How to gain traction

[Mad153]

Hi,

I have made some software that i put on the internet for free, under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

But no one really knows about it.

What is the best way to get people to know about it / advertise?

Thanks.

[Labeled]

Promote it in suitable areas, such as forums or subreddits for that kind of software. Without promotion it will be hard to get any traction on accident.

 

Talk about it to people. Explain why it should be better than other solutions that are similar.

[AgtLucas]

What kinda of software?

 

I would say to publish on GitHub.

[Mad153]

16 hours ago, AgtLucas said:

What kinda of software?

 

I would say to publish on GitHub.

A TCP wrapper to send files.

[wasab]

5 hours ago, Mad153 said:

A TCP wrapper to send files.

Not a game? Then no fun

[Mira Yurizaki]

Yeah, the best way to spread the word is talk about it (appropriately) in places you think would use it. It'd also be a good idea to highlight features like ease of use or performance, otherwise people won't really care if they're using something similar already.

[AgtLucas]

6 hours ago, Mad153 said:

A TCP wrapper to send files.

Then publish on GitHub, you can put tags to help the discovery by others.

Also share on forums, Twitter, etc...