Welcome to the overview of Hacktoberfest! This festival celebrates open source software and encourages participants to work on projects for the month of October. It's a great way to get involved and meet like-minded people from all over the world! Since its inception, Hacktoberfest has become one of the most popular and well known open source projects. It's a month-long event in which developers pledge to write code for the entire month of October. This year marks the 9th year for the Hacktoberfest event! The annual Hacktoberfest event encourages programmers to work on open source projects by pledging to work on an open source project of their choice for one month.

What is Hacktoberfest?

Hacktoberfest is an international celebration of open source software that invites everyone to contribute to open source projects in October every year. Open source software refers to computer programs that are free for everyone to use and modify, and has a huge impact on the development of technology today. Everyone can join in on the fun and contribute to a variety of projects and events throughout the month. Let's take a look at what this festival is all about and how it can help you gain exposure to new and emerging technologies while contributing to important open source projects.

How to participate

To get started with Hacktoberfest, first thing you need to do is sign up for the challenge by going to the official Hacktoberfest website. Once you have signed up, you will be assigned to a project to work on for the month of October. There are hundreds of different projects to choose from, so you are sure to find something you are interested in. Once the project is complete, you can submit your pull request to the related repository on GitHub for verification. After the pull request has been reviewed and approved, it will be merged into the project's code repository and your name will be added to the contributor list. When you successfully create four pull request and merged into the project's code repository successfully. You are eligible to win swags from Hacktoberfest and you also complete Hacktoberfset Finally, don't forget to earn yourself some badges by completing various tasks over the course of the month. These activities will help you earn points that you can redeem for various prizes at the end of the challenge. See this page for complete rules.

To start, register as part of Hacktoberfest 2022 here:
hacktoberfest.com/auth

New to open source contributions?

A particularly friendly time to start dabbling in open source contributions is during Hacktoberfest. Start-up-related streams, posts, guidelines, and discussions are plenty. This month, you're starting your journey together with a lot of other people.

• Hacktoberfest’s website has some great resource for beginners:
  Hacktober Fest Resources

• Guide to Making your First Contribution by DigitalOcean:
  Click here for video

• Practice the workflow for making your first contribution:
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• Participating Hacktoberfest projects:
  Click Here to See Projects

• Explore projects with issues:
  First Link Second Link

• Explore Hacktoberfest projects:
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• A list of awesome beginners-friendly projects
  Click Here

Deciding a starting point for your contribution

Hacktoberfest is a fantastic opportunity to complete an ongoing project or launch a brand-new one. On GitHub, you may narrow your search results for the #hacktoberfest topic by programming language. You are sure to find something exciting because Hacktoberfest is home to almost 74,000 projects. Consider projects you already use and gain from, or look through the dependencies of your own project. It might be extremely enjoyable during Hacktoberfest to contribute to new projects. You can tell that projects are looking to connect with and welcome new contributors since they must opt-in to participate.

Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source software. If you have contributed to an open source project, you can earn a limited edition T-shirt. All you have to do is submit four pull requests to any public GitHub repo during October. If you are new to contributing to open source software, this is a great way to get started and you can learn a lot from the work.

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