This talk shares my experience promoting my Neovim plugin, hardtime.nvim, and how it grew from an unknown project to one with real users, contributors, and community engagement. I’ll walk through the practical steps I took in three phases:
- Preparation: Writing a clear README, setting up contribution guidelines, and optimizing the issue template.
- Promotion: Attracting users through Reddit, social media, and blog posts.
- Maintenance: Responding to PRs, managing issues, and actively engaging with contributors to keep the project alive.