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A list of awesome beginners-friendly projects.

17 mentions on Hacker News by 17 people: 6 stories, 11 comments · first 2016-01-04 · latest 2025-08-26

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  1. https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners This is a repo of good beginner OSS projects to contribute to
    comment by sky2224 · 2025-08-26 · in Why I'm declining your AI generated MR
  2. The "Awesome First PR Opportunities" list might be a helpful starting point. https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
    comment by matthew16550 · 2024-02-13 · in Ask HN: How do you look for a good open-source project?
  3. …to catch up on the tech. In addition to what the other comments are saying, look into contributing: https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners Obviously, FAANG is for some people. You seriously need to have a very hard think if that…
    comment by zamalek · 2021-12-26 · in Ask HN: Been writing code for 40 years and can't get hired
  4. …suffice. Curated list of projects that are open for contributions from beginner… contributors: https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
    comment by n4bz0r · 2021-06-28 · in Why Computing Students Should Contribute to Open Source Software Projects
  5. …* https://www.firsttimersonly.com/ * https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/ * https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
    comment by jxramos · 2021-03-18 · in “When the entire household goes to bed, I do curl development for 2 more hours.”
  6. I found out this github repo that label first timer issues. https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
    comment by neo2006 · 2020-04-03 · in Ask HN: What is the hottest OSS software I should contribute to
  7. github.com/showcases/great-for-new-contributors github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Introduction If you are new to programming, you probably shouldn't dive into adding code to…
    comment by lonelappde · 2019-11-08 · in Contributing to Open Source via Video Game
  8. …X-Projects[3], and Beginner Projects[4]. 1. https://github.com/rby90/Game-Clone-Challenges 2. https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners 3. http://chi.cs.uchicago.edu/index.html 4. https://github.com/jorgegonzalez/beginner-projects
    comment by furo · 2018-11-21 · in A list of practical projects that anyone can solve in any programming language
  9. I recommend the awesome for beginners list. https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners It's a bunch of beginner welcoming open source projects with a supportive team to help you initiate in the open source world.
    comment by handre · 2018-06-26 · in Ask HN: Recommended Open Source Projects for a CS Junior?
  10. Following on this -- OP, some helpful resources for your first PR(s): https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners https://yourfirstpr.github.io/
    comment by hangtwenty · 2017-09-24 · in Ask HN: What is the best way to spend my time as a 17-year-old who can code?
  11. Somewhat related: https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
    comment by sbruchmann · 2016-01-04 · in Up for Grabs: Projects which have curated tasks for new contributors