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Roberto Goizueta edited this page Nov 30, 2016 · 11 revisions

“Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer’s personal itch.” - Eric S. Raymond

There are millions of projects out there. The tough thing is searching through them to find ones that are active, interesting, and welcoming.

The easiest place to start is with the projects you've already been using. What libraries/gems/packages/tools have you found useful in past projects? Have you ever encountered a bug in them? Do you wish they could do something more?

Compile a small list and then search Github for their repositories. If the project has merged a commit in the past couple weeks and has active discussion in the issues section, then it's a good candidate to join.

Once you've found a project, check out Ways of contributing to learn how you can add value to the project.

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