---
title: "How to Make Your First Open Source Code Contribution"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-make-your-first-open-source-code-contribution-cqkrhoxp8
source_url: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-make-your-first-open-source-contribution/
type: article
source: "freeCodeCamp"
published: 2023-07-14T18:33:15.620Z
updated: 2023-07-20T14:10:56.027Z
tags: ["github", "open-source"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 49
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# How to Make Your First Open Source Code Contribution

**[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 3 min read · 49 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

This article will help you to dip your toe into the open source community waters by making your first open-source contribution. To get started, you will need to create a GitHub account if you don't already have one. You'll also use GitHub's Codespaces, your local development environment on the cloud, to enable a smooth contribution process.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@icaroabreu** · 0 upvotes

> Awesome article!

**@munaimpro** · 0 upvotes

> This article from FreeCodeCamp will definitely help those, who don't make any open-source contributions yet. Especially from fear. They will find a space here to overcome their fear and grow confidence.

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