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Hacktoberfest 2023: The Complete Guide

πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ on September 22, 2023

Hacktoberfest is a great way to start with open-source development. But it can be daunting if you are a beginner or have never contributed to open ...
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Clerivaldo Junior β€’

Awesome article! Love to participate in the Hacktoberfest and you bring some really cool repos i didnt knew about, thanks a bunch!

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’

Thanks @clerijr | You can check out all the repositories. Give 'em a 🌟. And contribute

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Nathan Tarbert β€’ β€’ Edited

Very thorough article @srbhr!
I see BoxyHQ's in the list along with so many other amazing projects, that's awesome!

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’
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Pizofreude β€’

Bruv, I've been looking something like this for my upcoming open-source contribution in October. You rock!

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’

Thanks. There are many projects, check them all 🌟

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Pizofreude β€’

will do.

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Filipe Lima β€’

cool article 🦜

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’

You're welcome 🌸

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Prosper Otemuyiwa β€’

This is a great guide for folks to contribute during Hacktoberfest. Thanks for mentioning Novu.

We have amazing events and swags for contributors this year!!!

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’

Yes, Novu is really amazing!

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fast-d3v β€’

Awesome list. Thanks for creating this.

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’

You're welcome!

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Khairunnisaas β€’

LEEETTTSSS GOOOO!! this guide is awesome.... very usefull for open source newbie like me!

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Nevo David β€’

Ohh I see Novu!
So exciting!

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’

Thanks, Novu is really cool 🌟

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Chandan mahato β€’

Great article to get started for open source

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’

Thanks Chandan!

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Vedant β€’

thanks, @srbhr this was indeed very helpful.

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’

You're welcome @vedantjadhav258
I'm glad that you found this helpful.

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Matek β€’

Great, based on this article I contributed to hactoberfest repo.

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Sumit Saurabh β€’

This is quite comprehensive article Saurabh.

Thanks for including Novu in the list of repos. Looking forward to more from you.

Cheers! πŸŽ‰

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’

Thanks @sumitsaurabh927 ✨
I would also like you to check Swirl. And if we can come up with an awesome search+notifcation integration.

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Rika β€’

You made a very informative article. I cannot wait to participate in Hacktober! Thank you!

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’

You're welcome. You can checkout all the repositories I've mentioned. They have a community; join them all. And you'll get to know about a lot of things.

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Kiran Krishnan β€’

Impressive article, @srbhr! It's great to see BoxyHQ listed among many other outstanding projects!

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Sama β€’

@srbhr nice article! Great to see BoxyHQ in the list πŸ™Œ

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Deepak Prabhakara β€’

Great article @srbhr

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’

Thanks @deepakprab

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Ivy β€’

damn, I didn't know something like this exists.

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Hodden James β€’

Finally someone bringing all the things together for Hacktoberfest.

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Dustin Brett β€’

If only they still had the shirts I'd consider doing it again.

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Nevo David β€’

I mean, it's like a $10 shirt :O
Investing time on a contribution must be more than $10

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Dustin Brett β€’

Ya but I already contribute all the time. I don't see the need to find Hacktoberfest projects if it's just for some digital reward. I enjoyed the shirt and wore it proudly throughout every year.

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Nevo David β€’

Maybe you should try HackSquad πŸ˜‰
hacksquad.dev

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Dustin Brett β€’

Haha thanks! I hadn't heard of it, will check it out.

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Ran Cohen β€’

We also need help at Configu if someone want to jump in :)

What is it?
Configu is a simple, modern, and generic standard for managing and collaborating software configurations βš™οΈ. It is built to provide a common, flexible, and extensible process for storing, mutating, and orchestrating configuration data across different environments and systems.

How can you contribute?
Give us a 🌟 on GitHub and introduce yourself on Discord. Pick a "good first issue" and start coding.

Participating in Hacktoberfest: Yes βœ…
GitHub: github.com/configu/configu
Website: configu.com/
Discord: discord.com/invite/cjSBxnB9z8
Tech Stack: TypeScript, Python, GoLang, and others

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Henry22Conner β€’

Amazing article, thanks for sharing! I found some useful information here.

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πš‚πšŠπšžπš›πšŠπš‹πš‘ πšπšŠπš’ β€’

Thanks, Henry!