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521xueweihan/hellogithub

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TLDR

A monthly curated magazine showcasing beginner-friendly open-source projects, books, and practice challenges to help developers discover and contribute to open source.

Mindmap

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  root((HelloGitHub))
    What it does
      Monthly magazine
      Curated projects
      Beginner-friendly
    Content types
      Open-source projects
      Technical books
      Practice challenges
      Enterprise projects
    How to access
      GitHub repository
      Official website
      WeChat community
    Audience
      New developers
      Chinese speakers
      Open-source learners
    Getting involved
      Recommend projects
      Self-submit work
      Community feedback

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Discover beginner-friendly open-source projects to learn from or contribute to each month.

USE CASE 2

Find curated technical books and hands-on practice projects to build your skills.

USE CASE 3

Submit your own project to be featured in a future issue and gain visibility in the community.

USE CASE 4

Build a reading habit around open-source exploration with a structured monthly publication.

Tech stack

PythonMarkdownGitHub

Getting it running

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In plain English

HelloGitHub is a Chinese-language project that shares interesting, beginner-friendly open-source projects from GitHub. According to the README, it is published as a monthly magazine, with new issues released on the 28th of every month. Each issue rounds up a curated mix of approachable open-source projects, open-source books, hands-on practice projects, and enterprise-grade projects, so readers can quickly experience the appeal of open source and grow to enjoy contributing to it. English and Japanese versions of the README state the same intent. The repository itself is essentially a long index of past issues. The visible README shows links to issues numbered 86 through 121, each pointing to a Markdown file under the content folder where the actual write-ups live. There is also an official website at hellogithub.com that the README points to for a better reading experience, plus a WeChat public account, a Weibo account, and a WeChat group. The README invites readers to recommend or self-recommend their own projects to be included in a future issue, and links to a contributors list. A small sponsors table credits UCloud, Upyun CDN, OpenIM, Qiniu Cloud, and OfoxAI. The project is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license. You would use HelloGitHub when you want a regular, curated stream of approachable open-source projects to explore, especially as a beginner looking for a friendly entry point. The repository is tagged as a Python project in its metadata, but the content is editorial rather than code, so what you actually consume is the monthly write-ups and links.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me the latest HelloGitHub issue and summarize the top 5 projects featured this month.
Prompt 2
I want to contribute to an open-source project. Which beginner-friendly projects from HelloGitHub would be good starting points?
Prompt 3
How do I submit my own project to HelloGitHub magazine for consideration in a future issue?
Prompt 4
Find me a hands-on practice project from HelloGitHub that teaches web development fundamentals.
Prompt 5
What open-source books are recommended in the latest HelloGitHub issues?
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