post (for free)? What other social media platforms would be good for this? For context I have two tools: one is robotics related and the other is ML related. | |||||||||||\nApplications are open till July 27. |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-to-get-your-open-source-project-gain-popularity", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49049662", "published_at": "2026-07-25 17:32:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-25 17:52:21.773957+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools"], "entities": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-to-get-your-open-source-project-gain-popularity", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-to-get-your-open-source-project-gain-popularity.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-to-get-your-open-source-project-gain-popularity.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-to-get-your-open-source-project-gain-popularity.jsonld"}}