Your first pull request starts here.

A beginner's guide to open source, built by NIT Rourkela students. Learn the words, the commands, and the steps, then improve this site with your own contribution.

Find a first issue Open the cheat sheet

The path every contribution takes. Select a step to see what it means.

What's inside

Cheat sheet

The Git commands you need for your first contribution, with plain explanations.

Glossary

Fork, branch, pull request: every word you will hear, explained simply.

Resources

Hand-picked guides, games, and places to find beginner-friendly issues.

Make your first contribution

This site is open source too. Every page here can be improved by you.

Pick an issueFind one labeled good first issue and comment to ask for it.
Make your changeFork the repo, clone your fork, create a branch, and edit the file the issue mentions.
Check itRun node scripts/validate.js and open the site locally to see your change.
Open a pull requestPush your branch and open a PR that says Closes # with the issue number.

Read the full contributing guide