Rohan Sharma

Posted on Oct 7 • Edited on Oct 9

Top open-source repos/projects to contribute (Hacktoberfest Edition 🎃)

#opensource #hacktoberfest #programming #github

And we all know Hacktoberfest has already started. You might be looking for some repos/projects to contribute. Finding correct repos are very hard. And it becomes more harder if you're a repo-specific person!

By the way, there's not only hacktoberfest but we have other programs too! A curated list of all the top 10 open-source programs is listed in my blog, you can read it here:

10 upcoming Open-Source events you can not miss!! 🦚

Rohan Sharma ・ Sep 13

#opensource #productivity #github #learning

In this blog, I'll be talking about some top repos to contribute. Some of them may even award you with swags. But remember, SWAG MUST NOT BE THE REASON FOR YOU TO CONTRIBUTE IN THE FIRST PLACE. Please, do not spam for the sake of swags.

So, 3️⃣... 2️⃣... 1️⃣... Let's goooooooo! 🟢

1️⃣ Quira Hacktoberfest with MindsDB 🐻‍❄️

In case, if you don't know about Quira, then read this BLOG, and register now!!

MindsDB is an open-source platform that helps developers build custom AI solutions with their data. Since its inception, MindsDB has actively supported Hacktoberfest and the open-source community.

This October, MindsDB is introducing a special challenge that rewards both new and existing contributors with official MindsDB swag, and a prize draw of 3 Razor Blade 16 gaming laptops + some other roles! 💚

You can contribute to the following issues:

Improve knowledge base integrations
Improve integrations
Build an SDK (Golang, js, ruby, rust, C#, java, Cli)
Fix bugs
Perform testing

If you want to know more, read the DETAILS HERE.

Plus, participating in this quest will make you also eligible for the Minds DB Hacktoberfest.

Github issues: https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb/issues

Tech Stack: python (mainly). For SDKs, you can prefer Golang, js, ruby, rust, C#, java, Cli.

2️⃣ Mattermost 🐦‍⬛

Mattermost is an open-source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle. This repo is the primary source for core development on the Mattermost platform; it's written in Go and React and runs as a single Linux binary with MySQL or PostgreSQL. A new compiled version is released under an MIT license every month on the 16th.

Github issues: https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/issues (they add a bunch of issues for all difficulty levels. That's the most interesting thing about this repo.)

Tech Stack: TypeScript, Golang

Mattermost is also celebrating the 11th iteration of the Hacktoberfest. Check out his blog post to get your 1st mattermost holopin badge: Mattermost Hacktoberfest 2024.

3️⃣ Kong 🦍

Kong or Kong API Gateway is a cloud-native, platform-agnostic, scalable API Gateway distinguished for its high performance and extensibility via plugins. It also provides advanced AI capabilities with multi-LLM support.

By providing functionality for proxying, routing, load balancing, health checking, authentication (and more), Kong serves as the central layer for orchestrating microservices or conventional API traffic with ease.

Kong runs natively on Kubernetes thanks to its official Kubernetes Ingress Controller.

Tech Stack: Lua, Perl, Raku, Starlark, Shell, Python

Github issues: https://github.com/Kong/kong/issues

4️⃣ Taipy 🪡

Taipy is designed for data scientists and machine learning engineers to build data & AI web applications.

⭐️ Enables building production-ready web applications.
⭐️ No need to learn new languages. Only Python is needed.
⭐️ Concentrate on Data and AI algorithms without development and deployment complexities.

Github issues: https://github.com/Avaiga/taipy/issues

Tech Stack: python, typscript

Here's HACKTOBERFEST 2024 with TAIPY with all the details you want to know.

5️⃣ AppWrite ✒️

AppWrite is an end-to-end backend server for Web, Mobile, Native, or Backend apps packaged as a set of Docker microservices. Appwrite abstracts the complexity and repetitiveness required to build a modern backend API from scratch and allows you to build secure apps faster.

Using Appwrite, you can easily integrate your app with user authentication and multiple sign-in methods, a database for storing and querying users and team data, storage and file management, image manipulation, Cloud Functions, and more services.

Github issues: https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/issues

Tech Stack: TypeScript, php

AppWrite conducting its own AppWrite Hacktoberfest 2024 hackathon_ with some great rewards!

List of Other Cool Projects 🌠✨

Let me create a table to make it easier for you. 🌱

Project	Tech Stack	Link	Rewards
Auth0 by Okta	many	Featured projects	Limited edition T-shirt
Ballerina	`Java`, `TypeScript`, `PowerSheel`	Ballerina Github issues	Swag from Ballerina Swag store
Kubernetes	`Go`, `Shell`	K8 Github issues	-
Cloudinary	many	Official SDKs and Community SDKs	T-shirt, Stickers, Cloudinary unicorn
Composio	`Python`, `JavaScript`, `TypeScript`	Composio Github issues	Stickers, T-shirt
Copilokit	`TypeScript`, `React`	Copilokit Github issues	Copilokit Swag
DocsGPT	`Python`, `TypeScript`	DocsGPT Github issues	Stickers, T-shirt
Hiero	many	Hiero Github issues	T-shirt
Tolgee	`Kotlin`, `TypeScript`	Tolgee Github issues	Stickers, Socks, T-shirts
HyperSwitch	`Rust`, `JavaScript`	HyperSwitch Github issues	Stickers, T-shirt, and/or hoodie
Configu	`Rust`, `JavaScript`	Configu Github issues	T-shirt and/or Beer Glass
LLMWare	`Python`	LLMWare Github issues	-
Crawlee for Python	`Python`, `JavaScript`	Crawlee Github issues	Sticker Sheet and Hoodie
Postiz	`TypeScript`	Postiz Github issues	T-shirt
LangFuse	`TypeScript`	LangFuse Github issues	Stickers and T-shirt
Multiwoven	`Ruby`, `TypeScript`	Multiwoven Github issues	Merch and certificate of contribution
Instill AI	`Go`, `TypeScript`	Instill AI Github issues	Instill AI swag

Moving to the end... 🥹

Tell me your excitement level in the comment section 👇

The only Prerequisite is you must know "how to make open-source contributions?". Otherwise, you won't be able to do anything. Go through this wonderful blog written by @fernandezbaptiste titled "Contribute to Open Source in the next 10 min - Step by Step [Beginner Edition] 🦾".

If you're a visual learner then go with the below video that will tell you the basics of open-source contributions. This video is made by me and I tried to explain in as short as I could!