Hacktoberfest — brought to you by DigitalOcean in partnership with DEV — is a month-long celebration of open source software. Maintainers are invited to guide would-be contributors towards issues that will help move the project forward, and contributors get the opportunity to give back to both projects they like and others they’ve just discovered. No contribution is too small — bug fixes and documentation updates are valid ways of participating.

Can’t make it to this event? Hacktoberfest is virtual and open to participants from around the globe. Sign up to participate today.

You can look for open issues labeled Hacktoberfest for inspiration. And if are an open source repository maintainer, you can create issues or label existing ones with Hacktoberfest on your GitHub projects to help new contributors know what to work on.