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What are some open source projects you use that deserve more attention?

Posted on September 30, 2016

What are some open source projects you use that deserve more attention? Is it a tool you couldn’t live without that you think we should all know about? Or is it a library that builds the foundation for other projects that just doesn’t get enough love?

Share yours in the answers. And in the spirit of Hacktoberfest, let us all know how to contribute back.



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I immediately install fail2ban, monit and monitorix on all servers I bring up, regardless of their final use in production. Lately I’ve also started using Ansible.

Hubzilla. It can do many things, but I mainly use it as a Social Network and Forum and to chat with friends (which I guess is what a Social Network is…)

Codemirror is a versatile text editor implemented in JavaScript for the browser. It is specialized for editing code, and comes with a number of language modes and addons that implement more advanced editing functionality.” I love this editor and I hope that never get discontinued. Source: https://github.com/codemirror/codemirror

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