The README is great for explaining how it works, but it is not doing a great job to express the value proposition for potential end users.
I can see the value of a landing page. It opens your project to a wider audience, explains it in simple terms, invites users to engage (maybe through Discord invite) and possibly open monetization opportunities.
It is interesting to see what AutoGPT is doing on their site: https://news.agpt.co/
What do you think - is it valuable to have a landing page for a GitHub repo?
I wrote more about it in my blog: https://aisuperfounder.substack.com/p/why-your-github-repo-deserves-a-landing
> With the help of the incredible open-source community, we’re making approximately a month’s progress every 48 hours.
> Auto-GPT is pushing for the best, autonomous AI assistant for every device for every person. In the near future, we want you to be able to accomplish more everyday.
> We have come to define ourselves by what we do. If this can be automated, how may we then define ourselves? By what we create!
Every line of copy I read from that site makes me feel like I'm getting dumber instead of learning about their product. If you are building a landing page for a serious software project, you need a more professional approach. You can be playful if you want, but the landing page somehow manages to be less informative than the Github repo in the example you've listed.
Since everyone will ask, here are some software project landing pages that strike me as well-designed: