What is the hottest OSS software I should contribute to

Question

I mostly program in Go, Java and C++ (been a while since i used C++). I have a lot of spare time with the lockdown situation and would like to use the time to contribute more to open source. I already contributed some small fixes/features to projects like terraform or gogen-avro but would like to do more. I would like a friendly project where I can learn fast or where the community is able to get you to speed.Any suggestions?

morceauxdebois · Accepted Answer

Matrix, there's a very real chance that a FOSS, E2E, federated messaging service can topple all the proprietary market giants. It's fully featured and just needs some polish to fully enter mass adoption.

kxh6 · Answer

Could we create like a hiring thread for floss contribution? I already asked about this yesterday but since my account is new it got marked as dead.

Dahoon · Answer

Wouldn't it be better to contribute to something totally uncool instead since those projects are more in need of developers? Something like libraries maybe. If you are new(ish) there's a helpful site here:https://www.firsttimersonly.com/

diehunde · Answer

Question for people who contribute: how do you familiarize yourself with the project at the beginning? I'm talking about the actual source code. Do you have any strategy to start? Maybe debugging API calls, or study single files? Thanks.

notRobot · Answer

The Tor project. Millions of users who care about their privacy or live in oppressed regimes rely on it for unrestricted access to the internet.https://www.torproject.org/

neo2006 · Answer

I found out this github repo that label first timer issues. https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners

fullito · Answer

I thought about looking for projects which are open source and used very very often but are totally boring like image libraries, encryption etc.Then doing performance analysis and optimization.

itm · Answer

I guess your best bet to keep motivation on the long term is to contribute to projects your are using daily.

verdverm · Answer

I'll post our project here, we have some good open issues they are pretty easy and help to know the code base.
It's a code generation framework written in Go and uses https://cuelang.org which we believe is an up and comer.
https://github.com/hofstadter-io/hof

What is the hottest OSS software I should contribute to

Matrix, there's a very real chance that a FOSS, E2E, federated messaging service can topple all the proprietary market giants. It's fully featured and just needs some polish to fully enter mass adoption.

Could we create like a hiring thread for floss contribution? I already asked about this yesterday but since my account is new it got marked as dead.

Wouldn't it be better to contribute to something totally uncool instead since those projects are more in need of developers? Something like libraries maybe. If you are new(ish) there's a helpful site here:
https://www.firsttimersonly.com/

Question for people who contribute: how do you familiarize yourself with the project at the beginning? I'm talking about the actual source code. Do you have any strategy to start? Maybe debugging API calls, or study single files? Thanks.

The Tor project. Millions of users who care about their privacy or live in oppressed regimes rely on it for unrestricted access to the internet.
https://www.torproject.org/

I found out this github repo that label first timer issues. https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners

I thought about looking for projects which are open source and used very very often but are totally boring like image libraries, encryption etc.
Then doing performance analysis and optimization.

I guess your best bet to keep motivation on the long term is to contribute to projects your are using daily.

I'll post our project here, we have some good open issues they are pretty easy and help to know the code base.
It's a code generation framework written in Go and uses https://cuelang.org which we believe is an up and comer.
https://github.com/hofstadter-io/hof

What is the hottest OSS software I should contribute to

Matrix, there's a very real chance that a FOSS, E2E, federated messaging service can topple all the proprietary market giants. It's fully featured and just needs some polish to fully enter mass adoption.

Could we create like a hiring thread for floss contribution? I already asked about this yesterday but since my account is new it got marked as dead.

Wouldn't it be better to contribute to something totally uncool instead since those projects are more in need of developers? Something like libraries maybe. If you are new(ish) there's a helpful site here:https://www.firsttimersonly.com/

Question for people who contribute: how do you familiarize yourself with the project at the beginning? I'm talking about the actual source code. Do you have any strategy to start? Maybe debugging API calls, or study single files? Thanks.

The Tor project. Millions of users who care about their privacy or live in oppressed regimes rely on it for unrestricted access to the internet.https://www.torproject.org/

I found out this github repo that label first timer issues. https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners

I thought about looking for projects which are open source and used very very often but are totally boring like image libraries, encryption etc.Then doing performance analysis and optimization.

I guess your best bet to keep motivation on the long term is to contribute to projects your are using daily.

I'll post our project here, we have some good open issues they are pretty easy and help to know the code base.It's a code generation framework written in Go and uses https://cuelang.org which we believe is an up and comer.https://github.com/hofstadter-io/hof

Wouldn't it be better to contribute to something totally uncool instead since those projects are more in need of developers? Something like libraries maybe. If you are new(ish) there's a helpful site here:
https://www.firsttimersonly.com/

The Tor project. Millions of users who care about their privacy or live in oppressed regimes rely on it for unrestricted access to the internet.
https://www.torproject.org/

I thought about looking for projects which are open source and used very very often but are totally boring like image libraries, encryption etc.
Then doing performance analysis and optimization.

I'll post our project here, we have some good open issues they are pretty easy and help to know the code base.
It's a code generation framework written in Go and uses https://cuelang.org which we believe is an up and comer.
https://github.com/hofstadter-io/hof