Sorry if this is a bit emotional, but I just have to say this now. Even at the risk of boring some of you. This isn't another Vue vs React vs Angular post—it's more like the opposite.
I love the open source community. I really do. It's simply amazing what people are capable of to make things easier to use, make things more performant, build things to connect and find solutions for complex problems — in short: make the life of other developers and users easier and help each other out — even without being paid (in many cases)! I don't know another professional area where this is the case to this extent.
Sometimes when exploring Github repositories, I'm especially impressed by how creative people are when it comes to create a logo for their extension of an existing framework. So I thought it would be nice to just showcase some totally random projects to see how colorful and creative Open Source is! And maybe there are some you haven't heard about yet and are useful for your current project.
But even if not, let's take this as inspiration and motivation for our own Open Source contributions and projects in 2020!
Vue.js
Let's start with some Vue.js projects I found on Github. Here is the original logo:
1. vee-validate
This framework allows you to validate inputs and display errors. How efficiently simple the Vue.js logo was changed here to represent validation ✅!
logaretm
/
vee-validate
✅ Painless Vue forms
2. Awesome Vue.js
A very very long list of projects related to Vue.js. And of course, what doesn't look awesome with sunglasses 😎!
vuejs
/
awesome-vue
🎉 A curated list of awesome things related to Vue.js
3. BootstrapVue
An implementation of the Bootstrap v4 component and grid system for Vue.js.
bootstrap-vue
/
bootstrap-vue
BootstrapVue provides one of the most comprehensive implementations of Bootstrap v4 for Vue.js. With extensive and automated WAI-ARIA accessibility markup.
4. Vuefire & Vuexfire
A really handy package for those using Firebase/Firestore with Vue.js. I like how the Vue.js logo becomes a stylised torch 🔥!
5. Vue Styleguidist
A Vue.js development environment with a living style guide. Nice tie 👔!
vue-styleguidist
/
vue-styleguidist
Created from react styleguidist for Vue Components with a living style guide
6. vuesion
Build production-ready PWAs with this Vue.js boilerplate. Not much left of the Vue.js logo 🕶!
7. electron-vue
Build electron applications with this Vue.js boilderplate. You don't always have to modify the Vue.js logo, sometimes using the Vue.js colors is enough ⚛!
SimulatedGREG
/
electron-vue
An Electron & Vue.js quick start boilerplate with vue-cli scaffolding, common Vue plugins, electron-packager/electron-builder, unit/e2e testing, vue-devtools, and webpack.
8. Vuesax
A component framework based on Vue.js. Color gradients ftw 🎨!
9. VueUse
And some utilities of the Vue Composition API. Need a logo for your Vue.js project? Just change the letter 😅!
React.js
Now let's see some examples from the React.js community. Here is the original logo:
10. Redux
A popular predictable state container for JavaScript apps that can be used together with React (but also with any other view library).
11. React-Leaflet
Some React components for Leaflet maps. A logo showing React on a leaf 🍃 ... or is it a map marker?
PaulLeCam
/
react-leaflet
React components for Leaflet maps
12. React SVG morph
A library to morph SVG components one into another. Here an example showing the authors love for React ♥!
gorangajic
/
react-svg-morph
🔮 morph your svg component one into another other
13. React Cosmos
A development environment for building scalable, high-quality user interfaces. Not exactly the React logo, but both logos show some kind of cosm 🚀! Don't they?
react-cosmos
/
react-cosmos
Sandbox for developing and testing UI components in isolation
14. Reactotron
An app for inspecting React JS and React Native apps. Hello again color gradients 😅!
infinitered
/
reactotron
A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows.
15. React Styleguidist
As we've already seen for Vue.js, here is the React version of the Styleguidist with a completely different logo... 🐙!
styleguidist
/
react-styleguidist
Isolated React component development environment with a living style guide
Angular
At last let's see what's out there for Angular. Here is the original logo:
16. NG Bootstrap
Bootstrap 4 Angular widgets. The original logo in layers and with another letter 🛡!
ng-bootstrap
/
ng-bootstrap
Angular powered Bootstrap
17. Awesome Angular
As we've already seen for Vue.js: Here is an awesome version of Angular. Why not simply reusing the original logo 💡!?
PatrickJS
/
awesome-angular
📄 A curated list of awesome Angular resources
18. ngx-materialize
Another Angular wrap around the Materialize library. The Angular logo materialized!
sherweb
/
ngx-materialize
Angular wrap around Materialize library
19. NG-ZORRO
A combination of Ant Design and Angular which is also visible in a unified logo 🤝🏻!
NG-ZORRO
/
ng-zorro-antd
Angular UI Component Library based on Ant Design
20. Angular-Cesium
A project using Cesium and Angular components to create mapping applications. A world map, a name, the Angular logo - that's all it takes 🗺!
articodeltd
/
angular-cesium
JavaScript library for creating map based web apps using Cesium and Angular
21. Angular Progressbar
A nanoscopic progress bar that tries to convince users that something is happening. Angular logo loading in progress ⏳!
MurhafSousli
/
ngx-progressbar
Angular progress bar ☄
22. ngx-auth-firebaseui
Angular UI component for firebase authentication. Put something inside the famous Angular outline and it will be recognized as Angular project 🔥!
AnthonyNahas
/
ngx-auth-firebaseui
Angular Material UI component for firebase authentication
Wrap it up
I hope I was able to show some of the creativity in Open Source and you are now motivated to fork something or create your own. This list could be continued forever. There are countless great OS projects out there.
A big big thanks again for everyone who contributes to OS - doesn't matter how much or how little! It's so good to have you.
If you want to feature a great OS project or one of your own, feel free to do so in the comments.
Published: 19th February 2020
Top comments (14)
Might want to replace AngularJS with Angular.IO. AngularJs is "dead".
Ahh thanks so much for this feedback - I thought I already updated this 😇 Now it should be the correct logo 😅
What a great list!!
Thank you!
Awesome collection! Thanks for pointing out what we are able to do if we work together, not against each other...
My pleasure!
Thanks for amazing article Andreas. Open Source is really awesome thing, and of course it will grow up and up in future. I think developers can write articles and posts in social networks like this, Twitter and anothers about their ideas or (what would be better) ready project. Maybe community would be interest in your project and your idea will change future?
My pleasure! 😊
Very good question. You'll never find out until you're brave enough to try and release something and you're not afraid of failing a lot of times. Open Source is a great way to gain experience in both: failing and succeeding!
Great list! Have you seen monetizeyourcode.com yet? It's a running list of funding options for OS devs.
Thank you for sharing this resource! Have you already used this list? What is your experience?
wow great list, thanks for compiling this together!
My pleasure 😊
I am happy that my project ngx-auth-firebaseui is listed here.
Great work Andreas.
Here are some more OS projects that I did recently:
github.com/angular-material-extens...
Awesome! Thank you for all your OS creations! Keep it up 👍🏻