Hacktoberfest: Code for Good with DPGA and GitHub Education

[morganersery1]

Join the Digital Public Goods Alliance, GitHub Education and Social Impact to make change through Open Source projects during Hacktoberfest. Explore a Digital Public Good’s live demos, learn how to use GitHub Copilot to start contributing, and make a meaningful open source contribution.

Tips and Ways to get started with Open Source

• Start with community: learn about how open source is managed, documented, governed via the guides on https://opensource.guide/
• Use GitHub to share your project with the world. Learn more about the platform https://github.blog/developer-skills/github/github-for-beginners-your-roadmap-to-mastering-the-github-essentials/
• Understand licenses: you aren't open source unless you have an open source license https://opensource.guide/legal/
• Be grounded in security: learn about the built in GitHub platform tools to make sure what you (and your LLM) build are safe and can be more trusted by your users. nice tools from the GH Security Lab like https://github.com/GitHubSecurityLab/gh-secure

Code for Good Hacktoberfest Contest

Only verified students may enter the contest. To enter the raffle you must get verified as a student via GitHub Education, if you aren’t already, and contribute to one of the 10 listed projects between 10/14 and 10/31 following a given projects contribution guidelines.

To enter into the raffle, students must link to their contribution in this form. There is a limit of 1 submission per person. GitHub Education and Social Impact will randomly select entries and provide GitHub Copilot Pro coupons to 10 participants for 3 months of access. We will reply to entries by November 18.

• fireform-core/FireForm - A tool to streamline documentational overhead for emergency departments.
• rubyforgood/casa - Volunteer management system for nonprofit CASA, which serves foster youth in counties across America.
• cboard-org/cboard - Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system with text-to-speech for the browser
• openfoodfacts/smooth-app - A collaborative, free and open database of food products from around the world.
• medic/cht-core - Make it faster to build responsive, offline-first digital health apps that equip health workers to provide better care in their communities
• the-turing-way/the-turing-way - An open source, open collaboration and community-driven guide on data science.
• CodeYourFuture/curriculum - A free collaboratively developed open source software development programme, with tracks in product, web development, and systems engineering
• penpot/penpot - The first open-source design and prototyping platform that enables true collaboration between designers and developers.
• OpenFn/lightning - a DPG and DPI building block that governments use to manage complex service/workflow automation and data integration projects.
• LaSuite Docs/Meet/Drive - Drives empowers teams to securely store, share, and collaborate on files while maintaining full control over their data through a user-friendly, open-source platform.

For more projects check out https://forgoodfirstissue.github.com/ !

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[gurjaraditipatel-blip]

Thanks for sharing this opportunity! It's great to see GitHub supporting students and open-source contributions. Looking forward to participating! 🚀

[chaitalimahajan062-pixel]

Thank you for organizing this initiative! I'm excited to explore open-source projects, learn from the community, and contribute to meaningful projects. This is a great opportunity for students to improve their skills and make a positive impact through open source. Looking forward to participating in Hacktoberfest! 🚀

[chaitalimahajan062-pixel]

Thank you for organizing this initiative! I'm excited to explore open-source projects, learn from the community, and contribute to meaningful projects. This is a great opportunity for students to improve their skills and make a positive impact through open source. Looking forward to participating in Hacktoberfest! 🚀

[chaitalimahajan062-pixel]

Thank you for sharing this initiative! I'm excited to explore open-source projects and contribute to meaningful projects during Hacktoberfest. This is a great opportunity for students to learn, collaborate, and improve their development skills. Looking forward to participating! 🚀

[Itsabhishek7py]

Thank you so much for sharing this amazing opportunity! 🙌❤️ It’s wonderful to see GitHub empowering students and encouraging open-source contributions. Truly appreciate the efforts behind making such opportunities accessible to the student community. Excited to participate, learn, contribute, and grow with the open-source ecosystem! 🚀💻✨