# Open Source Handbook | Projects For All Skill Levels

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# Open Source Handbook

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## Who this is for

Open Source Handbook is a resource for people of **all skill and experience levels** who want to learn about open source and save time finding projects!

## Intro

- **Background**
  - [Popularity of open source](https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/07/tracking-the-explosive-growth-of-open-source-software/)
  - Why contribute to open source?
    - Contribute to projects you care about
    - Join a community of developers
    - Make your résumé stand out
      - Show passion outside of school or work
      - Learn new skills and technologies

    - [More reasons](https://github.com/open-source)

- **Getting Started**
  - Git/GitHub
    - [Git tutorial](https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1)
      - [Hello World project](https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/)

    - [GitHub Help](https://help.github.com/)
    - [GitHub Resources](https://resources.github.com/all/)
    - [GitHub Student Developer Pack](https://education.github.com/pack)
      - [Apply](https://help.github.com/articles/applying-for-a-student-developer-pack/)

    - [How to fork repos & make pull requests](https://gist.github.com/Chaser324/ce0505fbed06b947d962)

  - Finding Projects
    - [Beginner projects](https://github.com/showcases/great-for-new-contributors)
    - [Beginner projects (more!)](https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners)
    - [Searching GitHub](https://help.github.com/articles/finding-open-source-projects-on-github/)

## Collections

- **Collections by Category**
  - [Android development](https://f-droid.org/)
  - Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    - [Computer Vision](https://github.com/jbhuang0604/awesome-computer-vision)
    - [Datasets](https://github.com/awesomedata/awesome-public-datasets/blob/master/README.rst)
    - [Machine Learning](https://github.com/josephmisiti/awesome-machine-learning)
    - [Natural Language Processing (NLP)](https://github.com/keon/awesome-nlp)

  - [Audio visualization](https://github.com/willianjusten/awesome-audio-visualization)
  - [Big data](https://github.com/shainakrumme/open-source-handbook/blob/master/categories/big-data.md)
    - [Datasets](https://github.com/awesomedata/awesome-public-datasets/blob/master/README.rst)

  - [Frameworks](https://github.com/topics/framework)
  - [Gaming](https://gist.github.com/roachhd/d579b58148d7e36a6b72)
  - [iOS development](https://github.com/dkhamsing/open-source-ios-apps/blob/master/APPSTORE.md#apple-watch)
    - [ARKit](https://github.com/olucurious/Awesome-ARKit)
    - [Core ML models](https://github.com/SwiftBrain/awesome-CoreML-models)
    - [Objective-C apps](https://github.com/shainakrumme/open-source-handbook/blob/master/categories/objective-c.md)
    - [Swift apps](https://github.com/shainakrumme/open-source-handbook/blob/master/categories/swift.md)
    - [Swift Playgrounds](https://github.com/uraimo/Awesome-Swift-Playgrounds)

  - [Security](https://github.com/topics/security)
  - Web development
    - [Front-end tools and resources](https://github.com/MilanAryal/web-development-resources)
    - [GitHub Pages](https://github.com/shainakrumme/open-source-handbook/blob/master/categories/github-pages.md)

[return to top](https://github.com/shainakrumme/open-source-handbook/blob/master/README.md)

- **[GitHub-curated Collections](https://github.com/collections)**
  - [Clean code linters](https://github.com/collections/clean-code-linters)
  - [Design essentials](https://github.com/collections/design-essentials)
  - [DevOps tools](https://github.com/collections/devops-tools)
  - [Front-end JavaScript frameworks](https://github.com/collections/front-end-javascript-frameworks)
  - [Game Engines](https://github.com/collections/game-engines)
  - [Getting started with machine learning](https://github.com/collections/machine-learning)
  - [GitHub Browser Extensions](https://github.com/collections/github-browser-extensions)
  - [GitHub Pages examples](https://github.com/collections/github-pages-examples)
  - [Government apps](https://github.com/collections/government)
  - [Hacking Minecraft](https://github.com/collections/hacking-minecraft)
  - [How to choose (and contribute to) your first open source project](https://github.com/collections/choosing-projects)
  - [JavaScript Game Engines](https://github.com/collections/javascript-game-engines)
  - [Keeping user data safe](https://github.com/collections/protect-user-data)
  - [Learn to Code](https://github.com/collections/learn-to-code)
  - [Made in Africa](https://github.com/collections/made-in-africa)
  - [Music](https://github.com/collections/music)
  - [Open data](https://github.com/collections/open-data)
  - [Open journalism](https://github.com/collections/open-journalism)
  - [Open source organizations](https://github.com/collections/open-source-organizations)
  - [Policies](https://github.com/collections/policies)
  - [Programming languages](https://github.com/collections/programming-languages)
  - [Projects that power GitHub](https://github.com/collections/projects-that-power-github)
  - [Social Impact](https://github.com/collections/social-impact)
  - [Software Defined Radio](https://github.com/collections/software-defined-radio)
  - [Software development tools](https://github.com/collections/software-development-tools)
  - [Software in science](https://github.com/collections/software-in-science)
  - [Software productivity tools](https://github.com/collections/productivity-tools)
  - [Text editors](https://github.com/collections/text-editors)
  - [Tools for Open Source](https://github.com/collections/tools-for-open-source)
  - [Web accessibility](https://github.com/collections/web-accessibility)
  - [Web games](https://github.com/collections/web-games)

- **Trending by Language**
  - [All Languages](https://github.com/trending)
  - [C++](https://github.com/trending/c++)
  - [CSS](https://github.com/trending/css)
  - [HTML](https://github.com/trending/html)
  - [JavaScript](https://github.com/trending/javascript)
  - [Python](https://github.com/trending/python)
  - [Ruby](https://github.com/trending/ruby)
  - [Swift 📱](https://github.com/trending/swift)
  - [Unknown languages](https://github.com/trending/unknown)

## Open Source Internships, Competitions, and Careers

- [Internships and Competitions](https://github.com/tapaswenipathak/Open-Source-Programs)
- [Careers](https://github.com/t9tio/open-source-jobs)

## GitHub:

[https://github.com/shainakrumme/open-source-handbook](https://github.com/shainakrumme/open-source-handbook)