Hi!
I’ve tried for a long time to become member of the developers group, but received no response at all.
Can’t reapply either, because I’ve already applied…
Am I doing something wrong?
Regards,
Svante
I dont know, have you contributed code, content or a pull request?
You are on this Github but we do not grant you the rank of developer.
Nope, no contributions here - sorry, but it seems the “Project Showcase” category requires membership in the developers group? I just want to be able to showcase my project - or isn’t that possible? See GitHub - xecrets/xecrets-cli: Xecrets Cli - A feature-rich AxCrypt-compatible file encryption cli toolbox using https://github.com/axantum/xecrets-net, forked from AxCrypt 2.x for cryptography. https://www.axantum.com/xecrets-ez is an easy to use graphical frontend for Windows, Linux and macOS using it, and https://www.nuget.org/packages/Xecrets.Sdk/ is a .NET SDK . .
Afaik that role is reserved for developers of listed software.
You can use tool suggestions instead but please disclose any affiliates
Seems to be a bit of confusion…
Reading About the Project Showcase category it seems to be the other way around, at least according to that post. It says explicitly “This is a place for devs to post their new/unreviewed projects”. And “This category is the only section in which you as a developer are allowed to promote your own projects”.
The way I read it is that if I’m a developer of a software that’s not ( yet 
) recommended by Privacy Guides, “Project Showcase” is the only appropriate place, and that requires membership in the developers group… So, it makes no sense to require membership in developers if that group is only for recommended developers, if the group is the only place to showcase software that’s not recommended!
Or am I completely misreading this?
Nah, you’re reading it correctly.
My guess is that the team are just to busy, and your invite request fell through the cracks – system or memory – and got lost.
I’m in same situation.
I left my request for the developer group a month ago, and since then, new members have been added six times. I understand if there’s a backlog and limited amount of time to review requests, but I’d appreciate some transparency about how busy it is and e.g. a DM if my request has been denied.
We have changed the way we handle this a bit lately. So please create a General > Project Showcase post. It will automatically get flagged for review for us and we will then access if the tool is worth to be posted. It can take some time as we receive a lot of low quality submissions or heavily vibecoded solutions. We only let through what we deem not to be adversarial but really a seek for community input and it should be interesting enough for the community. Like for example a project of which many already exist and don’t bring new things to the table like a password generator are usually rejected. Should we seem fit for the submission we will also verify the developer by their email or otherwise before publishing.
Hope this helps. (We should update the guide for this)
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Thanks! I sent the project/post to be reviewed just now.
If the project post is rejected, is that silent and the post is just no longer visible, or does that indicate someone is looking at it?
I can no longer locate mine which I assume means it was rejected, but don’t see that documented anywhere and wonder if I just goofed up the format or a requirement for the post in some way. Don’t want to clutter things up, but am eager to try to get some feedback on my project.
You mentioned not to be a developer and purely using vibe coding. Besides that being a serious security issue, we only allow developers to post their projects.
Completely fair, and I understand and accept that position. Briefly for the record…
The fact that I’m not an iOS developer is why I chose to distribute it via the App Store, open-source it, and attempt to post it on Project Showcase for feedback. As an app user, I’d consider those steps and honest disclosure stronger transparency indicators than even verified claims of developer status. Easy for me to say I realize…
Setting this rejection aside, I respectfully think you should consider editing your response (and deleting this reply) to just note it was silently rejected. This public position along with the lack of up to date forum guidelines turns a project showcase post approval into a game of who can best conceal their AI tool use and misrepresent their developer status.
If you knew this forum you would have known beter. Disclosure is a requirement anyways.