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GitHub search is broken for beginners — so I fixed it with an AI tool

It took me years to find my first “good first issue.” GitPulse lets you do it in seconds.

Every new developer eventually faces the same problem:

You want to contribute to open source…
…but GitHub search gives you:

❌ outdated issues
❌ unmaintained repos
❌ tasks way above your skill level
❌ dead projects
❌ no onboarding
❌ no guidance

I dealt with this for years.
So I finally built something to fix it.

🚀 Introducing GitPulse

GitPulse is an AI tool that finds real beginner-friendly open-source issues in seconds.
No login. No friction. No noise.

GitPulse analyzes issues and repositories using:

AI difficulty prediction

Repo health scoring

Maintainer responsiveness

Activity velocity

Onboarding friendliness

Issue clarity & solvability

The goal is simple:

Help you land your first PR in minutes, not months.

Try it here (free):
👉 https://gitpulse.xyz

💡 Why I built it

When I tried to contribute to open source for the first time, I went through:

• dead repos
• huge enterprise projects
• cryptic issues
• 300-comment discussions
• issues from 2017

Most “good first issue” labels were lies.
Some maintainers add the label just to look friendly.

So I decided to solve it properly with AI.

⚙️ How GitPulse works

  1. You choose your languages

GitPulse adapts to your stack automatically.

  1. AI ranks issues by difficulty

Beginner? Intermediate? Expert?
GitPulse knows.

  1. GitPulse filters out junk

No dead repos.
No stale issues.
No unmaintained projects.
Ever.

  1. You get a list of issues you can realistically solve

Zero overwhelm.

Try it for yourself:
👉 https://gitpulse.xyz

📈 The roadmap

Here’s what’s coming next:

GitLab support

Trending repos of the week

Skill-based onboarding recommendations

Contributor analytics

Skill progression tracking

AI-assisted PR help

Open to suggestions in the comments.

🔥 Final thoughts

Open source shouldn’t be scary.
Your first contribution shouldn’t take 100 hours of scrolling.

If GitPulse helps even one beginner make their first PR — it's worth it.

Try GitPulse here:
👉 https://gitpulse.xyz

Let me know what features you’d love next

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