---
title: "How to find 🔎 an Open Source project to contribute to"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-find-an-open-source-project-to-contribute-to-jqrnysxeg
source_url: https://dev.to/this-is-learning/how-to-find-an-open-source-project-to-contribute-to-3093
type: article
source: "This is Learning"
author: "Leonardo Montini 😼"
published: 2022-08-23T15:07:07.030Z
updated: 2022-08-23T15:07:06.965Z
tags: ["github", "open-source"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 39
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# How to find 🔎 an Open Source project to contribute to

**[This is Learning](https://daily.dev/sources/til)** · [@balastrong](https://daily.dev/balastrong) · 3 min read · 39 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

The first step is looking at this cool resource called opensource.guide. Don’t expect to immediately become an expert, there are a lot of concepts to understand. The most used lables are good first issue, help wanted and up for grabs.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://dev.to/this-is-learning/how-to-find-an-open-source-project-to-contribute-to-3093>

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Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source)

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