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Submit to Good First Issue
Good First Issue gathers beginner-friendly issues from popular open-source repositories, sorted by language, so newcomers can find a place to start contributing. A listed repo appears with its star count, recent activity and a feed of its easy issues.
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Good First Issue at a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- No price details on their site when we checked.
- Link type
- Dofollow
- Homepage repo links such as https://github.com/containers/ramalama carry rel="noopener noreferrer" only (checked 2026-09-23)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- No
- Domain Rating
- DR60
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Sep 24, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
- Tranco rank
- Not ranked
- No Tranco rank on record for this site.
- Who browses it
- New open-source contributors and students
- Last checked
How to submit to Good First Issue
Open the Good First Issue submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse Good First Issue (New open-source contributors and students), not for search engines.
Wait for review
A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.
Tips for Good First Issue
- The repository needs at least 3 open issues with beginner labels such as 'good first issue' or 'help wanted'.
- It also needs at least 10 contributors, a README with setup steps and a CONTRIBUTING.md.
- Submit the repo through the Google Form linked in the project README.
From Good First Issue’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for open-source directories.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- Repo URL and the exact license name (e.g. MIT, AGPL-3.0)
- A README with install steps and a screenshot or example
- A one-line description in the list’s own format
- Whether there is a hosted or paid version alongside the open-source one
Is Good First Issue worth it?
Good for your SEO foundation
Good First Issue reviews listings by hand and the listing link we inspected was followed. That combination is what makes a directory link worth having for a new site.
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 60 (strong). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
- No Tranco rank on record, so we can’t say how much traffic it gets.
- A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
- Free to list, so the only cost is your time.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about Good First Issue
Is Good First Issue free?
Yes. Listing on Good First Issue is free. We checked on Sep 23, 2026.
Does Good First Issue give a dofollow link?
Yes. The listing link we inspected was a followed (dofollow) link. Evidence: Homepage repo links such as https://github.com/containers/ramalama carry rel="noopener noreferrer" only (checked 2026-09-23).
How do I submit to Good First Issue?
Submit at https://github.com/deepsourcelabs/good-first-issue#adding-a-new-project. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: The repository needs at least 3 open issues with beginner labels such as 'good first issue' or 'help wanted'.
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Good First Issue appears on these niche lists, next to other places to submit the same kind of product.
Sources
The pages we opened on Sep 23, 2026 to write this page.