# firstcontributions/first-contributions

🚀✨ Help beginners to contribute to open source projects

Repository: https://github.com/firstcontributions/first-contributions
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/first-contributions
Homepage: https://firstcontributions.github.io
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: open-source, tutorial, contribution, beginner, beginner-friendly, contributions-welcome, good-first-issue, contribute, good-first-contribution, good-first-pr
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:35:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3634, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 55687, forks 108445 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:18.407395+00:00)

## What it is
A hands-on tutorial project that guides complete beginners through making their first open source contribution on GitHub in minutes. It provides a friendly practice repository where users learn forking, branching, pull requests, and Git basics by actually contributing.

## Use cases
- learn how to make my first open source contribution
- practice creating a pull request on github
- learn git and github basics as a beginner
- find good first issues to contribute to
- teach students how open source contribution works
- get started with hacktoberfest

## When to choose
- you have never contributed to open source and want a safe, guided practice repo
- you want to learn the fork-branch-pull-request workflow hands-on
- you are a mentor or educator introducing newcomers to Git and GitHub

## When to avoid
- you are already comfortable with Git and pull request workflows
- you need a production software library or tool
- you want deep Git tutorials beyond basic contribution flow

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: education, version-control, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: open-source, beginner-friendly, git, github, tutorial, first-contribution, hacktoberfest, community, web

## Member repositories
- firstcontributions/first-contributions (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.407395+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 2026-08-29T16:18:57.698031+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/firstcontributions/first-contributions (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.407395+00:00, sha 228429f768d3)
  - homepage: https://firstcontributions.github.io (fetched 2026-08-28T18:04:33.783123+00:00, sha 6eea46aba603)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.