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* Fix the broken Android mirror link The AOSP mirror was moved some years ago, and was no longer github.com/android but rather github.com/aosp-mirror. The github.com/android organization nowadays is not a mirror. * Change names of repo links to match actual names I've updated the linked names of the repos to match the names of the repos that are displayed when you click through to them. Co-authored-by: hubwriter <hubwriter@github.com>
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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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---
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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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