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firstcontributions first-contributions
🚀✨ Help beginners to contribute to open source projects
Stars
55,804
Forks
108,830
Watchers: 55,804
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License: MIT License
Repository Radar Score
65 / 100
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- popularity 92
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- activity 100
- freshness 100
- community 70
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This project aims to simplify and guide the way beginners make their first contribution. If you are looking to make your first contribution, follow the steps below.
If you're not comfortable with command line, here are tutorials using GUI tools.
If you don't have git on your machine, install it.
Fork this repository by clicking on the fork button on the top of this page. This will create a copy of this repository in your account.
Now clone the forked repository to your machine. Go to your GitHub account, open the forked repository, click on the code button, then on SSH tab and then click the copy url to clipboard icon.
Open a terminal and run the following git command:
git clone "url you just copied"where "url you just copied" (without the quotation marks) is the url to this repository (your fork of this project). See the previous steps to obtain the url.
For example:
git clone git@github.com:this-is-you/first-contributions.gitwhere this-is-you is your GitHub username. Here you're copying the contents of the first-contributions repository on GitHub to your computer.
Change to the repository directory on your computer (if you are not already there):
cd first-contributionsNow create a branch using the git switch command:
git switch -c your-new-branch-nameFor example:
git switch -c add-alonzo-churchIf you get any errors using git switch, click here:
If the error message "Git: switch is not a git command. See git –help" appears, it's likely because you're using an older version of git.
In this case, try to use git checkout instead:
git checkout -b your-new-branch-nameNow open Contributors.md file in a text editor, add your name to it. Don't add it at the beginning or end of the file. Put it anywhere in between. Now, save the file.
If you go to the project directory and execute the command git status, you'll see there are changes.
Add those changes to the branch you just created using the git add command:
git add Contributors.mdNow commit those changes using the git commit command:
git commit -m "Add your-name to Contributors list"replacing your-name with your name.
Push your changes using the command git push:
git push -u origin your-branch-namereplacing your-branch-name with the name of the branch you created earlier.
If you get any errors while pushing, click here:
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remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021. Please use a personal access token instead. remote: Please see https://github.blog/2020-12-15-token-authentication-requirements-for-git-operations/ for more information. fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/<your-username>/first-contributions.git/'
Go to GitHub's tutorial on generating and configuring an SSH key to your account.
Also, you might want to run 'git remote -v' to check your remote address.
If it looks anything like this:
origin https://github.com/your-username/your_repo.git (fetch) origin https://github.com/your-username/your_repo.git (push)
change it using this command:
git remote set-url origin git@github.com:your-username/your_repo.git
Otherwise you'll still get prompted for username and password and get authentication error.
If you go to your repository on GitHub, you'll see a Compare & pull request button. Click on that button.
Now submit the pull request.
Soon I'll be merging all your changes into the main branch of this project. You will get a notification email once the changes have been merged.
Congrats! You just completed the standard fork -> clone -> edit -> pull request workflow that you'll often encounter as a contributor!
Celebrate your contribution and share it with your friends and followers by going to web app.
If you'd like more practice, checkout code contributions.
Now let's get you started with contributing to other projects. We've compiled a list of projects with easy issues you can get started on. Check out the list of projects in the web app.
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Repository Radar analysis
Deterministic insights derived from public metadata and our observations — not personal testing or reviews.
Why this repository is interesting
- High absolute popularity (55,804 stars) signals broad adoption.
- Maintained recently (last push 2 weeks ago).
Who should use it
- Engineers researching open-source options in this stack
Potential use cases
- Benchmark approach, license, and activity before adopting
- Compare with similar repositories on Repository Radar
Strengths
- Recent repository activity
- README present in our index
- Declared license: MIT License
- Substantial fork count (108,830) suggests reuse and contribution interest
Limitations / considerations
- Insights are derived from public metadata and our observations — not a substitute for code review
What to watch
- Re-check last push, issues, and releases on GitHub before production adoption
Strong signals: Strong community interest · Active maintenance
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