Openbase

Name: Openbase
Rating: 4.0 (3 reviews)

Choose the right open-source package every time

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Choose the right open-source package every time

4.0•3 reviews•

32 followers

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Code Review Tools

Openbase helps developers choose the right open-source package every time - through user reviews, categorization, side-by-side comparison, and unparalleled insights about packages' popularity, reliability, activity and more.

Launch tags:Productivity•Open Source•Developer Tools

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Congrats on launch. Could not try login with github b/c github crashed 25mins ago. How many unique reviewers and how active?

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6yr ago

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@zurgun Correct! GitHub crashed, fortunately you can still use the site normally, but you cannot create an account since it's done with GitHub login. We're tracking the recovery at: https://www.githubstatus.com/

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6yr ago

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@zurgun Yeah this is unfortunate timing for a rare Github outage. I hope you will come back and check out our review tools when Github comes back up! (Hopefully soon)

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6yr ago

@liorgrossman :-| yes!!! for 1hr down now... Can be used nonGitHub.

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6yr ago

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@liorgrossman @zurgun Looks like it's coming back online now!

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6yr ago

@liorgrossman @jonathan_lucas Yes!! Such Fresh Design. Good Luck

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6yr ago

Papyrs

This looks really useful, congrats on the launch! The "categories" tab to quickly drill down alternatives is pretty nice as well. Maybe it could be useful if you could also sort/order the results by an attribute like "last activity"? It wouldn't be the first time I find some amazing library to find out it hasn't been updated in years and only works with IE5 or something ;)

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6yr ago

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@wcools Thank you! Thats really great feedback! We are going to be working on improving that view in the coming months, stay tuned!

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6yr ago

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@wcools Yes, we are very bullish on the "categories" explorer, but there's still a lot to be wished for in terms of sorting, filtering, etc.

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6yr ago

My first thought was "Is this really needed" but after a single search I realized that you have done an excellent job on this. I was just looking for a package earlier today and wasted 2 hours reviewing the options. After a search on your site, I got a bunch new options that I hadn't even considered before. Bookmarked, and I'll be using this often. Thanks!

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6yr ago

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@titusdecali Thank you for the kind words Titus. This product was created out of our own pain - spending hours comparing different libraries just like you mentioned. Funnily, we've even used Openbase many times while building Openbase. We're really glad you like it! Let us know if there are any additional capabilities you'd like to see.

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6yr ago

@liorgrossman I'm curious how the search results are sorted. I would prefer seeing the listings by stars, or have a results page that allows me to sort options on my own rather than going directly to the detail page of each directly.

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6yr ago

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@titusdecali Currently we use npms to power our autosuggest with some modifications. We do have a search results page on our pipeline, where you can see a nice bunch of insights for each package (rating, stars, downloads, commit history). In addition, we want to combining the concept of categories (e.g. Tooltip, or Logger) into our search results.

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6yr ago

Very well done. I saw the slick video and rolled my eyes but this has legitimate function. I think I may start using this over npmjs.com to search for packages.

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6yr ago

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Maker

@eglove Thank you, that's great to hear. We have many more exciting features on the way as well!

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6yr ago

Maker

@eglove Thank you very much Ethan :) We've much more interesting stuff coming up. If you have any questions or feedback, we always eager to listen and act by, and for our users and community. Feel free to contact me at any subject at gil @openbase.io

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6yr ago

@openbase @gil_finkelstein1 I'm curious what the monetization strategy is? I don't see any ads. Maybe this would be related to the interesting stuff you have coming? ;)

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6yr ago

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@openbase @eglove No ads! We have different approach. We believe in our value to the community. There is a lot to do in matter of monetization... Ads not one of them :) (I HATE ADS)

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6yr ago

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@eglove Thank you for the kind words!

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6yr ago

This site comes in very handy. It could well be to Open Source package what a Programming Community index is for programming languages. The simple yet effective layout of the site appeals to the regular developer. The design is very professional and consistent throughout all of the pages- clean and easy to read. Thank you for sharing it.

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6yr ago

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Maker

@dsarkar Thank you for your feedback. Our whole team is very passionate about Open Source development and we are very excited to make something that is not only useful to developers, but beautiful as well!

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6yr ago

Maker

@dsarkar Thank you very much. Really appreciate it! We highly care about UX, and really happy to hear feedback from our users and community. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at gil @openbase.io

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6yr ago

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@dsarkar Thank you for your feedback! Much appreciated

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6yr ago

I lost trust on this platform after looking at the reviews for Angular Framework. People without getting to know the power Angular has downvoted it with bad reviews. Guys, If you really wanted to get to know it's better you do a proper research rather than solely depending on some platform. A question to author, How do you make sure every review or vote is not against hatred towards a particular language/framework? I see lot of reviews like that for Angular. I appreciate your hard work behind this, But, I feel every review should be validated. If you feel this should help beginners or freshers or anyone to make right choices, this should provide Great indepth views rather than some bad reviews without proper knowledge by few users.

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6yr ago

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@mukkamala_akhil Thanks for your feedback, I definitely hear your concern. Personally my view point is that the point of reviews is to capture the genuine, subjective experiences of developers using a particular package. We believe that everyone should get to have a voice, and the nature of the review process is that some people are going to leave negative reviews on packages that other people think are great.

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6yr ago

I love the idea and the design, a must have tool for developers! We hope our open source project will be there soon :)

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6yr ago

Dev.page

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@andrea_cavagna Thank you! We have a lot of plans in motion to empower open source package developers. We currently have Github badges that should allow you to get more reviews/exposure via Openbase.

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6yr ago

Maker

@andrea_cavagna Thank you Andrea, Were very design oriented, And UX is most important to us, As we have a lot to show :) If you have any questions or feedback, Feel free to contact me at gil@ openbase.io

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6yr ago

@jonathan_lucas we Will use them for sure as soon as we will online with the beta

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6yr ago

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