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octokatherine/readme.so
An online drag-and-drop editor to easily build READMEs
A Next.js web app that lets you build a README by picking pre-written sections, editing them in a split-pane view, then downloading the result. It's aimed at developers who blank out when staring at an empty README — junior devs, open-source starters, and anyone who just wants a decent structure without writing from scratch.
Section templates are available in 15+ languages, which is genuinely rare for a tool this simple. The drag-and-drop rearrangement via dnd kit works well for the use case. Test coverage is solid — every component has a test file, which is more than most single-person portfolio projects maintain. The Dockerfile and docker-compose setup means you can self-host it without fighting Node version drama.
The section library is static data files, so there's no way to add your own reusable templates without forking the repo. Last meaningful activity appears to have slowed — with 4600 stars the issue queue likely has good suggestions sitting unaddressed. The editor is purely a markdown editor with no awareness of your actual project: it won't scan your package.json for the tech stack or read your license file, so you're still filling in blanks manually. For anything beyond a straightforward open-source project README, the fixed section model gets in your way fast.