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@Gingiris

Hey! Stumbled across OpenBoot while browsing OSS tools β€” love the positioning. "Brewfiles are manual YAML editing. Nix has a brutal learning curve." hits the pain point perfectly.

Context: I maintain growth playbooks at Gingiris based on scaling OSS projects like AFFiNE (0 β†’ 33k stars). Mac dev tools have a specific audience that's very reachable through the right channels.

What I'd Offer

A GROWTH.md with:

  1. Launch targets β€” HN Show HN, r/macapps, r/devops, r/mac, Product Hunt "Developer Tools"
  2. Positioning angles β€” "First TUI for Mac setup", "Share team configs", comparisons with Nix/Brewfile/dotfiles
  3. Content ideas β€” "Mac setup speedrun" video, team onboarding story, time-saved calculator
  4. Quick wins β€” Topics/keywords, readme badges that increase trust, demo gif optimization

No obligation

If you'd rather keep the repo code-focused, no worries. Just figured I'd offer since I enjoy this stuff.

Let me know! 🍎

Activity

  1. github-actions commented on Mar 24, 2026

    @github-actions

    πŸ‘‹ Thanks for opening this issue!

    Welcome to OpenBoot! We appreciate your contribution to the project.

    To help us address this quickly:

    • If reporting a bug, please include your macOS version and OpenBoot version (openboot version)
    • If requesting a feature, describe your use case
    • If you have questions, check out our documentation

    @fullstackjam will review this soon.

  2. fullstackjam commented on Mar 24, 2026

    @fullstackjam
    Member

    Hey @Gingiris, thanks for reaching out β€” really appreciate the offer!

    Would love to see a GROWTH.md PR. The launch targets and positioning angles you mentioned are exactly the kind of thing I've been thinking about but haven't had time to put together.

    Feel free to open a PR whenever you're ready. Looking forward to it!

  3. Gingiris commented on Mar 24, 2026

    @Gingiris
    ContributorAuthor

    Thanks @fullstackjam! πŸ™Œ Just opened PR #16 with the GROWTH.md.

    It covers:

    • Positioning vs Brewfile/chezmoi/nix-darwin
    • 90-day star targets (207 β†’ 2k+)
    • Top 3 channels: Reddit (r/macOS), HN Show HN, awesome-mac list
    • Quick wins table + PH launch checklist

    Happy to adjust anything based on your feedback!

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