Build in the open with developers across borders.

SourceHive is a not-for-profit developer-led community built on the belief that open-source innovation thrives when talent is brought together across boundaries - geographic, professional, and technical.

SourceHive runs hackathons, contributor sprints and maintainer office hours for open-source projects. Pick an issue, find a team, ship a pull request.

Browse good first issues

# your first contribution, start to finish

$ git clone github.com/sourcehive/starter-kit

$ cd starter-kit && make dev

✓ environment ready in 42s

$ gh issue list --label "good first issue"

Tracks this season

Events

Panels, hackathons, and city chapters. In person and remote.

Open

World AI Week with World Summit AI 2026

Intelligence in Motion: Real-Time Data, Zero Compromise - a SourceHive panel at STRAAT Museum, Amsterdam.

Discussion paneltype

Netherlandscountry

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Closed

NS4W Hackathon

A build weekend where teams ship features to real open-source repositories, mentored by maintainers.

48hbuild window

Teamsof 2 to 5

Any levelmentors on site

Closed

Code Storm Asia

A regional coding challenge connecting developers across Asia around shared open-source problems.

Regionalmulti-city

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Your first contribution

No gatekeeping. A clear path from clone to merged pull request.

Step 1 · Pick an issue

Filter labelled issues by language, difficulty and time needed. Each one has a scoped task and a test to pass.

Browse issues on GitHub
Step 2 · Pair with a maintainer

Book a 20-minute slot in weekly office hours, or ask in the project channel. Reviews within 72 hours.

Step 3 · Open your pull request

Merged contributions show on your community profile and count toward event rankings.

Projects looking for contributors

sourcehive/starter-kit

Template repo with CI, linting and contribution guides for hackathon teams.

TypeScriptMIT

8 good first issues

sourcehive/event-scorer

Open judging tool: rubric scoring, conflict-of-interest checks, public results.

PythonApache-2.0

5 good first issues

sourcehive/policy-kit

Machine-readable open-source policy templates for companies starting an OSPO.

Markdown + YAMLCC BY 4.0

3 good first issues

Where the hive meets

NS4W and Code Storm Asia cities. Remote teams join from anywhere.

    Bring SourceHive to your city

    Host a hackathon, sponsor a track, or start a local chapter. We reply within five working days.

    Code of conduct

    Be respectful, assume good faith, and keep the work in the open. Harassment, hate, and leaking private data are out. Mentors and organisers can remove someone from an event.

    Join the community

    Tell us what you want to know. We reply at hello@sourcehive.org.