Your go-to vault for beginner-friendly, open-source project ideas!
IdeaForge is a curated and collaborative list of project ideas for aspiring developers looking to contribute to open source. Whether you're into web development, automation, AI, games, or CLI tools — you'll find something exciting to build!
🧠 The best part? You can contribute your own ideas, vote on others, and explore ideas by category!
Projects are organized by domain for easy browsing:
- 🌐 Web Development
- 💻 Command Line Tools
- 🧠 Machine Learning / AI
- 🔁 Automation & Scripts
- 🎮 Games (Web & CLI)
- 🛠️ Dev Tools
- 🧪 Miscellaneous
Explore the ideas inside the ideas/ directory or check the markdown lists!
- Star ⭐ the repository.
- Browse through the
ideas/folder or markdown files. - Want to contribute an idea? Follow the steps below!
- Fork the repo 🍴
- Navigate to the appropriate category inside
ideas/ - Add your idea in the following format:
Domain: Web / CLI / ML / etc.
Difficulty: Beginner / Intermediate
Description: A short explanation of what the project does or aims to solve.
Suggested Stack: HTML/CSS, Node.js, Python, etc.
Open to Contributors: Yes / No
- Create a pull request with a descriptive title!
- That’s it — you’ve contributed to open source 🎉
- 🔓 Great first PR experience
- 🛠️ Learn collaborative contribution workflows
- 🌍 Help fellow developers find inspiration
- 👣 Small step towards real-world project experience
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📦 Check out our other beginner repos in the HashSlap Summer of Code GitHub org
This repository is licensed under the MIT License.