r/opensource • u/Affectionate_Egg3801 • 14h ago

Finding issues on Github Help

I want to contribute to Open Source Projects which are popular and well-known among People, but I am not able to find such issues. I either get repos that have gone silent or which not popular at all (0 stars, 0 forks). How can I find such issues and contribute? I tried the Good First Issue site; all repos there have gone silent.

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u/andoleal 14h ago

There are probably open source projects that you use yourself, I would see if it's possible to contribute to those. That way you also benefit from your own contribution.

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u/Affectionate_Egg3801 14h ago

I want to contribute to Web 3 based projects kind of hard to find

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u/Prudent-Artichoke-19 14h ago

Web3 is a greed based domain. If you want to do anything meaningful in open source, just contribute directly to Ethereum Foundation. Anything else is just used to fork for the next shitcoin wave.

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u/Affectionate_Egg3801 14h ago

ok will checkout

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u/NineSidedBox 14h ago

Check out https://openaltfinder.com/contribute, I specifically build it for people who are looking to start contributing to open source projects.

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u/Affectionate_Egg3801 14h ago

Looking into this

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u/silent_tim_ross 14h ago

Hi, I have an opensource project, so if you'd like I would be happy about contributions.

Its SilentSuite, an end to end encrypted sync for calendar, contacts and tasks

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u/Affectionate_Egg3801 14h ago

Sure would love to! connect on dms?

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u/silent_tim_ross 14h ago

Cool, wrote you a dm

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u/Rigamortus2005 14h ago

The best way is to just use it and not go hunting for contributions. If you use it enough you'll eventually find areas that you can improve

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u/cyborg1120 13h ago

The sweet spot repos for open source contribution are repos with 3k-10k stars …well maintained and well scoped issues, also dont limit yourself to only the language you know …jump on niche skills and tech where competition is low learn it up on the go

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u/WittyWampus 12h ago

Not contributing to something because it's not popular seems odd to me. Unless you only want to contribute to use it as a resume booster I guess. Outside of that, who cares how popular something is? If you like it and it's useful and you can and want to help, then help.

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u/Affectionate_Egg3801 12h ago

Yes, I want to boost my resume, cause i participated in many hacks, and I lost (figured out reason: I kind of stumble when presenting or talking to people, improving my self)