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I am planning to list some good and beginner friendly open source programs and their timelines

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Open-Source-Programs

I am planning to list some good and beginner friendly open source programs and their timelines

Program Name Details Duration TimeLine Rewards
Season of KDE 3 month-long Open Source Program. 13-Jan to 9th April Timeline Certificate & Swags
JGEC WINTER OF CODE 1 month Open Source Program. 21-Jan to 19th February Timeline Certificate & Swags
Girlscript Summer of Code 3 month long Open Source program during summers conducted by GirlScript Foundation 1st March- 31st May TimeLine Cash Prize to top 3
T-shirts and Swags to top 50
Summer of Innovation 3 month long Summer of Innovation by OSS IIT Dharwad 6-May to 28th July Timeline Certificate & Swags
Bountiful Open Source Summer (BOSS) 4 month long Open Source program 15-May to 15th Aug Timeline The prizes are subject to the student having collected a minimum of 1000 bounty points.
Google Summer of Code 3 month long Open Source program conducted by Google Summer of Code 1-June to 24th Aug Timeline Google Summer of Code will provide minimum 3000 USD Stipend and maximum 6000 USD Stipend depending on your country and certificate at the end.
LetsGrowMore Summer Of Code (LGMSOC) 1 month Open Source program 10-June to 10th July Timeline Swags
PClub Summer Of Code 2 month long Open Source program during summers conducted by Programming Club, UIET 3-July to 31st August Timeline Certificates
DevIncept 30-Day Contribution Program 10-July to 10th Aug Timeline Certificates and Swags
GirlScript Winter of Contributing (GWOC) GirlScript Winter of Contributing is a three-month newly established initiative by GirlScript Foundation 1st Aug-1st Dec TimeLine Cash Prize to top contributors and Certificates and Swags
Hacktoberfest Open source is changing the world - one pull request at a time. 1 Oct-31st Oct TimeLine T-shirt
Delta Winter of Code (DWoC) DWoC is a winter long program organised by Delta Force, the coding club of NIT Trichy. 18 Oct-31 Jan TimeLine Certificates and Swags
NJACK Winter of Code NWoC (NJACK Winter of Code) is a program by NJACK (The Official Computer Science Club of IIT Patna) 22 Oct - 10 Jan TimeLine Swags
Script Winter of Code SWOC Script Winter of Code is an open-source program envisioned by the Script Foundation. 1 nov-15 march TimeLine perks and opportunities.
Winter of Code Winter of Code is a program aimed to increase participation for the Google Summer of Code program among students in colleges and universities. Nov-Jan TimeLine Exclusive Schwags
DevScript Winter of Code 2020 Winter of Code is an open-source program envisioned by DevScript that helps understand the paradigm of Open Source contribution. Nov-March TimeLine Swags
NJACK Winter of Code(NWoC) 1 month Open Source program by NJACK, IIT Patna 1-Dec to 6th January Timeline Certificates
Kharagpur Winter of Code (KWoC) 1 month Open Source program by IIT Kharagpur 6-Dec to 4th January Timeline Certificates
Winter of Code 1 month-long programming project with an open-source organization. 7-Dec to 5th January Timeline Swags

How to start with open source and raise your 1st PR

  • fork the repository


  • clone the repository using Git command


      git clone https://github.com/{github_username}/Open-Source-Programs.git

  • move to the newly created folder using Git command
      cd Open-Source-Programs/

  • open in your text editor

  • make a new branch and then make the changes.
    For making new branch , use this Git command
      git checkout -b {new branch name}

  • check your changes using command
      git status

  • save your changes by using command
      git add .

  • commit your changes using command
      git commit -m "your_commit_message"

  • to push your changes to github. Use command
      git push origin new_branch_name

Raising Your 1st PR

  • After pushing your code, go to the forked repository. There you will see change like this.

  • click on compare and pull request. Such page will appear. Write meaningfull message and title which describes your changes

  • click on create pull request.

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