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Editors & DevTools open-source projects

OpenSrc lists 73 repositories about Editors & DevTools with open issues for new contributors, and 36 of them are first-PR friendly. Between them they have 1,358 open good first issues and 2,054 help-wanted issues. The median welcome score is 74/100, and the best-scored right now are camunda/camunda-modeler, WordPress/gutenberg and AnjanJ/rails_error_dashboard. Most are written in TypeScript, Rust and JavaScript. Many also touch Machine Learning & AI and Web Frontend.

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  • A modeling solution for BPMN, DMN, and Forms based on bpmn.io. As a companion tool to your favorite IDE it…

    62good first issues+1 help wanted
    • JavaScript
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:1.7K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~8h
    Score95 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.

    37good first issues
    • JavaScript
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:11.8K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~10h
    Score89 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Self-hosted error tracking for Rails - zero recurring cost, full data ownership.

    13good first issues+9 help wanted
    • Ruby
    • Field: Observability
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:92
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~21h
    Score87 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • 🙌 OpenHands: AI-Driven Development

    24good first issues
    • TypeScript
    • Field: Machine Learning
    • Field: CLI Tools
    • Stars:89.5K
    • MIT
    • replies in ~18m
    Score86 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero…

    197good first issues+358 help wanted
    • Rust
    • Field: Machine Learning
    • Field: CLI Tools
    • Stars:82K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score86 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia)

    15good first issues+12 help wanted
    • JavaScript
    • Field: Backend
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:47.3K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~18h
    Score86 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders.

    3good first issues+12 help wanted
    • C#
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:45.7K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~3h
    Score86 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Offline, privacy-first grammar checker. Fast, open-source, Rust-powered

    41good first issues+8 help wanted
    • Rust
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:16K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~6h
    Score86 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals

    11good first issues+82 help wanted
    • TypeScript
    • Field: Editors
    • Field: Backend
    • Stars:34.5K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~1h
    Score85 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • A block-style editor with clean JSON output

    41good first issues
    • TypeScript
    • Field: Editors
    • Field: Web Frontend
    • Stars:32K
    • Apache-2.0
    • replies in ~6h
    Score85 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • Community-built comprehensive 2D content creation appplication for graphic design, digital art, and…

    55good first issues+8 help wanted
    • Rust
    • Field: Graphics
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:27.4K
    • Apache-2.0
    • replies in ~2h
    Score85 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • Define durable workflows in YAML, powered by Temporal

    10good first issues+7 help wanted
    • Go
    • Field: Editors
    • Field: DevOps
    • Stars:211
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~4h
    Score85 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • #1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere

    4good first issues
    • Java
    • Field: DevOps
    • Field: Web Frontend
    • Stars:93.2K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~9h
    Score83 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • A Rust compiler front-end for IDEs

    19good first issues
    • Rust
    • Field: Compilers
    • Field: Web Frontend
    • Stars:16.9K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~4h
    Score83 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Free, open-source CleanMyMac alternative for macOS. Preview disk cleanup by path and size, inspect memory by…

    21good first issues+22 help wanted
    • Swift
    • Field: Editors
    • Field: CLI Tools
    • Stars:77
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score82 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • JavaScript API for Chrome and Firefox

    3good first issues
    • TypeScript
    • Field: Testing
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:95.6K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~8h
    Score81 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • The easy-to-use open source Business Intelligence and Embedded Analytics tool that lets everyone work with…

    16good first issues
    • Clojure
    • Field: Databases
    • Field: Data Science
    • Stars:49.5K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Docs is an open-source text editor: web-native, made for real-time collaboration, cleanly structured…

    6good first issues+1 help wanted
    • Python
    • Field: Docs Tooling
    • Field: Web Frontend
    • Stars:16.9K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~5d
    Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • Open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code. Code completion, chat, edits and reviews with local or hosted…

    7good first issues+9 help wanted
    • TypeScript
    • Field: Machine Learning
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:3.7K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • A simple native WYSIWYG editor component for Angular 6 -20+

    9good first issues+44 help wanted
    • TypeScript
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:720
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Curated copy-paste AI prompts for student developers - disciplined workflows for coding agents that verify…

    16good first issues+11 help wanted
    • HTML
    • Field: Machine Learning
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:66
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.

    3good first issues+5 help wanted
    • TypeScript
    • Field: CLI Tools
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:69.5K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • D2 is a modern diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams.

    37good first issues
    • Go
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:25.5K
    • MPL-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~30d
    Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • Audio Editor

    8good first issues
    • C++
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:18.6K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~24h
    Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R

    17good first issues
    • Java
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:5.1K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Apache NetBeans

    9good first issues
    • Java
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:3.1K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~4d
    Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • A post-modern modal text editor.

    21good first issues
    • Rust
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:46.4K
    • MPL-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~30d
    Score78 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • Adds PowerShell language support to IntelliJ-based IDEs.

    22good first issues+55 help wanted
    • Kotlin
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:96
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score78 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • The security-first skill manager for AI agents — every install runs a security scan. Manage skills & MCP…

    10good first issues+11 help wanted
    • JavaScript
    • Field: Machine Learning
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:83
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score78 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • A fast type checker and language server for Python

    8good first issues+39 help wanted
    • Rust
    • Field: Compilers
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:7K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~27h
    Score76 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly

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