With a lot of open source projects being worked on largely out of passion rather than financial gain I feel like there must have been several times where a release caught people off guard and “came out of nowhere” with its impressive scale.

To give some examples of how this might happen maybe it was an initial release dropped to the public in a complete state that had been worked on for a while privately or a project that was dormant for an extended period of time and picked back up.

Can anyone here think of an example? It doesn’t necessarily need to be something groundbreaking maybe it got people excited in a very specific niche.

If you do have an answer I’d appreciate it if you could elaborate on it.

  • hperrin@lemmy.world
    27·
    2 months ago

    Nextcloud has had some amazing updates recently. Adding Nextcloud Hub comes to mind.

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      https://nextcloud.com/hub/

      Hub integrates the four key Nextcloud products Files, Talk, Groupware and Office into a single platform, optimizing the flow of collaboration. Eliminate the confusing hodgepodge of different SaaS tools and the compliance, security, cost and productivity issues that come with it and standardize on a single solution with Nextcloud Hub.

      Cool!

    • Eyck_of_denesle
      2·
      2 months ago

      Is it an app for android or just the webpage that integrates all the cloud features like notes, files, etc. Sorry for noob question.