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Show me your open-source project

Hello Everyone! πŸ‘‹

I'm Giuseppe, building LogWard in public, and I want to engage with the open-source community in a conversation about OUR projects.

I think it will be super interesting to exchange feedback publicly on our software!

I'll start with mine, then drop yours in the comments!


πŸ›‘οΈ My Project: LogWard

Repository: github.com/logward-dev/logward

πŸ“ Description

LogWard is an open-source log management and observability platform. It's a lightweight alternative to Datadog/Splunk designed for developers who want:

  • Simple deployment: 5-minute Docker setup
  • Privacy-first approach: Self-hosted or EU-based cloud
  • Developer experience: Clean UI built with SvelteKit 5
  • No vendor lock-in: Open standards (OpenTelemetry, SQL)

✨ Key Features

1. Easy Setup

  • One-line Docker deployment: docker compose up -d
  • Interactive tutorial for first-time users (reduced setup time from 15min β†’ 3min)
  • Pre-built Docker images (no compilation needed)

2. Log Management

  • Real-time log streaming (Live Tail)
  • Full-text search with powerful filters
  • Multi-organization architecture for team isolation

3. Observability

  • OpenTelemetry support (logs + distributed tracing)
  • Service dependency visualization
  • Performance monitoring with span timelines

4. Modern Tech Stack

  • Frontend: SvelteKit 5 (Runes) + Tailwind + shadcn-svelte
  • Backend: Fastify + TypeScript
  • Database: TimescaleDB (Postgres for time-series data)
  • Queue: Redis + BullMQ

πŸ“Š Achievements

In 2 weeks since launch:

  • ⭐ 110+ GitHub stars
  • 🐳 1000+ Docker Hub pulls
  • πŸ‘₯ 300+ active users on the free cloud tier
  • πŸ“° Featured on VirtualizationHowto.com
  • πŸš€ 3x activation rate after adding interactive onboarding (23% β†’ 67%)

Growing at ~10 new users per day!

🎯 Why I Built This

The problem:
Existing log management tools are either:

  • Too expensive: Datadog/Splunk cost $$$$ at scale
  • Too complex: ELK Stack requires 16GB+ RAM and expert setup
  • Not privacy-friendly: Data sent to US clouds (GDPR concerns for EU companies)

My solution:

  • Runs on a $5/month VPS (or even a Raspberry Pi!)
  • Deploy with one command: docker compose up -d
  • Keep your data in your infrastructure (or use our EU cloud)
  • Built with modern tech that developers actually enjoy using

πŸ’¬ I'd Love Your Feedback!

Since you're here, I have a few questions:

1. What would make you try LogWard?

  • Better documentation?
  • Video tutorials?
  • Specific integrations (Slack, PagerDuty, etc.)?

2. Deployment: Cloud vs Self-Hosted?
We offer both options. Do you prefer:

  • Managing your own infrastructure (full control)
  • Paying for managed hosting (convenience)

3. What features are missing?
Is there something you'd need that would make LogWard perfect for your use case?


🀝 Now Show Me Yours!

Drop your open-source project in the comments using this format:

Project Name:

Repository:

Description: (What does it do?)

Tech Stack:

Biggest Achievement:

What you're working on next:

I'll check out every single project and leave genuine feedback! πŸ™Œ


πŸ”— LogWard Links


Would you like to participate in this public exchange of feedback/showcase of your projects? Let's support each other!

Drop your project belowβ€”I'm excited to see what you're building! πŸ‘‡

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Christian Ledermann

Project Name: pygeoif

Repository: github.com/cleder/pygeoif

Description: Provides basic data structures and algorithms for geospatial data

Tech Stack: #Python

Biggest Achievement: In top 1% of PyPI downloads

Project Name: fastkml

Repository: github.com/cleder/fastkml

Description: Processing of KML (an XML dialect) files. This is the native format for google earth.

Tech Stack: #Python

Biggest Achievement: In top 1% of PyPI downloads


Currently, I am working on:

Project Name: brkrs

Repository: github.com/cleder/brkrs

Description: An Arkanoid/Breakout style game, longer answer here

Tech Stack: #Rust, #Bevy

Biggest Achievement: None so far, but it is coming along nicely ;-)

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Polliog

Two projects in 1% of PyPI, that's impressive.
I was watching brkrs because i really want to learn rust^^

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Christian Ledermann

Can you share brkrs on your socials? I'd love to increase the outreach and attract contributors.

