# zero-to-mastery/start-here-guidelines

Lets Git started in the world of opensource, starting in the Zero To Mastery's opensource playground. Especially designed for education and practical experience purposes.

Repository: https://github.com/zero-to-mastery/start-here-guidelines
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/start-here-guidelines
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: getting-started, giting-started, opensource-intro
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:09:24+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": 3153, "days_push": 7, "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 2894, forks 17393 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:28.653632+00:00)

## What it is
An educational playground repository from Zero To Mastery designed to teach beginners how to contribute to open source using Git and GitHub. It walks newcomers through forking, cloning, branching, committing, and submitting their first pull request.

## Use cases
- learn how to make my first pull request
- practice git fork and clone workflow
- get started contributing to open source
- find a beginner-friendly repo to practice git
- learn how to sync a fork with upstream
- teach students the github contribution workflow

## When to choose
- you are a complete beginner to Git and GitHub
- you want a safe playground to practice open-source contributions
- you are following a Zero To Mastery course and need hands-on Git practice

## When to avoid
- you need production-ready software or a reusable tool
- you are already comfortable with Git and pull request workflows
- you need a project with a license for reuse

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

## Member repositories
- zero-to-mastery/start-here-guidelines (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.653632+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 2026-08-30T07:35:18.649487+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zero-to-mastery/start-here-guidelines (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.653632+00:00, sha ad780b3d11df)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.