--- title: Open Source Needs You | daily.dev description: Nearly every JavaScript tool you use is open sourced. Being a part of this momentous community may be the most rewarding and transformative experience you get... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-needs-you-rklmrukjd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Open Source Needs You | daily.dev og:description: Nearly every JavaScript tool you use is open sourced. Being a part of this momentous community may be the most rewarding and transformative experience you get... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-needs-you-rklmrukjd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rkLmrUKJD.png og:image:alt: Open Source Needs You 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. # Open Source Needs You **[JavaScript in Plain English](https://daily.dev/sources/jsPlainEnglish)** · 5 min read · 54 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary Nearly every JavaScript tool you use is open sourced. Being a part of this momentous community may be the most rewarding and transformative experience you get to go through as an engineer. Getting yourself familiar with the open source scene will take some effort and time. There are many ways to refactor to get started. ## 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. **@eo4wellness192** · 3 upvotes > I think this is a fabulous article that the development and open source community mutually need. Thank you! **@ghost** · 3 upvotes > "Start small, the future is community!" **@ngnam** · 2 upvotes > yes, let start small jobs ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-needs-you-rklmrukjd) ```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":"TechArticle","headline":"Open Source Needs You","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-needs-you-rklmrukjd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-needs-you-rklmrukjd"},"datePublished":"2021-05-13T04:31:33.189Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Nearly every JavaScript tool you use is open sourced. 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