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LRS: Projects Needed

See also exercises.

{ If you want to maybe start some project here I'll be glad if you let me know before you start, it can be good to talk about it first as I already have some ideas about how to make some of these projects, I just don't have time to work on them, I will just give you the ideas I have if you want, we can discuss how to best write the code etc. Of course it's all up to you, I'm just offering advice and discussion :) ~drummyfish }

Here is a list of some projects and project ideas which we, LRS, need to make in order to pursue our goals. The projects here are mostly basic things and tools that already exist in some form, but that have to be made from scratch according to LRS philosophy, i.e. in a KISS/suckless way, under public domain, in a good language (C, comun, ...) etc. This is kind of a dirty list serving some rough organization. If you have the skills and will (or know someone who does), you may take inspiration here, pick one up and make it, or contribute to some of the projects listed here. Also note that it's still possible to make multiple projects of the same type, e.g. you may still create another chess engine even though we already have one, just watch out that this is justified (it should offer something worth the extra effort).

NOTE: We also desperately need suckless rewrites of "FOSS" software, i.e. of shitware that perhaps has "open soars" written on it but is generally unusable: this includes for example anything that uses Docker, Rust, CMake, encryption libraries, anything that needs "up-to-date" packages, Internet connection and so on -- this software is equivalent to proprietary software in that it cannot be used. Rewrite it in plain old C (or Forth or something sane).

NOTE 2: See how to do projects well.

what difficulty implementation by status comment similar/for now use
2D image editor mid? KISS GIMP clone needed! Use LRS GUI lib. Glorified MS paint? ped, GIMP, classic colors
2D raycasting engine (C) mid raycastlib drummyfish done
3D modelling software mid/hard? Blender clone needed! LRS GUI lib + small3dlib, just .obj files Blender :(
3D physics engine (C) hard tinyphysicsengine drummyfish done could use a true rigid body one too
3D raytracing library mid? had vague plans C lib for shooting 3D rays, allows raycast., RT, pathtr., ... POV-RAY
3D renderer (C) mid/hard small3dlib drummyfish done TinyGL, PortableGL
3D voxel renderer (C) mid/hard? like Ken Silverman's voxlap, looks very nice voxlap
Anarch mods easy more would be nice for fun
artificial human language hard? thinking bout it need LRS lang., big problems with definitions of words tho, think Esperanto, Lojban, ...
Arduino/Pokitto/... computer mid/hard? until we have PD computer, we'll need a nice tiny embedded comp.
audio/music editor mid/hard? for waveforms and/or MIDI (tracker music), can even be CLI/TUI Audacity, LMMS, ...
chat software mid? dumbchat drummyfish one done make it KISS, no encryption, no Unicode, ... just chat! IRC
chatbot mid? plans in my head probably NOT neural net, KISS lib for good enough chatbot
chess engine/library (C) mid/hard smallchesslib drummyfish done it's not very strong tho :/
compression lib/util mid? shitpress/comunpress ... one so far
data, datasets easy/mid? can never have enough simple format CC0 data (CSV etc.): txt dictionaries, star DB, ... Wikidata, ...
dating/friend searching website mid? we are lonely + don't wanna use proprietary dating shit
free universes mid/hard? need at least one fantasy and one sci-fi, for games n shit
fiction, stories, books mid? have some plans fairytales, sci-fi from LRS society etc.
free cultural porn website mid? libre porn + suckless site (no JS), prev. attempts failed WMC porn, freedomporn.org
forum, chat, git/file host/mirror, ... easy/mid? for LRS community, if you have a server you could host something email, IRC
gamebook easy/mid? can be done by nonprogrammers and later be made into PC game too
game engine/fantasy console (tiny) easy/mid SAF drummyfish done
game engine: point n click adventure mid
game: Doom clone hard Anarch drummyfish done Freedoom
game: GTA clone hard
game: Minecraft clone hard? Minetest is bloated as fuck, also bad license and SJWs Minetest :(
game: text adventure easy pure CLI text adventure, maybe "US citizen simulator"? :)
game: Trackmania clone hard Licar drummyfish started
game: Pokemon clone hard? catchable monsters game, procedurally generated ones? SAF? Tuxemon, ...
game: fantasy RPG hard? Dream: Elder Scrolls clone, also just a dungeon crawler, ...
game: multiplayer arena shooter hard Xonotic died, OpenArena is imperfect, we need a suckless one OpenArena?
game: 3D light-gun shooter (with S3L) mid nice relaxation game, not that hard to make
games: tiny ones easy uTD, ... ... can never have enough very tiny games, SAF is ideal for this, nice learning project
go engine/library (C or comun) mid?
GUI library easy/mid like SAF but for "PC" GUI (mouse, sound, ...), now GUI's a mess
image/2D data library mid? C/comun lib for bitmaps (FFT, formats, ...), needs good planning
logic circuit library/simulator (comun) mid/hard? will be needed for PD computer
Marble Blast clone (C?) mid/hard? like Neverball but KISS, better controls, wouldn't be so hard Neverball
"micronation" ??? kinda joke, has to be anarchist, no money/government/army
MUD codebase (C or comun) mid AFAIK there is no nice MUD codebase now
nice polished concise encyclopedia mid/hard? nice printable UNCENSORED encyclop. (clone of Larousse Desk E.)
neural net/other ML library hard? could use something KISS in pure C without needed python n shit nothing
non capitalist mouse harder? simple no BS free HW mouse, can be ball, good if handles gamyes capitalist mice :( keyboard
non SJW non-profits/services harder? git hosting, web hosting etc. that doesn't censor EVERYTHING self host?
steganography hosting anywhere easy/mid planning in head... embedding uncensored data anywhere on the Inet with steganography darknet n shit
PD computer very hard needs prerequisites done first (language, logic circ. lib., ...) Thinkpads :)
PD computer "operating system" mid? comun shell? drummyfish highly WIP BSDs? DuskOS?
portal renderer mid/hard? for Anarch II? :) Doom engine, BUILD
propaganda materials easy can never have enough wallpapers, songs, videos, translations, tutorials, games, ...
programming language mid/hard comun drummyfish done, continuing C, comun, FORTH, ...
search engine mid/hard? like wiby, marginalia, ... support gopher, KISS (no DB, just txt) wiby, marginalia, ...
soundfonts easy/mid working on one nice CC0 soundfonts so we can make completely PD MIDI
text editor (C, comun) mid? likely more will be made, need a standard KISS editor in comun vim etc.
translation/dictionary software mid? Google translate alt., KISS, offline, even just word for word
vector fonts mid? GirlsAreDumb, ... ... one done nice CC0 fonts for texts, there are too few of those Aileron, GirlsAreDumb, ...
web (gopher, ...) browser easy/mid? like badwolf basically, but yet nicer (support gopher etc.) badwolf, netsurf, lynx, ...
wiki mid LRS wiki drummyfish done, continuing