[Hacktoberfest] Trick-or-Tip Tuesday: Hunting for Perfect Pumpkin Issues 🎃

[ghostinhershell]

Overwhelmed by thousands of issues in the GitHub graveyard? Here’s how to find the golden pumpkins:

🏷️ Look for These Magical Labels

• good first issue – Specifically tagged for new ghouls and goblins
• help wanted – Maintainers actively want trick-or-treaters
• beginner-friendly – No dark magic knowledge needed
• documentation – Often easier than brewing code potions
• hacktoberfest-2025 - Month-long celebration of open source projects, their maintainers, and the entire community of contributors.

🎯 Featured Pumpkin Patch: goose Project Hub

Looking for a real example? Check out the goose Project Hub, part of Hacktoberfest 2025!

• The goose team has organized issues into categories: Features, Bugs, Docs, Content, and more.
• Each task has its own issue—just comment .take on an open task to claim it (one at a time!).
• This is a fantastic place to try your first issue hunt, whether you want to fix bugs, write docs, or even create recipes and videos.

🍬 Tip: The goose hub makes it easy to see which issues are available and which are already claimed. Practice your issue-claiming skills in a supportive, beginner-friendly project!

🌐 Explore More Hacktoberfest Projects

Looking for more projects beyond goose? Browse the Hacktoberfest 2025 topic on GitHub to discover a whole patch of participating repositories from all over the open source world! You’ll find all sorts of projects—big and small—tagged and ready for your contributions.

📋 Start with Documentation (The Friendly Ghosts)

Perfect first contributions for new spirits:

• Fix typos (banish spelling demons!)
• Improve unclear instructions
• Add missing examples
• Update outdated links (no broken chains!)

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🎉 Ready for more? Put your pumpkin-hunting skills into action! Head over to our Weekly Challenge and share a great first issue for others to discover, or let us know what you’re planning to contribute to this Hacktoberfest!

[ghostinhershell]

👻 Participating in Hacktoberfest

Want your contributions to count for Hacktoberfest? Here’s what you need to know:

• Register anytime between September 15 and October 31. Register using your GitHub account here
• Pull/merge requests can be made in any project with the hacktoberfest topic on GitHub.
• Aim to submit 6 high-quality pull/merge requests between October 1–31. Project maintainers need to accept your PRs/MRs for them to count!
• Unlock a digital badge when you register for Hacktoberfest, and level it up with each of your 6 accepted PRs.
• Join the Hacktoberfest Discord server to meet other participants, ask questions, and get into the festive spirit.
• Share your Hacktoberfest journey with a blog or on social media! (spread the love)

Learn more in our announcement post here: Hacktoberfest is coming to the GitHub Community 🎃

[ghostinhershell]

🎉 Ready for more? Put your pumpkin-hunting skills into action!
Head over to our Weekly Challenge and share a great first issue for others to discover, or let us know what you’re planning to contribute to this Hacktoberfest!