Top ways to find projects for Hacktoberfest 2023

Pradumna Saraf - Oct 1 '23 - - Dev Community

Hacktoberfest 2023 is here, and there's always a common question regarding the contributors: How can one find projects for Hacktoberfest 2023?

In this article, we will explore some tools as well as built-in GitHub functionalities to find great projects.

  1. Finder by EddieHub Community
    It finds good first issues from all over GitHub and gives you a list of them. You can further filter down the issues by clicking on the labels.
    🔗 Link - finder.eddiehub.io
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  2. GitHub's advanced search. GitHub advanced search provides tons of filters to find repos and issues according to our preferences. You can filter by language, extension, issue labels, number of stars/forks, etc.
    🔗 Link - github.com/search/advanced
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  3. GitHub Topics
    It's a very cool feature on GitHub. With the help of this, you can find a particular project with a topic. The topic can be languages, events, tech, etc.
    🔗 Link - github.com/topics/javascript
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  4. Good First Issue label
    good first issue is the best way to start your Open Source journey. You can find all of these on GitHub by doing a label search.
    🔗 Link - good-first-issue
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  5. Scoutflo Atlas
    A curated list of BEST open source projects for Hacktoberfest 2023!
    🔗 Link - atlas.scoutflo.com/hacktoberfest
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  6. Quine
    It will find the repos with most good starter issues for you in your chosen languages and topics.
    🔗 Link - https://quine.sh/contribute
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    I hope you have a great time contributing this year. Good luck!

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