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Developer's side project finds an open-source audience

Original: Can't believe that a personal project of mine has 65 stars, 16 forks, and has received PRs from 8 people (other than me)

A developer known as Ben is celebrating unexpected traction for beansprout, a personal side project he built while exploring the river window manager. The project has drawn 65 stars, 16 forks, and pull requests from eight outside contributors, plus more than 400 downloads of its latest release. He says he never expected a personal experiment to attract an active community.

Why now: The surprise of a small hobby project gaining real community contributions resonates with developers who share their own open-source work.

beansproutriver window managerBen Buhse

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• Can't believe that a personal project of mine has 65 stars, 16 forks, and has received PRs from 8 people (other than me), with over 400 downloads of the latest version! I really only started working on beansprout because river was introducing the river window management… · ben@snac.benbuhse.com · 10

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