--- title: A complete guide to open source - 100x simpler | daily.dev description: The post provides a comprehensive guide to getting started with open source, covering essential concepts, benefits, and various roles in open-source projects.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/lwx1qcxit twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A complete guide to open source - 100x simpler | daily.dev og:description: The post provides a comprehensive guide to getting started with open source, covering essential concepts, benefits, and various roles in open-source projects.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/lwx1qcxit og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Lwx1qCXiT.png og:image:alt: Post cover image 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. # A complete guide to open source - 100x simpler **[DevDojo](https://daily.dev/sources/thedevdojo)** · [@bobbyiliev](https://daily.dev/bobbyiliev) · 13 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The post provides a comprehensive guide to getting started with open source, covering essential concepts, benefits, and various roles in open-source projects. It offers practical advice on contributing, including for non-coders, details pre-requisites like Git, GitHub, and Markdown, and explains conventions like conventional commits. Additionally, it underscores the importance of guidelines, legal aspects, and ways to effectively find and contribute to good projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#community](https://daily.dev/tags/community), [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/lwx1qcxit) ```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/lwx1qcxit","headline":"A complete guide to open source - 100x simpler","text":"Shared: A complete guide to open source - 100x simpler","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lwx1qcxit","datePublished":"2024-08-06T15:03:43.323Z","dateModified":"2024-08-06T15:03:43.327Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Bobby Iliev","url":"https://daily.dev/bobbyiliev","image":"https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/21223421?v=4","description":"DevOps, DevEx, cloud & open source\n","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Materialize","logo":"https://res.cloudinary.com/daily-now/image/upload/s--4mL2CrlK--/f_auto/v1725263959/companies/materialize"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":82780}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--0_ODbtD2--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2008","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":13},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/yK5hdm7OA"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/thedevdojo","name":"DevDojo"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DevDojo","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/thedevdojo"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A complete guide to open source - 100x simpler"}]} ```