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OpenSrc lists 122 repositories about Networking with open issues for new contributors, and 55 of them are first-PR friendly. Between them they have 1,631 open good first issues and 1,840 help-wanted issues. The median welcome score is 72/100, and the best-scored right now are jason5ng32/MyIP, GyulyVGC/sniffnet and meshtastic/firmware. Most are written in Go, Rust and Python. Many also touch Backend & APIs and Blockchain & Web3.

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  • The best IP Toolbox. Check your IP address & geolocation, test IP for WebRTC and DNS IP leaks, run an IP…

    17good first issues+5 help wanted
    • JavaScript
    • Field: Networking
    • Field: Security
    • Stars:12K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~8h
    Score94 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Comfortably monitor your network traffic 🕵️‍♂️

    10good first issues+10 help wanted
    • Rust
    • Field: Networking
    • Field: Security
    • Stars:41.3K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~5h
    Score89 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • The official firmware for Meshtastic, an open-source, off-grid mesh communication system.

    9good first issues+42 help wanted
    • C++
    • Field: Embedded
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:8.4K
    • GPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~35h
    Score87 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Eclipse OpenJ9: A Java Virtual Machine for OpenJDK that's optimized for small footprint, fast start-up, and…

    17good first issues+53 help wanted
    • Java
    • Field: Compilers
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:3.5K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~2h
    Score86 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool

    11good first issues+24 help wanted
    • JavaScript
    • Field: Observability
    • Field: DevOps
    • Stars:91.9K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score84 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • The official source for MDN Web Docs content. Home to over 14,000 pages of documentation about HTML, CSS, JS…

    1good first issue+53 help wanted
    • Markdown
    • Field: Web Frontend
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:11K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~4h
    Score84 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • Testing TLS/SSL encryption anywhere on any port

    5good first issues+23 help wanted
    • Shell
    • Field: Networking
    • Field: Scientific Computing
    • Stars:9.2K
    • GPL-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~21h
    Score84 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Official Go implementation of the Livepeer protocol

    26good first issues+15 help wanted
    • Go
    • Field: Blockchain
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:586
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~35h
    Score84 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests to stop AI crawlers

    3good first issues+3 help wanted
    • Go
    • Field: Security
    • Field: Machine Learning
    • Stars:22.8K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~31h
    Score83 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • A bunch of lints to catch common mistakes and improve your Rust code. Book: https://doc.rust-lang.org/clippy/

    121good first issues
    • Rust
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:13.5K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~3h
    Score83 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Your go-to microservice framework for any situation, from the creator of Netty et al. You can build any type…

    6good first issues
    • Java
    • Field: Backend
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:5.1K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~6h
    Score83 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Open Source Continuous File Synchronization

    4good first issues
    • Go
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:89K
    • MPL-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~2h
    Score82 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • p5.js is a client-side JS platform that empowers artists, designers, students, and anyone to learn to code…

    11good first issues+46 help wanted
    • JavaScript
    • Field: Graphics
    • Field: Web Frontend
    • Stars:24.1K
    • LGPL-2.1
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~9h
    Score82 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Wave Programming Language | git mirror: https://wave-lang.dev/source

    74good first issues+74 help wanted
    • Rust
    • Field: Compilers
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:56
    • MPL-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score82 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Ultra-lightweight, open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent framework in Python with WebUI, tools, memory…

    3good first issues
    • Python
    • Field: Machine Learning
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:48.7K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~23h
    Score81 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Cross-platform asynchronous I/O

    3good first issues+3 help wanted
    • C
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:27.2K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~17h
    Score81 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Air gapped, privacy focused open source NotebookLM alternative. Join our Discord…

    20good first issues+74 help wanted
    • Python
    • Field: Machine Learning
    • Field: Web Frontend
    • Stars:16.3K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~30d
    Score81 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • Vulnerability scanner written in Go which uses the data provided by https://osv.dev

    5good first issues
    • Go
    • Field: Security
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:11.1K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~32h
    Score81 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Event-driven network application framework for high performance protocol servers & clients, non-blocking.

    7good first issues
    • Swift
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:8.5K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~3d
    Score81 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Eclipse SUMO is an open source, highly portable, microscopic and continuous traffic simulation package…

    42good first issues
    • Python
    • Field: Scientific Computing
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:4.2K
    • EPL-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~11d
    Score81 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • A framework to build Slack apps using JavaScript

    9good first issues
    • TypeScript
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:2.9K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~16h
    Score81 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • A minimal, idiomatic Scala interface for HTTP

    14good first issues
    • Scala
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:2.6K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score81 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Zeek is a powerful network analysis framework that is much different from the typical IDS you may know.

    9good first issues
    • C++
    • Field: Security
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:8K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~8h
    Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Library for the analysis of networks

    19good first issues
    • C
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:2K
    • GPL-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • The easiest, full-featured wireless router setup for Debian-based devices. Period.

    7good first issues
    • PHP
    • Field: Embedded
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:5.2K
    • GPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • :dizzy: Display dynamic, automatically organised, customizable network views.

    4good first issues+24 help wanted
    • JavaScript
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:3.6K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~30h
    Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • A private, p2p alternative to Slack and Discord built on Tor & IPFS

    25good first issues
    • TypeScript
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:2.7K
    • GPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • A simple cross platform ACME client (for use with Let's Encrypt et al.)

    5good first issues
    • C#
    • Field: CLI Tools
    • Field: OS
    • Stars:628
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~18h
    Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • PastVu is an online platform for curating, annotating, attributing, and discussing vintage pictures around…

    34good first issues
    • JavaScript
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:163
    • AGPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Rust full node implementation of the Fuel v2 protocol.

    24good first issues
    • Rust
    • Field: Blockchain
    • Field: Networking
    • Stars:56.8K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score78 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly

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