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Hacktoberfest 2016 at a glance

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Featured Projects

You can contribute to any project on GitHub. If you need help finding one, here's a few we love:

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What you need to know

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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. Pull requests can be to any public repo on GitHub, not just the ones we've highlighted. Pull requests reported by maintainers as spam or that are automated will be marked as invalid and won’t count towards the shirt.

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Resources

Useful Tips

Here are things to keep in mind when contributing:

  • A contribution can be anything—fixing bugs, creating new features, or updating and writing documentation.
  • Look for a repo's CONTRIBUTING.md file for contribution guidelines and instructions.

Here are tips for creating a good Hacktoberfest issue in your project:

  • Add a CONTRIBUTING.md file with contribution guidelines to your repo.
  • Choose issues that have a well-defined scope and are self-contained.
  • They should serve as good introductions to the codebase.
  • Consider adopting a code of conduct to foster a greater sense of community.

Have questions?

Get in touch with our team by sending an email to hacktoberfest@digitalocean.com.

Getting Started

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