# Open Source Contribution

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-contribution/189516>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 2, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-contribution/189516 "2010-06-02T08:04:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Guilherme_GuimarSSS)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-contribution/189516/1 "2010-06-02T08:04:49Z")

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Hi.

After some reading and coding samples i’m looking for a real ROR open-  
source project to contribute.

Does anybody need help?

Regards,  
Guilherme Guimarães

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**Author:** ![Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Guilherme_GuimarSSS)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-contribution/189516/2 "2010-06-02T09:42:34Z")

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Hi Gilherme,

I’d like to improve story management of a Scrum app.  
Take a look at: [Winds of Scrum download | SourceForge.net](http://sourceforge.net/projects/windsofscrum)  
Right now I’m developing new features but story creation, assignation  
and repriorization is an app weak point.  
If you like to collaborate contact me.

Regards

2010/6/2 Guilherme Guimarães [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

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Oliver Hernàndez Valls

[http://codit.wikidot.com](http://codit.wikidot.com)  
[http://wiki.tramuntanal.cat](http://wiki.tramuntanal.cat)

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**Author:** ![Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Guilherme_GuimarSSS)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 9:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-contribution/189516/3 "2010-06-02T09:54:51Z")

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Sadly that u are use [sourceforge.net](http://sourceforge.net), because  
at rails community, in the current realities, if project is no at  
[github.com](http://github.com), its likely dead.)

Ivan N.  
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**Author:** ![Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Guilherme_GuimarSSS)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 10:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-contribution/189516/4 "2010-06-02T10:11:15Z")

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On 2 June 2010 08:52, Ivan N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Sadly that u are use [sourceforge.net](http://sourceforge.net), because  
> at rails community, in the current realities, if project is no at  
> [github.com](http://github.com), its likely dead.)

Dammit… all my projects must be dead then ☹

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**Author:** ![Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Guilherme_GuimarSSS)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-contribution/189516/5 "2010-06-02T09:56:02Z")

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are you from github?

2010/6/2 Ivan N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

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[http://wiki.tramuntanal.cat](http://wiki.tramuntanal.cat)

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**Author:** ![Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Guilherme_GuimarSSS)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-contribution/189516/6 "2010-06-02T11:26:12Z")

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On Jun 2, 2:43 am, Guilherme Guimarães [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> After some reading and coding samples i’m looking for a real ROR open-  
> source project to contribute.
> 
> Does anybody need help?

There are a lot of open-source project need some help. I can say  
someone :

Typo : [GitHub - publify/publify: A self hosted Web publishing platform on Rails.](http://github.com/fdv/typo)  
Redmine : [http://github.com/edavis10/redmine](http://github.com/edavis10/redmine)  
Shapado : [GitHub - patcito/shapado: The official repo is now here: https://github.com/ricodigo/shapado, please follow it there. Free and open source Q&A software, open source stackoverflow style app written in ruby, rails, mongomapper and mongodb.](http://github.com/patcito/shapado)  
Oupsnow : [GitHub - shingara/oupsnow: A bugtracker in Rails/MongoMapper](http://github.com/shingara/oupsnow)  
Errornot: [GitHub - errornot/ErrorNot: A service to be sure that all errors in your application are seen and will be fixed](http://github.com/errornot/errornot)

And a lot of. By example you can upgrade all of that project in Rails  
3 Beta or help with some fix bug, report bug or add features.

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**Author:** ![Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@Guilherme\_GuimarSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Guilherme_GuimarSSS)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-contribution/189516/7 "2010-06-03T01:23:56Z")

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Thank you Oliver and Cyril for the suggestions.

I will check it out and decide from where to start.

Regards,  
Guilherme Guimarães

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**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-contribution/189516/8 "2010-06-03T01:28:02Z")

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+1 for shapado, if you need help you can talk to us on #shapado in  
freenode  
Thanks Cyril 😉

2010/6/2 Guilherme Guimarães [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

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**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-contribution/189516/9 "2010-06-03T12:38:49Z")

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On Jun 1, 8:43 pm, Guilherme Guimarães [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> After some reading and coding samples i’m looking for a real ROR open-  
> source project to contribute.

I’m assuming you’re asking for RoR projects, not just plugins or gem  
projects.

I’m not active in these groups, but they’re pretty friendly:

FatFreeCRM  
Hobo  
Redmine

Other projects: as far as I know, no one is making an effort to port  
Beast/AlteredBeast (RoR forum) to Rails 3, but I’ve been out of that  
loop for a good while.

You may also want to look at Spree and RefineryCMS, though the latter  
is put out by a design company. If you’re looking for a high-profile  
project to help you build a freelance portfolio, Spree may be your  
best bet.

You can also ask these guys: [http://www.railsmentors.org/](http://www.railsmentors.org/)

-Hosh
