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Getting Started with Open Source

A beginner-friendly guide to making your first open source contribution.

By PhilaCon Valley · September 1, 2025

What is Open Source?

Open source means the code is publicly available for anyone to view, use, modify, and share. This website is open source!

Making Your First Contribution

  1. Find a project with a good first issue label
  2. Fork the repository
  3. Make your change
  4. Open a pull request

That’s it — you’re now an open source contributor.

Tags

#open-source #git #github #beginner

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