The Unsung Heroes of Open Source: The Dedicated Maintainers Behind Lesser-Known Projects

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  • core-js

    Standard Library

  • Based on the distribution of contributions to the project, it seems that Denis has provided more than 95% of the project's code. And as he said in the blog post I read, the project occupies almost all of his time—more than a full working day.

  • libcurl

    A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features

  • cURL is a command-line tool and library for transferring data over a wide range of network protocols, including HTTP, FTP, SMTP, and many others. It is used by millions of developers to download and upload files, test APIs, and automate tasks.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • mycli

    A Terminal Client for MySQL with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting.

  • GitHub repo: https://github.com/dbcli/mycli

  • HomeBrew

    🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

  • GitHub repo: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew

  • Apache Log4j 2

    Apache Log4j 2 is a versatile, feature-rich, efficient logging API and backend for Java.

  • SaaSHub

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