Eight Strings To Find Code Authors

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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