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This site exists to help you make the most of Hacktoberfest, which typically occurs on GitHub during the month of October. Information for the current year is typically available on the Hacktoberfest website.

Hacktoberfest: A HOWTO

Here are some best practices for creating issues that encourage people to give useful PRs in response. Because Hacktoberfest is a unique time of year that brings new folks to open source repositories, take special care to minimize confusion and frustration.

This repo contains tips for two sets of folks:

  • Repo owners that create issues and handle incoming pull requests
  • Hacktoberfest participants that want to use the allure of an evolving digital badge to try out contributing to open source.

HOWTO - Contributors

HOWTO - Maintainers