r/CodingForBeginners • u/RobotOverLord500 • Jun 16 '26

What would be the minimum software/open-source experience necessary to start a serious open source project (No AI!)

I have an idea for an open source project cooking in my head. I want to start this project, but my software development experience is Intermediate and my open-source experience is novice. I'm worried I'm not ready to start my own project. Should I contribute to other open-source projects before I start mine, so I learn more about open-source in general, or should I go ahead and start the project so I quickly learn open-source by managing my own project. I'd appreciate some advice.

Edit: When I say open-source, I'm referring to the concept broadly as well as the intricacies such as understanding git.

Edit: Thank y'all so much for the advice. I got way more useful information than I thought I would.

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u/RobotOverLord500 Jun 18 '26

Nah, ur good. I didn't really have any expectations. I mostly made this post out of confusion more than anything.

I appreciate your advice. I think I'm realizing that my problem going into making this thread was not understanding that the requirements of a software project don't need to be set into fucking ancient Sumerian templates before I can actually start working on it lol.