u/Human_Run1875

Hi everyone,

I’m a beginner-to-intermediate developer trying to start contributing to open source to improve my skills and understand how real projects are built.

One thing I’m struggling with is finding active repositories that are welcoming to newer contributors. A lot of projects I find are either:

• inactive
• too complex to get into
• missing beginner-friendly issues
• or I just don’t know how people discover good projects in the first place

How do you usually find open source repos to contribute to?

What signs tell you a repo is active and worth contributing to?
Do you use any GitHub filters, websites, Discord servers, or other methods?
Would appreciate if anyone can suggest
i really need to build my profile
Thank you