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Gourav Singh Rawat
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Best Repositories for beginners to contribute in Hacktoberfest

Hacktoberfest 2022!

Since Hacktoberfest 2022 is live, many new developers & engineers are stepping forward and looking for some open source projects that fit for their stack.
But it's like finding a needle in a haystack...since there are lots & lots of repositories.

If you want a video for this article

This is the article for you to find few best open source projects that are hacktoberfest accepted & easy to understand as well.

1. Check Github topics for Hacktoberfest

Go to Github and in Hacktoberfest topics section.

Hacktoberfest

Here you can find many projects and all of them are hacktoberfest accepted. You can select whichever suits your techstack.

2. Search for Docs websites

Docs websites are usually open source and are relatively easier to understand. If you find anything where you can add some content or change some UI or anything.
For example this repository:

GitHub logo microsoft / Web-Dev-For-Beginners

24 Lessons, 12 Weeks, Get Started as a Web Developer

GitHub license GitHub contributors GitHub issues GitHub pull-requests PRs Welcome

GitHub watchers GitHub forks GitHub stars

Open in Visual Studio Code

Web Development for Beginners - A Curriculum

Learn the fundamentals of web development with our 12-week comprehensive course by Microsoft Cloud Advocates. Each of the 24 lessons dive into JavaScript, CSS, and HTML through hands-on projects like terrariums, browser extensions, and space games. Engage with quizzes, discussions, and practical assignments. Enhance your skills and optimize your knowledge retention with our effective project-based pedagogy. Start your coding journey today!

πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ“ Are you a student?

Visit Student Hub page where you will find beginner resources, Student packs and even ways to get a free certificate voucher. This is the page you want to bookmark and check from time to time as we switch out content monthly.

πŸ“£ Announcement - New Curriculum on Generative AI was just released!

Don't miss our NEW 12 lesson curriculum on generative AI!

Each lesson includes an assignment to complete, knowledge check and challenge to guide you on…

Contribution towards these docs are one of the best things for beginners.

3. Look for e-books

Yes, e-books are also open source and they can be a good place to start.
Recently I found this guy, Bobby Iliev. He has amazing e-books that I found very helpful.
Since they are open source, you can contribute towards them.
Like contributing towards these Repositories.

GitHub logo bobbyiliev / 101-linux-commands-ebook

101 Linux commands Open-source eBook

πŸ’» ++101 Linux commands Open-source eBook

This is an open-source eBook with 101 Linux commands that everyone should know. No matter if you are a DevOps/SysOps engineer, developer, or just a Linux enthusiast, you will most likely have to use the terminal at some point in your career.

Make sure to star the repository ⭐

πŸ“™ Online eBook

An online copy ⚑🌐 of this ebook is available here πŸ“™.

πŸ”½ Download links


Content


GitHub logo bobbyiliev / introduction-to-git-and-github-ebook

Free Introduction to Git and GitHub eBook

πŸ’‘ Introduction to Git and GitHub

This is an open-source introduction to Git and GitHub guide that will help you learn the basics of version control and start using Git for your SysOps, DevOps, and Dev projects. No matter if you are a DevOps/SysOps engineer, developer, or just a Linux enthusiast, you can use Git to track your code changes and collaborate with other members of your team or open source maintainers.

The guide is suitable for anyone working as a developer, system administrator, or a DevOps engineer and wants to learn the basics of Git, GitHub and version control in general.

πŸš€ Download

To download a copy of the eBook use one of the following links:

πŸ“˜ Chapters

Hope you liked this article. Thanks to these open source contributors like Bobby Iliev today we have a lot of free tutorials and docs, where everyone can learn new things.

Thanks for reading!

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Bobby Iliev

Thank you for the shoutout!

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Gabriel Aguiar Aquino

Thanks. How can I bring devs to contribute with a project of mine? Any tips?

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Gourav Singh Rawat

Hi, maybe you can you can share those repositories, and promote them. It's a really tough thing.