Good sources. Clear provenance.

One place to look, with a trail back to the people who made it possible.

FirstPatch combines public project catalogues, bounded directory snapshots, and open issues from GitHub’s official API. We credit a directory only when the project was found in its imported list.

What “checked” means

Issue status, labels and assignees were read from GitHub at the timestamp shown. This is a periodically refreshed snapshot. An issue can be claimed, changed or closed afterward. GitHub and its maintainers remain the source of truth.

Coverage, without guesswork

Three published catalogues are imported in full. CodeTriage and GoodFirstIssue.org are bounded snapshots. FirstIssue.dev is an external discovery link because its personalized feed requires an account. First Timers Only is a guide; its label is searched independently on GitHub.

Our issue feed samples recent issues across supported languages and the first-timers-only label. It is not every issue in every listed project. We do not estimate task duration, difficulty or maintainer response time.

Good First Issue

Imported

Complete public repository seed list. Issue status comes from GitHub.

Coverage: Complete public seed list
Imported projects: 830
Last successful check: Oct 18, 2026
Reuse: MIT

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First Contributions

Imported

Complete published project list, including projects hosted outside GitHub.

Coverage: Complete published project list
Imported projects: 150
Last successful check: Oct 18, 2026
Reuse: MIT

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Up For Grabs

Imported

Complete published JSON catalogue. Project labels and descriptions retain source attribution.

Coverage: Complete published JSON catalogue
Imported projects: 1364
Last successful check: Oct 18, 2026
Reuse: CC BY-SA 4.0

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CodeTriage

Imported

A bounded snapshot of the public directory, not the full CodeTriage database. CodeTriage lists general open issues, so we check beginner labels separately.

Coverage: First 5 public directory pages (bounded snapshot)
Imported projects: 250
Last successful check: Oct 18, 2026
Reuse: Public repository references

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GoodFirstIssue.org

Imported

Repository references from one public beginner-friendly directory page. No AI-generated summaries, profiles or paid data are copied.

Coverage: One public beginner-friendly directory page (bounded snapshot)
Imported projects: 20
Last successful check: Oct 18, 2026
Reuse: Public repository references

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FirstIssue.dev

Linked resource

Its personalized issue feed requires an account. FirstPatch links to the public resource; it does not claim to import that private feed or call its blocked API.

Coverage: External discovery resource
Imported projects: 0
Last successful check: Oct 18, 2026
Reuse: External link only

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First Timers Only

Linked resource

A guide, not a project database. GitHub issues carrying the first-timers-only label are discovered separately and identified by that label.

Coverage: Contribution guide and label discovery
Imported projects: 0
Last successful check: Oct 18, 2026
Reuse: External link only

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GitHub

Imported

Authoritative issue status, assignees, labels and repository metadata. Discovery is bounded, not an exhaustive mirror of GitHub.

Coverage: Up to 100 recent open issues per language across 11 languages, including Dart for Flutter projects, extra batches of First Contributions and directory-listed Dart/Flutter projects, and the first-timers-only label. Only directory-listed projects or first-timers-only issues enter the feed. Not an exhaustive GitHub mirror.
Checked issues: 655
Last successful check: Oct 18, 2026
Reuse: Public GitHub metadata

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Attribution & reuse

The Up For Grabs catalogue is used under CC BY-SA 4.0. The combined project catalogue is shared under that license with upstream attribution retained. MIT notices for Good First Issue and First Contributions are included in Third-party notices. FirstPatch is independent of these projects.

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If a source fails during a refresh, its previous successful catalogue is retained and marked accordingly. Source failures are recorded in the public refresh status.

Found an attribution issue or want a listing removed? Open an issue in the FirstPatch repository.