# How to Make an Open-Source Project Useful to Developers

DevFeed: [How to Make an Open-Source Project Useful to Developers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/giving-your-code-to-the-community-39024.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://vladimirj.dev/giving-your-code-to-the-community/>)

Author: Vladimir Jovanović

Published: 2017-11-11T09:44:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Vladimir Jovanović](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/vladimir-jovanovic.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Repositories](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/repositories.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [repositories](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/repositories.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that publishing code openly is not enough to attract users or contributors. Open-source projects should provide clear value, use readable and maintainable code, present polished documentation and packaging, promote the project, and improve it continuously.

## Source excerpt

About two years ago, I started putting pieces of code on my GitHub page. And soon I have noticed that nobody was looking at it. My profile was dead.