# MunGell/awesome-for-beginners

A list of awesome beginners-friendly projects.

Repository: https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-for-beginners
License Family: other
Topics: awesome, beginner-project, awesome-list, list, beginners-friendly
Last push: 2026-07-25T07:00:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3966, "days_push": 39, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 88745, forks 7985 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:23.107105+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of open-source projects that offer beginner-friendly contribution opportunities, typically labeled 'good first issue' or 'first-timers-only'. It organizes projects by programming language and links maintainers with newcomers making their first pull requests.

## Use cases
- find open source projects to contribute to as a beginner
- where to make my first pull request on github
- good first issue projects by language
- how to start contributing to open source
- beginner-friendly repos for python or javascript
- list of projects welcoming first-time contributors

## When to choose
- you are new to open source and want a first contribution
- you want to browse beginner-friendly projects filtered by language
- you maintain a project and want to attract first-time contributors

## When to avoid
- you need tooling or a library rather than a directory of links
- you are an experienced contributor seeking complex issues
- you need tutorials on how to code rather than where to contribute

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, awesome-lists, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, beginner-friendly, open-source-contribution, first-pull-request, good-first-issue, curated-list

## Member repositories
- MunGell/awesome-for-beginners (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:23.107105+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:13:52.747998+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:23.107105+00:00, sha f030795d053b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.