Good First Issue

Good First Issue is a directory of open source issues that are suitable for first-time contributors. It lists projects from many languages and shows the open issues that maintainers have marked as approachable.

You choose a programming language and browse the projects that have issues in it. Each project shows its number of open issues, its language, its star count and when it was last active. This gives you a quick sense of which projects are busy and which are quiet before you pick one to work on.

• Filter issues by programming language
• Lists projects such as React Native and Kubernetes
• Shows stars and last activity for each project
• Counts issues by language
• Projects can be added through the site

New contributors who want a first pull request, students who are learning a language and want real code to read, and experienced developers who want to help a project they already use. It is a starting point rather than a full guide to open source.

The directory is free to browse and its code is published under the MIT license. Issue lists change often, so an issue may already be taken when you look. Read the project's contribution guide before you start, and introduce yourself on the issue to avoid duplicate work.