# Help in getting started with open source

**URL:** <https://community.jenkins.io/t/help-in-getting-started-with-open-source/3535>\
**Category:** GSoC\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [August 28, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/help-in-getting-started-with-open-source/3535 "2022-08-28T10:28:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dipansh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@dipansh](https://community.jenkins.io/u/dipansh)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/help-in-getting-started-with-open-source/3535/1 "2022-08-28T10:28:58Z")

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Hello Everyone  
I am 1st year undergrad.  
I would love to get started in open source contribution and finally and get into GSoC 2023 through Jenkins.  
So, I planned to go through Jenkins Github repo to understand the workflow and what can i do help the community,  
but i got very confused how to get started  
Any help would be highly appreciated

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**Author:** ![MarkEWaite](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/markewaite/32/20_2.png) [@MarkEWaite](https://community.jenkins.io/u/MarkEWaite)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/help-in-getting-started-with-open-source/3535/2 "2022-08-28T17:01:07Z")

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## Project Overview

High level areas where you can get involved are described at

> **[Participate and Contribute](https://www.jenkins.io/participate/)**
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> There are many ways to engage with the Jenkins project and community. Here are the most common ways to get you started. Welcome aboard!

## Overview of Google Summer of Code in Jenkins

Specific details about the Jenkins project and how it works with Google Summer of Code are included in:

> **[Jenkins in Google Summer of Code 2025](https://www.jenkins.io/projects/gsoc/)**
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> Landing page for the Google Summer of Code program in the Jenkins project

## Google Summer of Code special interest group in Jenkins

The Jenkins Google Summer of Code special interest group holds office hours once a week while Google Summer of Code is active. You could join one of those meetings and ask for additional guidance. See more at:

> **[Google Summer of Code](https://www.jenkins.io/sigs/gsoc/)**
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> This special interest group organizes Google Summer of Code program within the Jenkins organization. The scope of work includes coordinating GSoC activities and working with potentials mentors and contributors in order to form GSoC project teams.

## Issues for new contributors

If you prefer to get started with code changes, you could refer to the [“Friendly Issues” list](https://issues.jenkins.io/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=19342) that identifies issue reports that are well suited to a first time contributor.

If a specific plugin or area is of interest to you, then you may also be able to find [“good first issues”](https://github.com/jenkinsci/plugin-installation-manager-tool/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22) in the GitHub repository of that plugin.

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**Author:** ![dipansh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@dipansh](https://community.jenkins.io/u/dipansh)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/help-in-getting-started-with-open-source/3535/3 "2022-08-29T01:07:43Z")

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Thank you for your taking your time and the guidance.  
I’ll look into each of these topics and hopefully could find a good first issue to start with .