Ohloh, a new kind of software directory?

Mark Hinkle over at Zenoss mentioned Ohloh, a new open source software directory. Good find Mark!

In Black Duck Open Hub own words:

Ohloh is a new kind of software directory, combining community driven content with a unique source code crawler that monitors up-to-date development activity.

It’s an old skool software directory with a bit of Web 2.0 magic thrown in for good measure. I don’t think the community features are particularly new, you can vote for projects on freshmeat. Perhaps the project suggesting tool is new?

Update 2020/10/22: Ohloh is now called Synopsis Black Duck Open Hub.