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Open Source 101: A Beginner's Guide to Getting Started

BekahHW on June 21, 2023

The story of open source is a story about community. It’s about people coming together, learning from each other, growing together, and creating, o...
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Francis Enechukwu🇳🇬🇨🇦 •

Thank you for the words of encouragement, especially to me who is a beginner.

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Nikunj Rohit •

nice article

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Juma Mohammed Juma •

This is awesome and great article even reading

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BekahHW OpenSauced •

Thank you!

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Sumit Mukharjee •

nice one

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MONSON REJI VERGHESE •

Great article for beginners

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BekahHW OpenSauced •

Thank you!

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0xKali •

Great read. I'm getting into Open Source and this article has taught me a lot.

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BekahHW OpenSauced •

Awesome! I'm so happy for you. Let me know if you have any questions.

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ESE-MONDAY •

This is a very informative article. I like how it breaks down the each process step by step.

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Sanjay Sathyanarayanan •

A clear guide for Open Source. Thank you for sharing!!

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nivedt •

Insightful and a great read!

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Nenepo •

This is an amazing article, i would definitely check it out again

Nene from the depths Hackathon :-)

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Shailesh Thakur •

A very beginner friendly blog to get started with Opensource Journey. Brushed up all the needed concepts. Thank you for this.

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Stuart •

This is a great article 🙏🙏

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BekahHW OpenSauced •

Thanks!

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Pizofreude •

Great overview for OSS journey!

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Moggy •

Very resourceful, thank you for sharing.

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Aman Kumar •

Amazing to read this articles.

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Anu •

Nicely written article for beginners in simple language.👍👍

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parth singla •

Great Learning

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Christine Belzie OpenSauced •

Love this guide @bekahhw! :) My only gripe is the lack of mentioning Christine Peterson as the originator of the term, “open source “ in the paragraph about the history about this software. It’s unfortunate that she doesn’t get mentioned much in conversations about this.

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BekahHW OpenSauced •

It wasn't meant so much to be a history as it was some context around community. But I'm working on getting that added in here. Just trying to find a spot where it makes sense.

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John Rush •

Open Source friends,

Check out our launchpad for open source and dev tool: github

Also the site: devhunt.org

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Akshay Kashinath Takalkar •

This is awesome and great article even reading****

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Asma S. •

Amazing article for beginners.