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Finding and Evaluating Projects

Learn how to find your first project using discovery tools, understanding labels, and identifying beginner-friendly tasks.

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Lesson metadata

Slug how-to-contribute-to-open-source
Pathway Getting Started with Open Source
Subtopic Open Source Literacy
Skill Level Beginner
OSS Role(s) —
Resource Type handout
Time Required 24m
Author being users of software they contribute to
License —
Keywords Contributing
Language(s) en

Additional metadata

Creative Work Status Active
Date Modified 2025-12-26
Date Published 2025-12-26
Depends On best-practices-for-maintainers
Domain General Open Source
Learning Objectives After this lesson, the learner should be able to: - Use discovery tools to find beginner-friendly open source projects. - Interpret standard GitHub labels like 'good first issue'. - Evaluate a project's health and welcoming nature for new contributors.
Notes Maybe not relevant for researchers, but useful for students as a self-guided entry point
Ospo Relevance Moderate
Sorting Id 6
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