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

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on dev.to

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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.

  • Sonar

    Write Clean Python Code. Always.. Sonar helps you commit clean code every time. With over 225 unique rules to find Python bugs, code smells & vulnerabilities, Sonar finds the issues while you focus on the work.

  • 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.

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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