Check Out Some Projects Looking for Volunteers

Posted on Friday, June 26th, 2009 by Lisa Hoover
Category: General

If you love open source and have some extra time on your hands, why not consider volunteering to help out one of the projects hosted on SourceForge? You don’t need mad developer skills to pitch in, most projects will welcome volunteers with all levels of experience.

Even if you no coding skills at all, don’t let that stop you from finding a way to lend a hand because there’s always something that needs to get done. Project leads will help match your skills and interests to their todo list and you could end up doing anything from testing an app for bugs to touching up artwork and logos.

Here are a few projects looking for volunteers right now:

Ikasan is a Java-based middleware platform that was recently open sourced by a banking institution and needs Java developers to help take the project to the next level.

SourceForge community member wek21 is looking for people with Qt or KDE-related programming skills to help put together a desktop applet for Plasma that notifies users when friends update their social networking sites.

Graphic artists might want to hit up isaque to help create artwork for the task manager project, Coyote.

There are a bunch of things to do over at the auction script project WeBid, including help finishing the payment system and “making the front end less ugly.”

Twincling, a repository of open source software developed by an India-based technology company, is looking for PHP programmers to work on two projects; -dmod and -scano.

You can always find the latest volunteer help wanted ads on our forums.



Reader Comments

johnbenac on June 26th, 2009

I am looking for help with WikiDesign, a new kind of Wiki that structures user submitted content into the logical framework that is generally accepted by the International Council on Systems Engineering for defining system architectures. Such a site would allow an individual with a great idea for a new physical product to draw upon the domain knowledge of those on the internet to flesh out the smaller details of the project to create a manageable package of system definition that could be taken to a manufacturer for production.

Initially, the user who starts a new project in WikiDesign is asked a series of questions that enables the system to suggest custom editable boilerplate top level functional and physical breakdowns, system requirement documents (headings only) and stakeholder lists.

I have a Certificate in Space Systems Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, and currently work as a NASA contractor in Houston on the Space Station Program. I recognize the huge amount of knowledge that engineers over the years have build up, yet space system design progeams are costly, and often reinvent technologies that have already been developed but the knowlege sits in retired or layed off workers with no way to contribute, despite an interest, competancy, and desire.

WikiDesign is a tool with broad applicability, that will raise global awareness and reduce development costs of any technology that has a wiki in WikiDesign.

My project seeks to leverage the collective knowledge of disparate contributors with narrow domain knowledge so that it can be assembled into a disciplined structure that can be used for development of physical products in the real world.

Email me at john@benac.com to become a member of my project at wikidesign.sourceforge.net

lexayo on June 27th, 2009

The Silex team also needs help!
> https://sourceforge.net/people/?group_id=192954
- design
- javascript
- php
- actionscript

And remember, Silex is THE project of this month
> https://sourceforge.net/community/potm-200906/

So please, do not let these positions empty! See you soon on the forum and the blog…
> http://silex.hoyau.info/forum_en/
> http://www.silexlabs.com/

malimaot on June 29th, 2009

I am a new user I study informatic
we study vb.net but I know a little about java
what I want is to be a part of project tht helps me to develop my skills
thx

bittudaimary on June 30th, 2009

I am a new user I did my BSc in Computer Science
I wish to be a part of wireless networking .
Language i use is Java.

javydreamercsw on July 2nd, 2009

@malimaot: I’m more than open for help and don’t care helping you in your JAVA ways. Check: https://sourceforge.net/projects/jwrestling/ and contact me if interested. Depending on your path of learning you want I have some projects in which you can learn (as I did).

leadership1 on July 3rd, 2009

Becoming a volunteer is a great way to get experience for your CV guys!

sanjayxghosh on July 3rd, 2009

hi this sanjay here … I have 2 years experience in java and J2ee .. would like to help … to hone my humble skills in java

apaulson101 on July 3rd, 2009

Hi everyone,
Recently I open sourced (GPL) my previously commercial shopping cart system.
I need help with code clean-up, and turning the code in to a more open source friendly format.

The project is supercart.

Thanks
Alex

rockyfina on July 5th, 2009

Hi!
I am C++, Unix/Linux developer, would like to contribute to some C++ projects ( in Banking/Finance domain). I need to check with my employer if I can contribute in spare time. By the mean time let me know if there is any project available.
Cheers.

nftest5 on July 7th, 2009

THATS FINE……….FROM NF

dragondev on July 8th, 2009

Hi friends!

i’m searching some artists for my current project.

sebas_ledesma on July 17th, 2009

OWlNext : https://sourceforge.net/projects/owlnext/
welcomes any developer to check the Win64 and Linux port.
Also web designers are welcomed.

initpidzero on July 30th, 2009

aren’t there any requirements for system developers. I mean C, networking, Linux people?



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