How to choose (and contribute to) your first open source project

New to open source? Here’s how to find projects that need help and start making impactful contributions.

Clean code linters

Make sure your code matches your style guide with these essential code linters.

Open journalism

See how publications and data-driven journalists use open source to power their newsroom and ensure information is reported fairly and accurately.

Design essentials

This collection of design libraries are the best on the web, and will complete your toolset for designing stunning products.

Music

Drop the code bass with these musically themed repositories.

Government apps

Sites, apps, and tools built by governments across the world to make government work better, together. Read more at https://government.github.com

DevOps tools

These tools help you manage servers and deploy happier and more often with more confidence.

Front-end JavaScript frameworks

While the number of ways to organize JavaScript is almost infinite, here are some tools that help you build single-page applications.

GitHub Browser Extensions

Some useful and fun browser extensions to personalize your GitHub browser experience.

GitHub Pages examples

Fine examples of projects using GitHub Pages (https://pages.github.com).

Hacking Minecraft

Minecraft is a game about building blocks, but it doesn’t end there. Take Minecraft further with some of the projects below, or dive into the code mines and hammer your own!

JavaScript Game Engines

Learn or level up your 1337 gamedev skills and build amazing games together for web, desktop, or mobile using these HTML5 / JavaScript game engines.

Learn to Code

Resources to help people learn to code

Getting started with machine learning

Today, machine learning—the study of algorithms that make data-based predictions—has found a new audience and a new set of possibilities.

Made in Africa

Developers in Africa use open source technology to solve some of the world's most intractable problems and grow their business ecosystems. Here's a snapshot of local projects across the continent.

Net neutrality

Software, research, and organizations protecting the free and open internet.

Open data

Examples of using GitHub to store, publish, and collaborate on open, machine-readable datasets

Open source organizations

A showcase of organizations showcasing their open source projects.

Policies

From federal governments to corporations to student clubs, groups of all sizes are using GitHub to share, discuss, and improve laws. *Ask not what the repository can do for you...*

Software productivity tools

Build software faster with fewer headaches, using these tools and tricks.