Join Hacktoberfest 2022 and contribute to QuestDB!
Tags: hacktoberfest, java, typescript, opensource
Published: 2022-10-04 13:27:27

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Hacktoberfest 2022 is starting soon! We're super excited about joining
Hackberfest again and meeting new or returning open-source contributors! 🤝


## Hacktoberfest

For those who aren't familiar with Hacktoberfest, it's a month-long online celebration for open-source softwares and communities. The first 40,000 participants who [successfully completed the requirements](https://hacktoberfest.com/participation/#contributors) will be rewarded with a special-edition Hacktoberfest T-shirt 👕 or a tree planted in your name. 🌴

Participating in Hacktoberfest is one of our approaches to raise awareness and encourage more developers or technical writers to contribute to open source. We welcome both code and non-code contributions, such as docs improvement, tutorials, and blog posts.

## ⛳ About us

[QuestDB](https://github.com/questdb/questdb) is a high-performance open-source database for time series. The project is built from scratch in Java and C++ with no dependencies and zero garbage collection. It is optimized for high-throughput ingestion over InfluxDB line protocol and fast SQL queries. QuestDB is also one of the most popular time series databases according to the independent reviewer [DBEngines](https://db-engines.com/en/ranking/time+series+dbms).

Developers can use QuestDB as a library for java applications. [Official clients](/docs/reference/clients/overview/) for Python, Go, C, C++, Node.js, Rust, and .NET. are also available for the wider developer community.

This year, there are three QuestDB open source projects opted in for Hacktoberfest:

1. [**QuestDB**](https://github.com/questdb/questdb): QuestDB core database, mainly written in Java and C++. Check [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/questdb/questdb/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started.

2. [**Documentation**](https://github.com/questdb/questdb.io): QuestDB's website for documentation, suitable for technical writers who're experienced in Docusaurus and Markdown. Read [our guidelinesm for docs contributors](https://github.com/questdb/questdb.io#contributing).

3. [**Web console**](https://github.com/questdb/ui/tree/main/packages/web-console): Monorepo that contains web console components.

## 🚀 Contribute to QuestDB

If you're interested in contributing to QuestDB, make sure you read the official guidelines about [contributors](https://hacktoberfest.com/participation/#contributors),
[pull requests](https://hacktoberfest.com/participation/#pr-mr-details), and [spam](https://hacktoberfest.com/participation/#spam).

To maintain a friendly environment for both maintainers and contributors, we put together extra recommendations to increase the chance that your pull requests get accepted:

- Pay attention to `CONTRIBUTING.md` or any contribution guidelines available.
- Start with existing issues instead of inventing new ones. While new ideas are generally welcomed, they don't always fit the project roadmap.
- Filter issues with `good first issues` or `help wanted` tags if you're new to the projects.
- Avoid commenting on all the available issues but those you really plan to work on, so you can leave some opportunities to other contributors.
- Our maintainers will review your pull requests, please make sure you address all the comments before asking for another review.

## 🎁 QuestDB swag

In addition to the official reward, if you successfully contribute one valid pull-request to any of the QuestDB projects listed above, we offer an extra QuestDB T-shirt for you through our [swag program](/community/). 🚀

![QuestDB Swag](https://questdb.io/img/blog/2022-09-30/swag-hacktoberfest.png)

## ℹ️ Get help

If you have any questions when you're trying to contribute to QuestDB projects; here are the places to get help from our team:

- [Community Slack](https://slack.questdb.io); join #contributors channel.
- [Documentation](/docs/)
- [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/questdb)

Also, don't forget to follow us on social media to receive the latest updates:

- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/questdb)
- [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/questdb/)

Last but not least, star our [GitHub repo](https://github.com/questdb/questdb) if you haven't!