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3. Stars on github
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Unfortunately, when evaluating a project, a disproportionate amount of
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people look at the github stars as a method of evaluation on how popular a
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project is and if they don't see many stars they discard the idea of using
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it.
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OpenWISP is composed of many modules and for that reason we don't have a
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single super popular github repository with thousands of stars, but when
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new users and developers look at `our github organization page
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<https://github.com/openwisp>`_ they may not get this at first glance and
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they will start looking for the numbers of stars.
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Yes, we know it sounds silly, but since it doesn't cost you anything, it
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would be really useful if you could **take a look at our projects on
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github** and **star the ones you find most interesting**.
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When evaluating open source projects, many people rely heavily on GitHub
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stars as a proxy for popularity, maturity, and community adoption. In
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practice, this often becomes a deciding factor in whether a project is
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even considered.
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OpenWISP is intentionally modular and composed of multiple repositories.
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As a result, there is no single repository with an exceptionally high star
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count. New users and potential contributors browsing `our GitHub
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repositories
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<https://github.com/orgs/openwisp/repositories?q=visibility%3Apublic+fork%3Afalse+archived%3Afalse+sort%3Astars>`_
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may not immediately recognize this and may judge individual modules in
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isolation, based solely on their star count.
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While this metric is imperfect, it does influence perception and adoption.
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For this reason, and at no cost to you, we kindly ask you to `review our
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projects on GitHub
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<https://github.com/orgs/openwisp/repositories?q=visibility%3Apublic+fork%3Afalse+archived%3Afalse+sort%3Astars>`_
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and **star the repositories you actively use, contribute to or find
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valuable**. This small gesture helps increase visibility, lowers the
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barrier for new adopters, and supports the long term growth of the
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OpenWISP ecosystem.
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4. Documentation
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