Please see the following resources to help you get started with open source :)

• https://github.com/firstcontributions/first-contributions
• https://24pullrequests.com/
• Magdalena Kowalczuk (@anopsy) - Alice in Open Source Land (YouTube, 31m34s)

Open source is the way to go. Whenever a new project is started, one should always consider if there is an interesting open source project out there that solves your issue. I have experienced incredible efforts in the field and was aiming to contribute myself as well. However, where do you start? There are so many projects to contribute to and it is difficult to find where to begin. This is where this project comes in.

• GitHub repository: https://github.com/mikeweltevrede/contribute-to-open-source/
• Documentation https://github.com/mikeweltevrede/contribute-to-open-source/

NB: This project is in an extremely early phase. Until it is ready, please take a look at "First contributions" (Github repo and Website). This tool allows you to filter for popular repos based on language and their topic.

My goal is to build a tool that can help people navigate GitHub issues to find items that they can contribute to. Most people recommend starting with a tool that you use yourself, because you are familiar with its goals and that is a great place to start. However, those projects might also be very daunting to work with. Some open source projects that are established might be very complex in the background and are not a good place to begin your open source journey. You first want to get familiar with the way of working by doing some relatively easy issues.

Want to help me in this journey? Thanks! Please take a look at CONTRIBUTING.rst!

Repository initiated with fpgmaas/cookiecutter-pdm.