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🎁 Shortcut to Find Open Source Projects 100x faster

Anmol Baranwal on November 30, 2023

Today, I've got 8 ways that can help you find your dream open-source project. Before delving into the nitty gritty on how to find open-source proj...
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Anmol Baranwal

As the author of this post, I want to share with you incredible ways to find good open-source projects. While there may be more options out there, I've handpicked 8 that I believe are the best ones.

Contributing to the open-source community can be especially beneficial in today's world where connectivity is at an all-time high.

Take the leap and explore open source—you never know what amazing experiences and opportunities may be waiting for you.

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Vladimir Ignatev

I think the post would be much better if you show us few examples of fun open-source projects!

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Anmol Baranwal

@vladignatyev

There are hundreds of tech stacks and countless variations. So, it is very hard for me to please everyone.

Still, you can contribute to Exercism, which is my personal favorite, or you can contribute to LinksHub, which I maintain. Feel free to get in touch with me if you want to know more.

You can check out some organizations here.

I hope you understand :)

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uliyahoo

Awesome article, thank you for sharing.

Also, if anyone looking to contribute to a good open-source library, consider CopilotKit - making AI product integrations easy.

github.com/RecursivelyAI/CopilotKit

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Anmol Baranwal

Hi @uliyahoo,

Thanks for mentioning the project. It's a great one, and it will eventually grow even better.

I would even suggest launching it on Product Hunt, as it will give you better reach into your target audience.

Best of luck on your open source journey.

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Bap

Thanks for mentioning Quine. 😄🙏 We hope you enjoyed using the platform and I'm here if you ever have any feedback.

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@fernandezbaptiste

Thanks! Congratulations to the Quine team for introducing exciting features like Creator Quests and Quine quests.

I would recommend Quine to anyone, any day :)

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Bap

🙏💃💗

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Anmol Baranwal

Hi @hosseinyazdi ,

Thank you for sharing your recommendations. It's an extensive list of impressive projects.

The only drawback is the absence of an option to filter the projects based on the tech stack or other helpful parameters.

Nonetheless, I appreciate you sharing this :)

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Mohit Bansal

Thank you for sharing but I wasn't able to solve after good first issues
can you provide some context on that

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Anmol Baranwal

Hi @mohitbansal321,

So, if I understood the question correctly, you're saying that the good first issues were slightly difficult for you, right? I will answer accordingly.

Good first issues are labeled to attract people new to open source. They can range from simple tasks like documentation to formatting. However, many repository owners don't understand this concept and may attach good first issue labels to even difficult tasks in an attempt to attract more contributors.

That's why I mentioned that organizational repositories would always have sensible labels, ensuring that their good first issues align with the principles.

For example, this is a good first issue that you can easily complete by reading the contributing guidelines, i.e., contributing.md.

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Mohit Bansal

Thanks for it
my bad if you misunderstood
I mean that I can solve good first issues but can't above that like normal issues which is not Good first issues

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Anmol Baranwal

You can certainly find issues labeled as good first issue. You can try several options, including GitHub's advanced filter, GitHub trending, and Quine.

There will always be issues for people comfortable with open source and looking to contribute to a significant project.

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Farha kousar

Thanks for this post

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Anmol Baranwal

I'm glad you found it helpful :)

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YolenSong

Thanks for your article, it helped me find some good repositories to make some contributions to.

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Anmol Baranwal

Hehe.

I'm glad it was helpful :)

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Prayson Wilfred Daniel

I have been advocating coding as a community activity. When we co-innovation, magic is remade.

Thank you for digging these gems

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Anmol Baranwal • Edited

Yes, indeed!

Being a part of a community that recognizes and appreciates what you do is such an awesome feeling. The open-source community is massive, and the vibes in here are just ridiculously good.

Magic does happen when we code together ^^

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Sean Overton

Thanks for sharing!

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Anmol Baranwal

I'm glad you found it helpful :)

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Keyur Paralkar

A very resourceful article !!

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Anmol Baranwal

Thank you! Feel free to bookmark it, and I'll keep updating with more resources. Appreciate your feedback! 🚀

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Shiva R

awesome mate🤗, thanks for sharing this

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Anmol Baranwal • Edited

You're welcome! 😊

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to share :)

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Blitzcode

This is a very good quick look up!

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Anmol Baranwal

Thanks for letting me know! I'm glad you found it helpful :)

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WangLiwen

NICE

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Anmol Baranwal

Glad you liked it! 🚀

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CedricLapi

Quite informative!

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Anmol Baranwal

@cedriclapi
I'm glad you found it insightful.

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Manish Soni

Very Helpful

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@mani1soni
I'm glad you found it helpful :)

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Muhammad Jamshaid

Great thanks for sharing this

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Anmol Baranwal • Edited

You're very welcome! I'm delighted that you found it valuable. If you have any further questions, feel free to let me know. Happy to help!

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PĂŠter KovĂĄcs

don't forget useful-forks.github.io/ site ;)

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Anmol Baranwal

@nemopeti2
While it is indeed a helpful site, we can obtain similar insights from OpenSauced. However, people are unlikely to check the active number of forks in a repo just to determine if they should fork it.

Therefore, it may not be the most effective way to find good open source projects; rather, it provides information on whether a project has helpful forks.

Nonetheless, I appreciate you sharing this :)

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Iker Macaya Faber

Great one! Thank for sharing!

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Anmol Baranwal

You're very welcome! I'm delighted that you found it valuable. If you have any further questions, feel free to let me know. Happy to help!