I documented my experiences so far, in the wiki - to be turned into a blog post when I get time

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Polliog

of course

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Random • Edited

I just built Snapgroove - a browser-based screenshot editor: Snapgroove (Open-source)

What it does:

  • Runs locally in your browser (nothing gets uploaded)
  • Makes screenshots look better with frames and backgrounds
  • Gradient and pattern backgrounds
  • Good for social media posts and blog images
  • Free, no sign-ups

Built with Next.js and TypeScript.

I'd love feedback on the design, speed, or features I should add.

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Polliog

Wooo, really cool. I would add a desktop app, that to the screenshot and after you can directly edit or publish ecc

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Freddie

Wow, I love this! Definitely saving it.
Are you going to keep the project as it is or do you plan to add things like drawing as well?

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Random

Glad to hear you liked worth saving it, And i am currently working on adding some more new functionalities, Like cope image on the spot, more frames, aspect-ratio for specific social media's like twitter, YouTube thumbnail size etc..

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Abdullah Jan

Project Name: Carific.ai

Repository: github.com/ImAbdullahJan/carific.ai

Description: An open-source, AI-powered career development platform. Not just one tool - a suite of focused agents that each solve one specific career problem well.

Current Features:

πŸ“„ Resume Analyzer - Upload resume + job description β†’ get specific bullet rewrites, missing keywords categorized by skill type (Hard/Soft/Domain), section completeness checks. No generic advice.

Roadmap:

🎯 Interview Coach - Role-specific questions, answer feedback, STAR method coaching
πŸ—ΊοΈ Career Path Generator - Personalized 3-12 month learning roadmaps based on your target role
πŸ’ͺ Daily Micro-practice - Short exercises to build career skills over time
🎀 Voice Mock Interviews - Practice with AI, get real-time feedback
πŸ”— Integrations - LinkedIn, job boards, ATS optimization

Tech Stack:

Next.js 16 + React 19 + Tailwind + shadcn/ui
Vercel AI SDK + Zod (structured output, no AI slop)
Better Auth + Prisma + PostgreSQL
MIT Licensed - fork it, learn from it, contribute

Biggest Achievement: Solved the "AI slop" problem. The AI was suggesting "Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives..." - classic ChatGPT resume speak. Built structured JSON output with Zod validation and explicit banned word lists. Now every suggestion is specific, actionable, and tied to the user's actual content.

What I'm working on next: ATS compatibility checks and Interview Coach MVP.

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Polliog

This is really well thought out
The Zod validation + banned words list is smart. Do you fine-tune prompts per role or is it more about constraining the output format?
Also love that you're tackling this as focused agents instead of one monolithic tool. The "do one thing well" philosophy scales way better.

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Julia

I suppose our open source OpenDataLoader PDF for AI will help you in daily routine tasks github.com/opendataloader-project/...

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Polliog

absolutely, everything that can help with the prompt it's good

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Art light

This is really impressive workβ€”clear vision, strong execution, and the traction you’ve achieved so quickly says a lot about the product’s value. I’m genuinely interested in LogWard and would love to follow along, explore it deeper, and exchange feedback on our projects.

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Polliog

Thank you so much! That means a lot
The traction has been surprising honestly. I think we hit a sweet spot between "too complex" (ELK) and "too expensive" (Datadog). Developers just want something that just works
What kind of project are you working on?

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Art light

I’m looking for a reliable, talented collaborator who’s interested in long-term growth and building something truly impactful together with my technical support

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Keith Solomon

Project Name: Warframe Shiopping List

Repository: github.com/Solo-Web-Works/WF-Shop

Description: Using the API provided by warframe.market, it allows you to build an at-a-glance list of items from other players in Warframe. Stores periodic item refresh calls locally to avoid hitting limits on the API.

Tech Stack: PHP & Javascript

Biggest Achievement: This is the first project of this scale I’ve released publicly. It incorporates REST-like API endpoints in PHP that the Javascript calls to perform functions on the front end.

What you're working on next: On this particular project, I’d really like to change the interface. I’m not a designer, and I was going for a single-page thing that you can have running on a second screen (or in a launcher overlay via Steam or whatever) while you’re playing.

