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Getting started with open source contributions for beginners

GitHub — May 11, 2026 — tutorial

Why watch

An official GitHub beginner series episode explaining how to make your first open source contribution. Viewers learn what open source software is, how to find beginner-friendly projects on GitHub, how to read repository structure and documentation, and the step-by-step workflow of forking a repo and creating a pull request. Ideal for developers new to version control and open source collaboration.