Start contributing to Open Source as a beginner

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  • good-first-issue

    Make your first open-source contribution.

  • Alternative to manually finding the issue is, you can head on to this website. Under the BROWSE BY LANGUAGE on the left, select your tech stack. This will display all the issues labeled as good first issue from all the Open Source Projects having the selected tech stack.

  • Puts Debuggerer

    Ruby library for improved puts debugging, automatically displaying bonus useful information such as source line number and source code.

  • First things first, to contribute to an Open Source Project, you need to stick to a definite Teck Stack (or language) in which you are proficient. After selecting a technology or language, head over to the Github and search for an Open Source Project that uses the same tech stack as yours.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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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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