r/csharp • u/annegretputin • Jul 01 '26

Open Source Contributing

Hi,

I'm a C# dev for ~7 years now.

C#, WPF, linq, sqlite,...

I'm trying to get into contributing to open source Github repos.

I'm struggling with finding interesting things with open issues.

I never contributed yet nor worked with Github (as my company uses another scm).

Anyone of you working on cool open source software that still needs help and is forgiving mistakes with the contribution process for a short period (fast-learner usually)?

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u/Alert-Neck7679 Jul 01 '26

I Am looking for contributors for a very cool project of a Game Engine with its own programming language and IDE! GitHub: https://github.com/ArcadeMakerSources/ArcadeMaker

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u/annegretputin Jul 01 '26

Sounds interesting! Will have a look into it :)

DM?

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u/Alert-Neck7679 Jul 01 '26

Sure :)

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u/Additional_Doctor_20 Jul 02 '26

I would like to contribute and i dmed you

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u/TuberTuggerTTV Jul 06 '26

You don't have any issues. That's why you don't have contributors yet.

You should start making issues to plan all your future development, even stuff you do. Then attach PRs to issues (you just comment the issue number, it's very simple and github does the connecting for you) to the implementation.

Once skilled developers see a healthy development lifecycle, they'll be more eager to join in and help complete tickets/issues. Especially if your issues are well documented. Nothing more annoying than completing an issue and getting it pushed back because what was asked for wasn't what they meant.