25 Project Ideas from Beginner to Advanced with Open Source Contributions

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  1. Sharetribe

    Sharetribe Go is Sharetribe's old source-available marketplace software, which was also available as a hosted SaaS product. Sharetribe Go is no longer actively maintained.

    To build and launch a marketplace without writing a single line of code, and extend indefinitely with custom code and scale to any size, head to the SaaS version of The New Sharetribe.

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  3. Attendize

    Attendize is an open-source ticket selling and event management platform built on Laravel.

    View on GitHub

  4. Mopidy

    Mopidy is an extensible music server written in Python

    Mopidy is an extensible music server written in Python.

  5. Moodle

    Moodle - the world's open source learning platform

    Moodle is the World's Open Source Learning Platform, widely used around the world by countless universities, schools, companies, and all manner of organisations and individuals.

  6. Ghost

    Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

    Ghost.org • Forum • Docs • Contributing • Twitter

  7. Kanboard

    Kanban project management software

    Official website: https://kanboard.org/

  8. Mastodon

    Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community

    Project homepage 🐘

  9. Nutrient

    Nutrient - The #1 PDF SDK Library. Bad PDFs = bad UX. Slow load times, broken annotations, clunky UX frustrates users. Nutrient’s PDF SDKs gives seamless document experiences, fast rendering, annotations, real-time collaboration, 100+ features. Used by 10K+ devs, serving ~half a billion users worldwide. Explore the SDK for free.

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  10. CodeMirror

    In-browser code editor (version 5, legacy)

    You can find more information (and the manual) on the project page. For questions and discussion, use the discussion forum.

  11. weather-icons

    215 Weather Themed Icons and CSS

    View on GitHub

  12. todomvc

    Helping you select a JavaScript framework - Todo apps for React.js, Angular, Vue and many more

    View on GitHub

  13. calculator

    Discontinued Simple calculator built with React (by andrewagain)

    View on GitHub

  14. create-react-app

    Discontinued Set up a modern web app by running one command. [Moved to: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app] (by facebookincubator)

    Created with create-react-app. See the full create-react-app guide.

  15. Vue Storefront

    Alokai is a Frontend as a Service solution that simplifies composable commerce. It connects all the technologies needed to build and deploy fast & scalable ecommerce frontends. It guides merchants to deliver exceptional customer experiences quickly and easily.

    View on GitHub

  16. vue-storefront.

    Discontinued [GET https://api.github.com/repos/vuestorefront/vue-storefront.: 404 - Not Found // See: https://docs.github.com/rest/repos/repos#get-a-repository]

  17. storefront-ui

    A frontend library for React and Vue that helps developers quickly build fast, accessible, and beautiful storefronts. Made with 💚 by Vue Storefront team and contributors.

    Fully customizable. Build your application with pre-installed Storefront UI - components library designed for eCommerce, or build your own theme from scratch.

  18. chat-example

    Basic chat example with Socket.IO

    View on GitHub

  19. github-readme-stats

    :zap: Dynamically generated stats for your github readmes

    View on GitHub

  20. mastodon-ios-apps

    An ongoing, (hopefully) complete, collaborative list of all Mastodon apps on iOS.

    Browse Mastodon apps

  21. CodeMirror

    Discontinued In-browser code editor (version 5, legacy) [Moved to: https://github.com/codemirror/codemirror5]

    See CONTRIBUTING.md for contributing guidelines.

  22. documentation

    Mastodon documentation (by mastodon)

    Documentation

  23. cz-cli

    The commitizen command line utility. #BlackLivesMatter

  24. Taiga

    Discontinued Agile project management platform. Built on top of Django and AngularJS

    View on GitHub

  25. SuiteCRM

    SuiteCRM - Open source CRM for the world

    View on GitHub

  26. dev

    Development repository for the CodeMirror editor project

    NOTE: CodeMirror 6 exists, and is more mobile-friendly, more accessible, better designed, and much more actively maintained.

  27. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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