--- title: About 2 years ago I have created an OSS community to... description: Large open-source projects like tldraw, Godot, and others are closing or restricting external contributions because AI-generated patches are easy to produce... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/about-2-years-ago-i-have-created-an-oss-community-to-match-people-who-looking-for-contribution-with--l7lzt7odo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: About 2 years ago I have created an OSS community to match people who looking for contribution with projects who actually ask for the help. It is very active and actual as ever! Reflection on current OSS contribution experience. | daily.dev og:description: Large open-source projects like tldraw, Godot, and others are closing or restricting external contributions because AI-generated patches are easy to produce... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/about-2-years-ago-i-have-created-an-oss-community-to-match-people-who-looking-for-contribution-with--l7lzt7odo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/L7LzT7odo.png og:image:alt: About 2 years ago I have created an OSS community to match people who looking for contribution with projects who actually ask for the help. It is very active and actual as ever! Reflection on current OSS contribution experience. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # About 2 years ago I have created an OSS community to match people who looking for contribution with projects who actually ask for the help. It is very active and actual as ever! Reflection on current OSS contribution experience. **[Open Source](https://daily.dev/sources/opensourcesquad)** · [@leonidbugaev](https://daily.dev/leonidbugaev) · 19 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary Large open-source projects like tldraw, Godot, and others are closing or restricting external contributions because AI-generated patches are easy to produce but costly to review. The author argues contributors should instead focus on smaller, less famous projects that genuinely need help, citing their own tool Help Wanted (650K+ issues from 96K+ projects) and a personal Hacktoberfest experience where three PRs to small projects were reviewed the same day. The piece frames this as an opportunity to build real community rather than competing in massive contribution queues. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ahmetozel** · 1 upvotes > The same-day reviews on your three smaller-project PRs make the 'someone on the other side' point concrete. For an issue index, I would still want a freshness signal beyond a help-wanted label: an old labelled issue can remain discoverable long after the maintainer's priorities change. > > A recent maintainer response or a short confirmation of scope could help contributors choose where to start. A useful first interaction might be a reproducible problem report and a proposed approach before producing a patch. That reduces the review burden you describe and gives both sides a chance to learn... **@ristotoldsep** · 1 upvotes > Small projects actually review your PRs. wild concept, great initiative. **@ahmetozel** · 0 upvotes > The 650,456-issue index makes freshness an important part of matching, not just discovery. A help-wanted label can survive long after a maintainer’s priorities changed, so a newcomer may still spend hours on work nobody is ready to review. > > I would surface recent maintainer activity, the date an issue was last confirmed, and whether someone already has the task reserved. Before writing a patch, a short reproduction or proposed scope gives the maintainer something inexpensive to respond to. That follows your point about returning and remembering each other: the first useful contribution can be... ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Is AI killing open source?](https://daily.dev/posts/is-ai-killing-open-source--ed5zl44r8) · InfoWorld · 40 upvotes · 7 comments - [Is AI Overwhelming Open Source?](https://daily.dev/posts/is-ai-overwhelming-open-source--xablcfvg9) · Telerik · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Why all the PRs?](https://daily.dev/posts/why-all-the-prs--suifqvgej) · Ibrahim Diallo · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#hacktoberfest](https://daily.dev/tags/hacktoberfest) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/about-2-years-ago-i-have-created-an-oss-community-to-match-people-who-looking-for-contribution-with--l7lzt7odo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/about-2-years-ago-i-have-created-an-oss-community-to-match-people-who-looking-for-contribution-with--l7lzt7odo","headline":"About 2 years ago I have created an OSS community to match people who looking for contribution with projects who actually ask for the help. 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For an issue index, I would still want a freshness signal beyond a help-wanted label: an old labelled issue can remain discoverable long after the maintainer’s priorities change.\nA recent maintainer response or a short confirmation of scope could help contributors choose where to start. A useful first interaction might be a reproducible problem report and a proposed approach before producing a patch. That reduces the review burden you describe and gives both sides a chance to learn whether they want to keep collaborating, rather than optimizing for the number of submitted PRs.","datePublished":"2026-10-05T12:27:39.051Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/L7LzT7odo#c-vPxKgGMRV","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ahmet Özel","url":"https://daily.dev/ahmetozel","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/70992231?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Small projects actually review your PRs. wild concept, great initiative.","datePublished":"2026-10-05T12:29:04.263Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/L7LzT7odo#c-Reww4mAVc","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Risto Tõldsep","url":"https://daily.dev/ristotoldsep","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocLDWc6mZn0JwNmXXw6WY0L_HJ6pegzRttooC5VgtXESHSj3MNYx=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"The 650,456-issue index makes freshness an important part of matching, not just discovery. A help-wanted label can survive long after a maintainer’s priorities changed, so a newcomer may still spend hours on work nobody is ready to review.\nI would surface recent maintainer activity, the date an issue was last confirmed, and whether someone already has the task reserved. Before writing a patch, a short reproduction or proposed scope gives the maintainer something inexpensive to respond to. That follows your point about returning and remembering each other: the first useful contribution can be reducing uncertainty around an issue rather than increasing the volume of submitted code.","datePublished":"2026-10-07T14:52:11.099Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/L7LzT7odo#c-guvD32XaE","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ahmet Özel","url":"https://daily.dev/ahmetozel","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/70992231?v=4"}}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/opensourcesquad","name":"Open Source"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Open Source","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/opensourcesquad"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"About 2 years ago I have created an OSS community to match people who looking for contribution with projects who actually ask for the help. 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