🚪 OpenGarage

my first step into free and open-source software—welcome to the journey!

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🎉 welcome

hello there! 👋 welcome to OpenGarage, my very first attempted contribution to the world of free and open-source software. i am building this project to provide simple tools that everyone can use freely, modify, and share. this journey marks the beginning of my adventure into creating software for the community. i hope you'll find these tools helpful and maybe even join me in improving them as well as our skills as developers! 🚀

OpenGarage is all about practicality, freedom, ... and no ads! it will offer small, useful tools for common tasks, such as video conversion, encoding text, and image manipulation, and anything i learn along the way. all software here is provided under the mit license—because software should be free, accessible, and shareable.

adhd yapping for some reason, i often forget that i have the knowledge and tools available for a certain issue. yet, i find myself looking up websites to convert .mp4 to .gif, then i have to sign up, agree to their terms of service, agree to forced arbitration... it's exhausting. this is me, a fresh college graduate, who everyday realizes how much i do not know, fighting back against this modern idea of learned helplessness that has slightly been creeping in. i will make mistakes and i encourage anyone to correct and teach me, whether you be a high school competitive programmer, or an elderly beginner programmer. anyone can provide you with a learning opportunity <3

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✨ what's inside?

OpenGarage currently plans to offer a collection of simple utilities that i already have used:

• video file converters:
  • mp4 to gif converter
  • webm to mp4 converter
• encoding tools:
  • run-length encoding (rle) utility
• ..coming soon!

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🚀 how to get started

i've tried to make this project as easy as possible to use!

1. clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/brespina/OpenGarage.git
cd OpenGarage

2. set up a virtual environment

it's recommended to use a virtual environment to manage dependencies for this project. here's how to set it up:

for windows

python -m venv venv
venv\scripts\activate

for macOS and linux

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

FIXME: EXPLAIN CHOCO -> SCOOP -> PIPX -> PIPX INSTALL POETRY vs PIP INSTALL POETRY TOMORROw 10/13/2024

X. install dependencies - note

note: i am learning how to use pyproject.toml and its proving difficult for me but it seems vastly worth it.

• (i still am unsure if i set this up properly. i am reading poetry documentation, along with pre-commit, pre-commit-ci, black, and flake8) now that your virtual environment is activated, install the required packages:

# good bye requirements.txt pip install -r requirements.txt
poetry install

4. run a tool

here are examples of how to use one of the tools on different operating systems:

convert a .webm to .mp4

running tool in windows

cd tools\video_converters\webm_to_mp4
python webm_to_mp4.py -ip c:\absolute\path\to\input\video.webm -of output_name.mp4

running tool in macOS and linux

cd tools/video_converters/webm_to_mp4
python3 webm_to_mp4.py -ip /absolute/path/to/input/video.webm -of output_name.mp4

the result will be placed in the respective child output folder.

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📂 project structure

OpenGarage/
│
├── tools/
│    ├── encoders/
│    │   └── rle_encoder/
│    │       ├── rle_encoder.py
│    │       └── output/
│    │
│    └── video_converters/
│        ├── ffm_convertor.py
│        ├── mp4_to_gif/
│        │   ├── mp4_to_gif.py
│        │   └── output/
│        │
│        └── webm_to_mp4/
│            ├── webm_to_mp4.py
│            └── output/
│
├── venv/                       # virtual environment folder
│
├── license                     # mit license
├── readme.md
├── pyproject.toml
├── .gitignore
└── .pre-commit-config.yaml

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🛠️ contributing

i am a certified newbie, so do not hesitate to critique and offer suggestions. if you have ideas for new tools or find a bug, feel free to:

1. open an issue for bugs or suggestions.
2. submit a pull request to share your improvements or new tools.

no contribution is too small. your help will not only improve the project but also teach me a lot along the way!

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📝 license

this project is released under the mit license. you're free to use, modify, and distribute the software however you like. see the license file for more details.

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❤️ acknowledgments

unfortunately, only recently did i become aware of what free and open-source software even was. but it is so heartwarming to see that it brandishes a huge community that gives back to each other. this project is my introduction to the free and open-source software community. thanks to everyone who makes software free, accessible, and shared. your work inspired me to create OpenGarage.

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🙌 join me on this journey

if you found this project useful or have ideas for improvement, please star this repository (⭐) to show your support! every bit of feedback helps me grow as a developer and makes OpenGarage even better.

this is only the beginning—thanks for stopping by. let's build, make mistakes, learn, and share! 🚀