Expand your open source contributions during Hacktoberfest 2022
Give back to open source projects during the month of October! This year, we’re encouraging more than code contributions: writing, design, advocacy, and financial donations.
Hacktoberfest is back for its ninth year! Our friends at DigitalOcean host an annual celebration encouraging open source contributions during the month of October. We all use and depend on open source to power our digital world. In the past year alone, we saw over 2.6 billion contributions on GitHub! Hacktoberfest is a great way to give back to the open source projects we all depend on. ✨
More than code 🎉
While code contributions are top of mind when it comes to open source, projects often desperately need non-code contributions like writing, design, advocacy, and financial contributions.
This year, consider writing some docs, designing a logo, or scheduling a few tweets to support your favourite open source community. You don’t have to be a technical expert to make a difference!
How GitHub is participating ❤️
Contribute to GitHub:
You can contribute to several GitHub projects participating this year, including GitHub Docs. If you’ve ever wanted to contribute to GitHub’s open source documentation, now is your chance!
Contribute to a more equitable world:
The GitHub Social Impact and DigitalOcean Social Impact teams are working together to amplify Hacktoberfest 2022 volunteer opportunities to digital public goods (DPGs). If you’re looking to contribute to projects that work towards a more equitable world, check out our list of participating DPGs.
Jump in!
There are already over 90k projects on GitHub participating in Hacktoberfest this year!
▶️ Events: Hang out with @andreagriffiths11 and @mishmanners at the Global Kick-off & Hack Party
- Hacktoberfest Global Kick-Off on October 4, 11am ET / 3pm GMT
- Hacktoberfest 2022 Hack Party Asia Pacific Edition on October 12, 12pm IST
For a detailed guide on how to participate as a contributor or a maintainer, read @mishmanner’s guide on How to get ready for Hacktoberfest 2022.
Thank you so much for your contributions to open source. It makes a real difference for these communities and projects! Happy Hacktoberfest!
Tags:
Written by
Related posts
Racing into 2025 with new GitHub Innovation Graph data
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the quarterly release of data for the Innovation Graph, updated through December 2024.
GitHub Availability Report: March 2025
In March, we experienced one incident that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
Vibe coding with GitHub Copilot: Agent mode and MCP support rolling out to all VS Code users
In celebration of MSFT’s 50th anniversary, we’re rolling out Agent Mode with MCP support to all VS Code users. We are also announcing the new GitHub Copilot Pro+ plan w/ premium requests, the general availability of models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, next edit suggestions for code completions & the Copilot code review agent.