One of my favorite ways to source for Software Developers is in the “authors” files.
Software code repositories often have text-formatted “authors” files which list contributors, usually along with their contact email addresses.
Here are some Boolean Strings that find lists of code authors.
Search on github.com:
- inurl:authors site:github.com PHP (looking for a programming language)
- inurl:authors site:github.com django (looking for a specific technology)
- inurl:authors site:github.com “redhat.com” (looking for Developers from a given company)
Search on other sites:
- inurl:authors site:gitlab.com
- inurl:authors site:fossies.org
- inurl:authors site:bitbucket.org
- inurl:authors site:sourceforge.net/p
- inurl:authors site:googlesource.com
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