Finding the Right Open Source Projects to Contribute to
Tags: hacktoberfest, opensource, github, beginners
Published: 2021-10-07 10:11:18

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One of the biggest question marks while contributing to open source is what to contribute to?

![thinking](https://media4.giphy.com/media/3ohzAfg9idAylNIpoY/giphy.gif)

So let's see where to find these repositories-

###  [GitHub search/explore](https://github.com/explore) 

Github is a great way to find other open-source projects to work on. Here you can search by-
* Topics
* Languages
* Stars
* Trending
* And many more

A great topic to search for is [`good first issue`](https://github.com/search?q=good+first+issue&type=issues). You can find beginner friendly issues that are easier to contribute

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1633571537845/YaNlm2dBu.png)

###  [Good first issues.dev](https://goodfirstissue.dev/) 

Easily find beginner-friendly issues to work on. You can find repositories of different languages easily and start working on them.

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1633571657257/OBAfiYl_R.png)

### [Awesome for beginners GitHub repository](https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners)
This is a collection of open-source projects on GitHub that you can contribute to. They are sorted based on the language so it is easy to find what you want to work on-

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1633572083827/5un3fCJLH.png)


### [Good First Issues.com](https://goodfirstissues.com/)
This is another website with a list of many beginner friendly projects. You can search by labels, languages, repositories

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1633572608557/qdF_X4sTM.png)


### Contribute to the apps and tools you use
Give back to the free open-source tools, websites, and apps you have been using by contributing to them! Here are a few to list-

*  [FreeCodeCamp](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp) 
*  [React](https://github.com/facebook/react) 
*  [Vscode](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode) 
*  [Vue](https://github.com/vuejs/vue)
* [Next.js](https://github.com/vercel/next.js)
* [TailwindCSS](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss)

### Bonus
Since this is the month of hacktoberfest, here are 2 websites to find open source projects participating in hacktoberfest-

**[Hacktoberfest projects](https://hacktoberfest-projects.vercel.app/)**

This site lets you find projects based on a preferred language and even search for projects!

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1633573307634/pbHazdYLZ.png)


**[Hacktosearch](https://hacktosearch.vercel.app/)

Search for projects you can contribute to by topics and languages. This is a great tool for finding more personalized projects.

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1633573762264/3M1BjiJj0.png)


I hope you found some great projects to contribute to from these resources. 

What else do you use to find great projects? Let me know in the comments ;)


**Useful links-**

[What is Open Source and how to get started?](https://blog.avneesh.tech/what-is-open-source) 

[How to contribute to an open-source project and make a PR?](https://blog.avneesh.tech/how-to-contribute-to-an-open-source-project)

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