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Simple ways to contribute to open source projects

4 min. read

Passbolt team

Passbolt team

6 October, 2021

Why contribute to open source software?

“If you think of the ideas of open source applied to information in an encyclopedia, you get to Wikipedia — lots and lots of small contributions that bubble up to something that’s meaningful.”

- Matt Mullenweg

Survey Results

How users are contributing to open source projects

  • Giving feedback and ideas 33.14%
  • With code (making pull requests, fixing bugs, etc.) 19.19%
  • Helping other people on forums or GitHub 15.12%
  • Spreading the word (writing articles, tutorials, or making videos) 11.63%

Contribute with more than just writing code

  • Reviewing code, hunting for security issues as part of the bug bounty program
  • Answering questions about the project (ex. On the forum, Stack Overflow or Reddit)
  • Organizing workshops or events
  • Improve tooling around automation for example, for testing
  • Financing security audits
  • Writing tutorials, articles, social media posts, or even creating videos about passbolt
  • Building integration with passbolt and other products.

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Understanding How Open Source Projects Work

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Understanding How Open Source Projects Work

Breaking down the anatomy of open source projects is the first step to getting involved and contributing to your favorite software.

Passbolt team

Passbolt team

20 October, 2021

What will the “Account Recovery” functionality look like?

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What will the “Account Recovery” functionality look like?

A walk through of escrow, or the Account Recovery feature for passbolt. Find out how it’ll look and what you can expect.

Passbolt team

Passbolt team

28 September, 2021

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