How to Find a Beginner-Friendly Open-Source Issue to Work On
A free, tested script that searches GitHub’s live API for open good-first-issue issues, optionally filtered by language.
GitHub & Open-Source Tools
Contribute to open source with confidence: licenses, pull requests, good first issues and project health checks.
How to Check If an Open-Source Project Is Actually Still Maintained
A free script that checks any public GitHub repo for 3 real signs of active maintenance, tested against a live active project and a live archived one.
How to Fork a GitHub Repo and Submit Your First Pull Request
A beginner’s step-by-step walkthrough of forking a repo, branching, committing and opening your first real pull request on GitHub, free, with a pre-submission checklist.
GitHub Copilot can now interact with desktop apps with computer use
GitHub Copilot has added the ability to interact with desktop applications using computer use capabilities.