Submission + - Where's the Yelp for open-source tools? (functionize.com)
Esther Schindler writes: Plenty of people have created systems to collect, judge, and evaluate open-source projects, including information about a project’s popularity, reliability, and activity. But each of those review sites – and their methodologies – have flaws. And sjvn gives an overview of the attempts — and perhaps, where the "wisdom of the crowd" might lead.
In 1997, well-known developer Patrick Lenz founded the first listing and announcement site for free and open-source software, freshmeat.net. It was meant to be the guide to open-source programs. But freshmeat never lived up to its promise.
