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Submit to Up For Grabs
Up For Grabs is a long-running list of open-source projects that keep beginner-friendly tasks labeled for newcomers. It helps maintainers attract first-time contributors, and each listed project shows its label, tags and a link to its open issues.
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Up For Grabs at a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- No price details on their site when we checked.
- Link type
- Dofollow
- Homepage project entries (e.g. https://img2num.dev/, https://github.com/hazzik/DelegateDecompiler) link out with no rel attribute (checked 2026-09-23)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- Yes
- Domain Rating
- DR65
- 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
- Developers looking for a first open-source contribution
- Last checked
How to submit to Up For Grabs
Open the Up For Grabs submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Create an account
Up For Grabs asks you to sign up before you can submit.
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 Up For Grabs (Developers looking for a first open-source contribution), 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 Up For Grabs
- You list a project by adding a YAML file to the repo's _data/projects folder in a pull request (GitHub account needed).
- Projects should have active maintainers and a curated label of small tasks for newcomers, or they may be declined.
- Keep the upforgrabs label populated; the site shows how many open issues carry it.
From Up For Grabs’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 Up For Grabs worth it?
Good for your SEO foundation
Up For Grabs 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: 65 (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 Up For Grabs
Is Up For Grabs free?
Yes. Listing on Up For Grabs is free. We checked on Sep 23, 2026.
Does Up For Grabs give a dofollow link?
Yes. The listing link we inspected was a followed (dofollow) link. Evidence: Homepage project entries (e.g. https://img2num.dev/, https://github.com/hazzik/DelegateDecompiler) link out with no rel attribute (checked 2026-09-23).
How do I submit to Up For Grabs?
Submit at https://github.com/up-for-grabs/up-for-grabs.net/blob/gh-pages/docs/list-a-project.md. You need an account first. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: You list a project by adding a YAML file to the repo's _data/projects folder in a pull request (GitHub account needed).
Alternatives to Up For Grabs
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Sources
The pages we opened on Sep 23, 2026 to write this page.