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Top 19 Python contributions-welcome Projects
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cognee
Cognee is the open-source AI memory platform for agents. Give your AI agents persistent long-term memory with small models for free
Project mention: I connected Contentful to Cognee. Importing content was the easy part. | dev.to | 2026-10-08That was the problem behind Cognee issue #4787.
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AppSignal
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Project mention: Ever Spent Hours Looking for an Open Source Issue to Contribute To? Those Days Are Over. | dev.to | 2026-02-28
Tools like Good First Issue, Up For Grabs, and GitHub's own search help surface these issues โ but they stop at listing them. They don't tell you whether the repository behind an issue is healthy, actively maintained, or will actually review your pull request. They don't estimate how difficult the work really is beyond whatever label someone applied months ago.
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Incident-Playbook
GOAL: Incident Response Playbooks Mapped to MITRE Attack Tactics and Techniques. [Contributors Friendly]
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Project mention: New repository settings for configuring pull request access | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-10-08
I hadn't heard, but you're right. And they've clearly taken account of the negative impact a particular group was having on the ecosystem.
From the FAQ on https://hacktoberfest.com/ :
> Do I still submit pull requests to earn swag?
> Pull requests and merge requests will no longer count toward Hacktoberfest rewards. Itโs easier than ever to submit low-effort spam PRs to projects, so weโre listening to maintainer feedback and no longer actively incentivizing PRs. That being said, we certainly still encourage you to work on open source and share your work with the world during Hacktoberfest. Our new format focuses on learning and building together while reducing the burden of low-effort contributions on maintainers.
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bazel-compile-commands-extractor
Goal: Enable awesome tooling for Bazel users of the C language family.
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mathgenerator
A math problem generator, created for the purpose of giving self-studying students and teaching organizations the means to easily get access to high-quality, generated math problems to suit their needs.
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SaaSHub
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Sklearn-genetic-opt
Hyperparameter optimization and feature selection for scikit-learn using evolutionary algorithms. A modern alternative to GridSearchCV and RandomizedSearchCV.
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PySpector
PySpector is a static analysis security testing (SAST) Framework engineered for modern Python development workflows. It leverages a powerful Rust core to deliver high-speed, accurate vulnerability scanning, wrapped in a developer-friendly Python CLI.
Project mention: Show HN: PySpector โ a hybrid Python SAST with a Rust core, looking4contributors | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-10 -
EduLite
A lightweight, open-source digital education platform built for accessibility, simplicity, and student-first experiences โ even on slow internet.
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nedry
Nedry is a fun & useful discord bot with a modular plugin system (formerly "twitch_monitor_discord_bot")
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SDF-Model-Editor-Demo
This is a project in which I created rendering and full interaction with sdf primitives. Using Python, GLSL, Imgui, glfw, pyopengl.
Project mention: From Zero to SDF Editor Beta3. What tools and AI do I use, how do I learn while creating my dream project? | dev.to | 2026-02-14dream project
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Project mention: I built a CLI tool to find worthwhile GitHub issues to contribute to | dev.to | 2026-05-31
GitHub repo: https://github.com/Yong-yuan-X/oss-issue-scout
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Py-TokenGate
Discontinued Python based concurrency model leveraging the strengths of both async and threading. [GET https://api.github.com/repos/TavariAgent/Py-TokenGate: 404 - Not Found // See: https://docs.github.com/rest/repos/repos#get-a-repository]
It functional, typed, code. What it really is I'll never actually reveal directly. Because I already did by releasing TokenGate, the abstraction itself is simple readable and traceable in that codebase. (Once you see it, you know why.)
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SaaSHub
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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A note from our sponsor - AppSignal
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Index
What are some of the best open-source contributions-welcome projects in Python? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | cognee | 31,578 |
| 2 | lightly | 3,816 |
| 3 | good-first-issue | 3,517 |
| 4 | Incident-Playbook | 1,585 |
| 5 | Hacktoberfest | 1,334 |
| 6 | bazel-compile-commands-extractor | 913 |
| 7 | mathgenerator | 738 |
| 8 | pygraft | 716 |
| 9 | unsilence | 593 |
| 10 | Sklearn-genetic-opt | 390 |
| 11 | System Bridge | 356 |
| 12 | PySpector | 151 |
| 13 | EduLite | 17 |
| 14 | nedry | 12 |
| 15 | SDF-Model-Editor-Demo | 9 |
| 16 | Cluedo | 7 |
| 17 | oss-issue-scout | 7 |
| 18 | Py-TokenGate | 1 |
| 19 | SerializeThis | 0 |
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