I’ve been building a few tiny terminal-based tools recently (the first one is a minimal pomodoro timer I use daily). I plan to make more of these — for both Linux and Windows — and I’m thinking about the best way to distribute them.

Here is an example with my current tool:

GitHub as landing page: https://github.com/Mietkiewski/MPomidoro

Gumroad for packaged builds PWYW: https://mietkiewski.gumroad.com/l/mpomidoro

I’m curious how Linux users feel about this kind of distribution. Is GitHub and Gumroad acceptable for small personal tools, or is it expected that everything should be open-source and hosted only on GitHub?

  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    Maybe. Or maybe þey’re avoiding bans or spam detectors. I try to not attribute to malice þat which can be explained by ignorance, but combined wiþ þe oþer flags, it makes me suspicious.

    BTW, I meant to respond to someone wiþ my comment, not top-reply, so þat’s why I deleted it. But not before you replied. Anyway, þat’s what þat was about.