Open Source Vancouver

A directory of companies, people, and projects that are Open Source and from Vancouver

Background

Why is there a list combining a licensing model with a geographical location?

Generally, we've found that the Open Source community is just that - a community. People who contribute to open source code often do so because they know other contributors personally, they use each other's code, or they met someone at an event who pointed them to something. You'll find that a lot of open source projects are city specific - frequent attenders of meetups tend to hear about the same projects, learn about the same companies doing open source, and contribute in the same way.

We want to build a list where we can see and learn about each other's code, just a bit easier, in the open.

Projects

These projects have been developed mainly in Vancouver, or by Vancouverites.

• Authboss - Modular authentication system for Go web apps.
• Apache Cordova (formerly/aka PhoneGap) - Build hybrid mobile apps with HTML, CSS and JS. Website
• CSS Diner - A fun game to learn and practice CSS selectors. Website
• Feathers - A REST and realtime API layer for modern applications. Website
• Rivets.js - A Lightweight and powerful data binding + templating library for modern appliations. Website
• VelocityJS - Accelerated JavaScript UI animation library. Website
• YolkJS - A library for building asynchronous user interfaces

GitHub Organizations

• @feathersjs - A minimal application stack for modern apps.

Users with Open Source projects

Add some here

Incubators, Schools, and Communities

• @CodeCoreYVR Training the programmers of tomorrow in an intensive program taught by industry professionals. PCTIA Registered, BBB Accredited. Website
• @Lighthouse-Labs Canada's Developer Bootcamp. Started in Vancouver. Web and iOS programs. Website
• @VHS Vancouver Hack Space. One of the first hackspaces/makerspaces in North America. Community space, workshops. Website

Open Source Contributors

• React: Brent Vatne
• R: Jennifer (Jenny) Bryan
• go: Damian Gryski
• Homebrew: Misty De Meo
• Py-spy: Ben Frederickson
• Android: Supratim
• Python Core: Mariatta
• NodeJS: Quard
• The Helm Project: bacongobbler

Maintainers

This is an open source project; if you want to be a maintainer, you can be! Just open an issue asking if you can come on board. For now, these people manage this project:

• @RichardLitt
• @kvirani
• @copperwiring

Contribute

Please do! If you know of any resources that aren't here, add them. If you have any questions or want a feature, please open an issue.

If adding to the list, please keep the items alphabetized. Thank you.

License

This list is licensed under a CC-BY 4.0 Unported License, © 2017 @RichardLitt. If this isn't great for you, get in touch.