SKsky2224·Aug 26, 2025
https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
This is a repo of good beginner OSS projects to contribute to
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awesome-for-beginners
A list of awesome beginners-friendly projects.
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I recommend the awesome for beginners list. https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners It's a bunch of beginner welcoming open source projects with a supportive team to…
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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17 sourcesAwesome First PR Opportunities
1 points · Open discussionThe "Awesome First PR Opportunities" list might be a helpful starting point.
https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
In Ask HN: How do you look for a good open-source project?I would never work at a FAANG unless I had no other option. They will pay you handsomely, but they will take their pound of flesh. It's also extremely monocultural: your life, your world, your culture, is about their bottom line.
Personally, if I was presented with a leetcode interview (I was interviewing a few months ago), I bowed out pretty damned quickly.
You really need to catch up on the tech. In addition to what the other comments are saying, look into contributing: https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
Obviously, FAANG is for some people. You seriously need to have a very hard think if that is you.
In Ask HN: Been writing code for 40 years and can't get hiredNot exactly a site, but should suffice. Curated list of projects that are open for contributions from beginner… contributors:
https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
In Why Computing Students Should Contribute to Open Source Software Projectsyah if you have the drive I think there's lists of projects open and welcoming to beginners etc. I don't know of any good curated lists but a quick search led to..
* https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/08/03/getting-started-with-c...
* https://www.firsttimersonly.com/
* https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/
* https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
In “When the entire household goes to bed, I do curl development for 2 more hours.”I found out this github repo that label first timer issues.
https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
In Ask HN: What is the hottest OSS software I should contribute togithub.com/showcases/great-for-new-contributors
github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Introduction
If you are new to programming, you probably shouldn't dive into adding code to an established project that has a high quality bar. You should study the code, add documentation, and add tests.
In Contributing to Open Source via Video GameA list of beginners-friendly projects
2 points · Open discussionA list of awesome beginners-friendly projects
2 points · Open discussionI started a game clone challenges[1] list, but haven’t had much time to work on it.
Some more project related resources are awesome-for-beginners[2], The UChicago X-Projects[3], and Beginner Projects[4].
1. https://github.com/rby90/Game-Clone-Challenges
2. https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
3. http://chi.cs.uchicago.edu/index.html
4. https://github.com/jorgegonzalez/beginner-projects
In A list of practical projects that anyone can solve in any programming languageI recommend the awesome for beginners list.
https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
It's a bunch of beginner welcoming open source projects with a supportive team to help you initiate in the open source world.
In Ask HN: Recommended Open Source Projects for a CS Junior?Awesome First Pull Request Opportunities
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