---
title: "How I grew my open-source project to 1k stars 🌟"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-grew-my-open-source-project-to-1k-stars--eezyotem3
source_url: https://dev.to/m4xshen/how-i-grew-my-open-source-project-to-1k-stars-3mk2
type: article
source: "DEV"
author: "Max Shen"
published: 2024-06-17T17:11:38.192Z
updated: 2024-08-23T16:02:26.412Z
tags: ["open-source", "github", "marketing"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 104
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# How I grew my open-source project to 1k stars 🌟

**[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · [@m4xshen](https://daily.dev/m4xshen) · 4 min read · 104 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

Learn how to prepare, promote, and maintain your open-source project effectively.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://dev.to/m4xshen/how-i-grew-my-open-source-project-to-1k-stars-3mk2>

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**@yaireo** · 17 upvotes

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