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OpenSrc lists 10 Lua repositories with open issues for new contributors, and 3 of them are first-PR friendly. Between them they have 220 open good first issues and 26 help-wanted issues. The median welcome score is 72/100, and the best-scored right now are tarantool/tarantool, beyond-all-reason/Beyond-All-Reason and LandSandBoat/server. Most are about Editors & DevTools, Backend & APIs and Databases.

10 repos by best score

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  • tarantool/tarantool

    Get your data in RAM. Get compute close to data. Enjoy the performance.

    71good first issues
    • Lua
    • Field: Databases
    • Stars:3.7K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score85 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly

  • beyond-all-reason/Beyond-All-Reason

    Main game repository for Beyond All Reason.

    33good first issues
    • Lua
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:4.2K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~14d
    Score84 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming

  • LandSandBoat/server

    :sailboat: LandSandBoat - a server emulator for Final Fantasy XI

    48good first issues+18 help wanted
    • Lua
    • Stars:509
    • GPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~30d
    Score78 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming

  • apache/apisix

    The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway

    13good first issues+1 help wanted
    • Lua
    • Field: DevOps
    • Field: Backend
    • Stars:17.2K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~30d
    Score73 out of 100 contributor score, welcoming

  • monome/norns

    norns is many sound instruments.

    6good first issues+2 help wanted
    • Lua
    • Stars:732
    • GPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score72 out of 100 contributor score, welcomingFirst-PR friendly

  • PathOfBuildingCommunity/PathOfBuilding

    Offline build planner for Path of Exile.

    21good first issues
    • Lua
    • Stars:5.5K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~15d
    Score71 out of 100 contributor score, welcoming

  • libremesh/lime-packages

    LibreMesh packages configuring OpenWrt for wireless mesh networking

    10good first issues
    • Lua
    • Field: Networking
    • Field: Embedded
    • Stars:339
    • AGPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score68 out of 100 contributor score, welcomingFirst-PR friendly

  • NeogitOrg/neogit

    An interactive and powerful Git interface for Neovim, inspired by Magit

    5good first issues
    • Lua
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:5.6K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~30d
    Score65 out of 100 contributor score, welcoming

  • elixir-tools/elixir-tools.nvim

    Neovim plugin for Elixir

    5good first issues+3 help wanted
    • Lua
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:487
    • MIT
    Score61 out of 100 contributor score, welcoming

  • ArkForgeLabs/Astra

    🔥 Blazingly Fast 🔥 runtime environment for Lua

    8good first issues+2 help wanted
    • Lua
    • Stars:187
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score46 out of 100 contributor score, some assembly required