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Dev tools · February 9, 2020

Good First Issue

Make your first open-source contribution

Good First Issue launched on February 9, 2020 with 167 votes, #114 of 3,162 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

What it does

Good First Issue is an initiative to curate beginner friendly issues from open source projects. We believe getting developers to fix low-hanging issues removes the barrier for future contributions.

Making your first open-source contribution is easier than you think. Good First Issue is a curated list of issues from popular open-source projects that you can easily fix. Start today!

Good First Issue curates easy pickings from popular open-source projects, and helps you make your first contribution tofrom goodfirstissue.dev

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