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OpenIssue.dev helps developers discover active, contributor-friendly GitHub issues and turn promising issues into a manageable contribution workflow.

Use public search without an account. Sign in with GitHub to synchronize saved searches, receive recommendations and alerts, review public contribution history, and track private notes and follow-ups.

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I want to…	Read
Find my first issue	Getting started
Understand filters and scores	Search, filters, and ranking
Save searches or track an issue	User guide
Run or deploy OpenIssue.dev	Setup and deployment
Understand the implementation	Architecture and API reference
Submit a change	Contributing
Diagnose a problem	Troubleshooting

Highlights

• Live GitHub issue discovery by language or ecosystem topic
• Explicit experience, contribution type, scope, linked-PR, Hacktoberfest, responsiveness, and readiness filters
• Explainable quality, repository health, maintainer responsiveness, and readiness signals
• Shareable search URLs and guest-friendly local saved searches
• GitHub sign-in for cloud sync, recommendations, contribution history, and private workflow tracking
• Weekly saved-search digests and daily, weekly, or fortnightly repository alerts

The application uses Next.js 16, React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Better Auth, Drizzle ORM, Turso/libSQL, GitHub APIs, Gmail SMTP, Vitest, and Vercel. It is licensed under Apache-2.0.