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🚀✨ Help beginners to contribute to open source projects

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Summary Information

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Type:Curated List / Learning ResourceCategory(s):Programming Courses & BooksLearning & Resources
Added to GitGenius on August 31st, 2026
Created on September 20th, 2016
Open Issues & Pull Requests: 476 (+0)
GitHub issues: Enabled
Number of forks: 111,233
Total Stargazers: 56,412 (-1)
Total Subscribers: 526 (+0)

Repository Insights (GitGenius)

Median issue/PR response: 6.5 hours
Mean response time: 7.6 days
90th percentile: 15.8 days
Tracked items: 811

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Maintainer activity

22 people did triage or write work on this repository in the last 12 months.

Counts unlabeled, assigned, unassigned, milestoned, demilestoned, locked, unlocked over the last 12 months. These are issue and pull request events that require triage or write permission. Commits and code review are not counted. labeled and renamed are excluded because GitHub issue forms record the issue author as the actor. Figures from October 18, 2026. This count is not comparable across projects: each project's automation decides which of these events a person emits. How this is counted.

How this project is maintained

Practically every issue opened in the past year has drawn a reply. 57% of open issues come from outside the core team, a mix of external reports and the maintainers' own roadmap. 95% of issues opened in the past year have since been closed. Three people close 86% of everything that gets resolved.

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Issue Activity (beta)

Open issues: 24
New in 7 days: 5
Closed in 7 days: 0
Avg open age: 409 days
Stale 30+ days: 8
Stale 90+ days: 4

Recent activity

Opened in 7 days: 4
Closed in 7 days: 0
Comments in 7 days: 5
Events in 7 days: 5

Top labels

  • good first issue (389)
  • documentation (381)
  • help wanted (341)
  • discussion (257)
  • question (253)
  • :beetle: bug (129)
  • accessibility (114)
  • enhancement (110)

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Detailed Description

First Contributions is a tutorial project that helps beginners make their first open source contribution.

The project addresses the barrier many newcomers face when trying to enter open source development. It provides step-by-step guidance on how to fork a repository, make changes, and submit a pull request. The approach works by walking users through a simple, low-stakes contribution to the First Contributions repository itself, allowing them to practice the entire workflow in a supportive environment before contributing to other projects.

This tool suits anyone new to open source who wants hands-on experience with Git and GitHub workflows. It is particularly valuable for developers who feel intimidated by the contribution process or unsure about the mechanics of forking, branching, and pull requests. The project is designed as a learning resource rather than a production tool, making it ideal for educational purposes and onboarding new contributors to the open source community.

The project maintains translations across numerous languages, reflecting sustained effort to make the material accessible globally. Development activity shows consistent engagement with the repository through ongoing translation additions and maintenance of the core tutorial content.