
Open Source Project Discovery
This is a submission for the DEV Weekend Challenge: Community The Community Open source contributors — from nervous first-timers to seasoned maintainers. The people who want to give back, learn by doing, and build something meaningful. But here's the problem: GitHub has 100+ million repositories. Finding the right project that matches your skills, needs contributors, and has a welcoming community? That's like finding a specific grain of sand on a beach. I built this for anyone who's ever: Stared at "good first issue" labels on projects using languages they've never heard of Wanted to contribute but had no idea where to start Spent hours browsing GitHub, only to find abandoned repos or projects way beyond their skill level Felt paralyzed by choice overload What I Built 🧭 OSS Compass — your personal navigator through the open source galaxy. You tell it three things: Your skill level (Beginner / Intermediate / Expert) Languages you know (JavaScript, Python, Rust, etc.) What excites you (W
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