1. In the beginning, it's very slow. But just iterate and make your project better and better.
2. Use your README to grab the attention of the user. I have a list of features, videos, etc. at the top.
3. I regularly post on various subreddits, Hacker News, etc. trying to support new Nix users. Sometimes I link to my project as an example of code that may help them. I've done this over a couple of years, so there's now a collection of posts people are finding and driving traffic.
4. My experience was that in the beginning, I had to grind out each star one by one. The project never went "viral". But after a certain growth point, Github will pick it up and start recommending it to others.
5. Reddit and Github are now my biggest sources of traffic.
2. Use your README to grab the attention of the user. I have a list of features, videos, etc. at the top.
3. I regularly post on various subreddits, Hacker News, etc. trying to support new Nix users. Sometimes I link to my project as an example of code that may help them. I've done this over a couple of years, so there's now a collection of posts people are finding and driving traffic.
4. My experience was that in the beginning, I had to grind out each star one by one. The project never went "viral". But after a certain growth point, Github will pick it up and start recommending it to others.
5. Reddit and Github are now my biggest sources of traffic.
Hope this helps!