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Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source software in partnership with
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What you need to know
Event details
- Hacktoberfest is open to everyone in our global community!
- Pull requests can be made in any GitHub-hosted repositories/projects.
- You can sign up anytime between October 1 and October 31.
Rules
To get a shirt, you must make four pull requests between October 1–31 in any timezone. Pull requests can be to any public repo on GitHub, not just the ones we’ve highlighted. The pull request must contain commits you made yourself. Pull requests reported by maintainers as spam or that are automated will be marked as invalid and won’t count towards the shirt.
Hacktoberfest projects
You can contribute to any project on GitHub. Here's a few looking for some help:
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hugo Go
A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with love in GoLang.
3568 Slash issue in themesDir and similar settings -
woocommerce PHP
An open source eCommerce plugin for WordPress.
16970 Invalidate cart items when a product is updated -
Zappa Python
Serverless Python Web Services
1128 Deploy and Update from Local and S3-Hosted Zip Files -
pgweb Go
Cross-platform client for PostgreSQL databases
285 Add SQL keyword autocompletion -
choco C#
Chocolatey CLI
1021 Auth cred for downloads -
AdminBundle - The missing Symfony2 Admin Generator
4677 [RFC] Create new ActionMapper for batch action -
ninja-forms PHP
Ninja Forms is a form creation framework for WordPress.
3073 Recaptcha Fields showing/not showing randomly -
openebs Go
OpenEBS is containerized block storage written in Go for cloud native and other environments w/ per container (or pod) QoS SLAs, tiering and replica policies across AZs and envi...
367 Design, Build, and Document APIs of M-apiserver with Swagger -
saleor Python
An e-commerce storefront for Python and Django
592 Implement the Payment Request API -
mautic PHP
Mautic: Open Source Marketing Automation Software.
2788 activeLink is not set for Focus Items plugin - no active page indicator -
origami.js JavaScript
Powerful and Lightweight Library to create using HTML5 Canvas
54 [Image] Add filter options support -
coala Python
coala provides a unified command-line interface for linting and fixing all your code, regardless of the programming languages you use.
3267 Videos for newcomers doc -
todo.txt-android Java
Official Todo.txt Android app for managing your todo.txt file stored in Dropbox.
482 Version 2 -
grumphp PHP
A PHP code-quality tool
410 PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare info() -
ifme Ruby
Open source app to share mental health experiences with loved ones
649 Pull Requests HOWTO
Maintainers
How can my project get involved?
Apply the label ”Hacktoberfest” to issues in your GitHub project that are ready for new contributors to work on.
Here are tips for creating a good Hacktoberfest issue in your project:
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Add a
CONTRIBUTING.mdfile with contribution guidelines to your repo. - Choose issues that have a well-defined scope and are self-contained.
- Consider adopting a code of conduct to foster a greater sense of community.
- Check out First Timers Bot to help create simple contributor-friendly issues to help onboard people to your project.
A first time contribution is often more about learning the process than the code itself. Remember we were all new once!
If you receive “spammy” pull requests, please let us know by applying the “invalid” label.
Learn more about how you can attract more contributors by building a welcoming community →
Contributors
How can I get started?
Find an issue labeled Hacktoberfest, but remember you aren’t limited to those. Often the best project to contribute to is something you use or depend on every day.
Here are things to keep in mind when contributing:
- A contribution can be anything—fixing bugs, creating new features, or updating and writing documentation.
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Look for a repo’s
CONTRIBUTING.mdfile for contribution guidelines and instructions.
Still looking for an issue to work on? Find more that are up for grabs.
Have questions? Get in touch with our team by sending an email to hacktoberfest@digitalocean.com.
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