- Search for Open Issues in the repo
- Comment on the issue you are interested in contributing to
- Only start working on the issue after it is assigned to you
- After being assigned the issue submit a pull request within 7 days
- Failing to submit an assigned pull request within 7 days will get the issue assigned to someone else
- A submitted pull request would be reviewed within 2 days
- Hacktoberfest is open to everyone in our global community. Whether you’re a seasoned contributor or looking for projects to contribute to for the first time, you’re welcome to participate.
- Pull requests can be made in any participating GitHub-hosted repositories/projects. Maintainers can opt-in to participate by classifying their projects with the hacktoberfest topic.
- Your pull requests will count toward your participation if they are in a repository with the hacktoberfest topic and once they have been merged, approved by a maintainer or labelled as hacktoberfest-accepted.
- Additionally, any pull request with the hacktoberfest-accepted label, submitted to any public GitHub repository, with or without the hacktoberfest topic, will be considered valid for Hacktoberfest.
- You can sign up anytime between October 1 and October 31. Just be sure to sign up on the official Hacktoberfest website for your pull requests to count.
- Banning system will review and ban users with with too many flagged PR’s. This can result in exclusion from all future Hacktoberfests, not just this one.