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title: Finding ways to contribute to open source on GitHub
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intro: 'You can find ways to contribute to open source projects on {% data variables.product.product_name %} that are relevant to you.'
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redirect_from:
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- /articles/where-can-i-find-open-source-projects-to-work-on/
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- /articles/finding-interesting-projects-on-github/
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- /articles/about-official-github-mirrors/
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- /articles/about-github-mirrors/
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- /articles/finding-open-source-projects-on-github
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- /github/getting-started-with-github/finding-open-source-projects-on-github
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versions:
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free-pro-team: '*'
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topics:
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- open source
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---
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### Discovering relevant projects
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If there's a particular topic that interests you, visit `github.com/topics/<topic>`. For example, if you are interested in machine learning, you can find relevant projects and good first issues by visiting https://github.com/topics/machine-learning. You can browse popular topics by visiting [Topics](https://github.com/topics). You can also search for repositories that match a topic you're interested in. For more information, see "[Searching for repositories](/articles/searching-for-repositories#search-by-topic)."
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If you've been active on {% data variables.product.product_name %}, you can find personalized recommendations for projects and good first issues based on your past contributions, stars, and other activities in [Explore](https://github.com/explore). You can also sign up for the Explore newsletter to receive emails about opportunities to contribute to {% data variables.product.product_name %} based on your interests. To sign up, see [Explore email newsletter](https://github.com/explore/subscribe).
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Keep up with recent activity from repositories you watch and people you follow in the "All activity" section of your personal dashboard. For more information, see "[About your personal dashboard](/articles/about-your-personal-dashboard)."
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{% data reusables.support.ask-and-answer-forum %}
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### Finding good first issues
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If you already know what project you want to work on, you can find beginner-friendly issues in that repository by visiting `github.com/<owner>/<repository>/contribute`. For an example, you can find ways to make your first contribution to `electron/electron` at https://github.com/electron/electron/contribute.
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### Open source projects with mirrors on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}
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Some open-source projects provide mirrors on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} in addition to their official repositories, which are hosted elsewhere.
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Here are a few prominent repositories that are mirrored on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}:
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- [Android Open Source Project](https://github.com/aosp-mirror)
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- [The Apache Software Foundation](https://github.com/apache)
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- [The Chromium Project](https://github.com/chromium)
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- [Eclipse Foundation](https://github.com/eclipse)
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- [The FreeBSD Project](https://github.com/freebsd)
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- [Glasgow Haskell Compiler](https://github.com/ghc)
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- [GNOME](https://github.com/GNOME)
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- [Linux kernel source tree](https://github.com/torvalds/linux)
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- [Qt](https://github.com/qt)
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To set up your own mirror, you can configure [a post-receive hook](https://git-scm.com/book/en/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks) on your official project repository to automatically push commits to a mirror repository on {% data variables.product.product_name %}.
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You can search repositories based on whether they're a mirror. To learn more, see "[Searching for repositories](/articles/searching-for-repositories/#search-based-on-whether-a-repository-is-a-mirror)."
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### Further reading
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- "[Classifying your repository with topics](/articles/classifying-your-repository-with-topics)"
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- "[About your organization dashboard](/articles/about-your-organization-dashboard)"
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