How to make your open source project contributor friendly 🤗

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on dev.to

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    Offen is a fair and lightweight alternative to common web analytics tools. It’s self hosted software and all code is available at the offen/offen repository on GitHub. In this constellation, feedback and participation is especially important for us. In this article we’d like to share what we do to make our repo friendly and welcoming towards any kind of contribution from the community.

  • up-for-grabs.net

    This is a list of projects which have curated tasks specifically for new contributors. These issues are a great way to get started with a project, or to help share the load of working on open source projects. Jump in!

    The other aspect of labeling is the external ecosystem that has evolved around GitHub issues. For example, sites like Up For Grabs allow anyone to search for issues labeled help-wanted across all public repositories on GitHub. Good first issue lets you find issues labeled good first issue that are well suited for beginners. Applying such labels will connect you with others that otherwise wouldn’t know about your project in the first place.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  • good-first-issue

    Make your first open-source contribution.

    The other aspect of labeling is the external ecosystem that has evolved around GitHub issues. For example, sites like Up For Grabs allow anyone to search for issues labeled help-wanted across all public repositories on GitHub. Good first issue lets you find issues labeled good first issue that are well suited for beginners. Applying such labels will connect you with others that otherwise wouldn’t know about your project in the first place.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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