As a maintainer, how do I encourage contributions to my repos?
First, classify your repository with the hacktoberfest topic. This will let participants know that your repo is participating in Hacktoberfest. Check out this video on how to apply the hacktoberfest topic to your repository.
You can also create issues for anything you’d like contributors to help with, and you can add labels like good first issue and help wanted so they’re easier to discover.
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Description & Motivation
Add
hacktoberfesttopic to the repo, so it can be easily found for hacktoberfest events, as stated in #943.As stated in their FAQ:
As a maintainer, how do I encourage contributions to my repos?
First, classify your repository with the hacktoberfest topic. This will let participants know that your repo is participating in Hacktoberfest. Check out this video on how to apply the hacktoberfest topic to your repository.
You can also create issues for anything you’d like contributors to help with, and you can add labels like good first issue and help wanted so they’re easier to discover.
https://hacktoberfest.com/participation/