What Are Examples of Awesome Open Source Project Websites?
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This is a js animation library so there may be some home advantage but very well made nontheless.
Fast loading, clean design, right to the point.
Contrast that with say, Parrot Security: https://www.parrotsec.org/
Now, the design itself is nice. Prominent download button, some marketing copy, then documentation etc... but only if I enable JS -- otherwise, just a blank page.
Maybe I'm paranoid or crazy, but I prefer to give JS out as little as possible. I appreciate when folks like paulg design a site like HN so that I can access the core functionality without JS.
https://docs.haproxy.org/2.4/configuration.html
https://www.haproxy.com/documentation/haproxy-configuration-...
I see now there is a Beta of a newer design of the docs at .com which, looking at it now, I hope they just scrap.
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