---
title: "How to Find Cool Open Source Projects"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-find-cool-open-source-projects-r6vf-ruya
source_url: https://www.codemotion.com/magazine/dev-life/how-to-find-cool-open-source-projects/
type: article
source: "Codemotion"
published: 2023-02-08T08:03:56.425Z
updated: 2024-04-04T10:56:59.319Z
tags: ["open-source", "github", "community"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 115
comments: 12
language: en
---

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# How to Find Cool Open Source Projects

**[Codemotion](https://daily.dev/sources/codemotion)** · 7 min read · 115 upvotes · 12 comments

## Summary

Learn how to find and contribute to open source projects. Major companies like Google and Microsoft rely on open source technologies. February is open source month. Find projects on Github and websites like First Contributions and Codetribute. Open source is for beginners and professionals alike. Start small and gradually work on more complex tasks. Join a vibrant developer community.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@grpietro** · 4 upvotes

> Have been looking for such an article for a while! Thanks for sharing!

**@yunuenam** · 3 upvotes

> I really appreciate this article in a concrete and well explained way I learned the concept of open source projects , a very good guide.

**@shubhsharma19** · 2 upvotes

> This is awesome 🔥 thanks for sharing 🙋‍♂️

**@ninjanordbo** · 1 upvotes

> Yeah I been looking for this for ages fanxx!!!

**@0xdvvid** · 1 upvotes

> Finally

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