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Polliog

Cool (and nice game)

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Julia

Great!

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ζŸ΄ζƒ ζ»¨

Project Name: qrcode-beautify
Repository: github.com/chaihuibin926/qrcode-be...

Description: Create visually appealing QR codes effortlessly with qrcode-beautify

Tech Stack: #JavaScript

Biggest Achievement: Not much use

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Polliog

Cool, add some visual examples on the README. So you can engage more users

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Piotr Daniel

Project Name: QNote

Repository: github.com/piotr-daniel/qnote

Description: QNote is a terminal-based, local-first, note-taking app powered by Textual.
It provides a fast, intuitive, and visually appealing way to manage your notes directly in the terminal.

Why QNote? - Because taking a quick note shouldn’t feel like a project.

Tech Stack: #Python

Biggest Achievement: Launching version 0.1.0 on PyPI and testing functionality on Linux & Windows.

What you're working on next: This is my main project at the moment as there's a lot planned in the roadmap and I am actually already using it at work so I'm sure I'll come up with lots of ideas to deal with. It's a very early working version.

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Polliog

Really cool, TUI > GUI. Also i love the top right matrix, maybe you can do it customizable

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Piotr Daniel

Thank you :) - the matrix is customisable already, in the way that you could select different style (matrix rain, snake game, or a static)

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Oyinlola Olasunkanmi • Edited

Project Name: CodeBuddy

Repository:

github.com/olasunkanmi-SE/codebuddy

Description: CodeBuddy is an advanced AI-powered VS Code coding assistant that features an agentic architecture with specialized sub-agents, tool orchestration, and multi-model support. It transforms your development workflow with intelligent code assistance, autonomous task execution, and deep codebase understanding.

Tech Stack: #Typescript

Agentic Framework: #LangChain #DeepAgent

Language supports: Typescript, Python, Javascript, Golang, Java, Rust, PHP

Achievements: Almost 1000 downloads in both VSCode marketplace and open-vsx.org Marketplace.

What you're working on next: Codubuddy is evolving.

If you find this extension useful, please give it a star, and if you are interested in contributing, Fork the repo.

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Polliog

Nice project, will you also release a version for jetbrain IDEs?

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Oyinlola Olasunkanmi

Never thought about it actually. But I will give it a try.

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Puneet-Kumar2010

πŸš€ Projects


CodeCharm

Repository:

github.com/DeveloperPuneet/CodeCharm

Description:

CodeCharm is an AI-powered VS Code extension that generates inline, emoji-rich code comments and refactors code for better readability using Google Gemini models. It also supports executing custom cmd() instructions embedded directly in code before commenting or refactoring.

Tech Stack:

  • TypeScript
  • VS Code Extension API
  • Google Gemini API

Biggest Achievement:

Implemented a robust multi-model fallback system across multiple Gemini models with secure API key handling and keyboard-first workflows.
500+ downloads

What you're working on next:

Improving cmd() instruction intelligence and deeper, cleaner refactoring logic.


Elf-Owl-AI

Repository:

github.com/DeveloperPuneet/Elf-Owl-AI

Description:

Elf Owl AI is a mood-adaptive conversational intelligence capable of responding with emotional awareness, personality, and contextual depth across 24 distinct moods β€” blending logic, creativity, and expressive tone.

Tech Stack:

  • Python
  • Custom mood-engine logic
  • Prompt engineering

Biggest Achievement:

Designed a 24-mood adaptive system controlling tone, vocabulary, emoji usage, and sentence rhythm for emotionally consistent conversations.

What you're working on next:

Long-term contextual memory and smoother emotional transitions.


ProblemPad

Repository:

github.com/DeveloperPuneet/ProblemPad

Description:

ProblemPad is a collaborative platform where users can submit problems using text or audio, discuss them in communities, and track resolutions efficiently.

Tech Stack:

  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • MongoDB
  • JavaScript

Biggest Achievement:

Integrated audio-based problem submission with a clean, community-driven workflow to reduce miscommunication and speed up problem-solving.

What you're working on next:

Role-based moderation, improved issue tracking, and real-time collaboration features.

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Willie Harris

This is a valuable initiative that highlights how open source not only demonstrates technical skill, but also communication, collaboration, and long-term thinkingβ€”qualities that matter just as much as code quality in real-world engineering.

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