Good First Issues

This is a list of JavaScript repositories with good first issues for newcomers to open source. Contributions are welcome!

This list gets updated every day at midnight.

Fmarzochi/EGC

• i18n(tr): add Turkish README translation
• i18n(de): add German README translation
• fix(providers): stream=True still silently ignored in the 5 native providers
• fix(dashboard): /ping polling dies permanently while the WebSocket is down
• fix(dashboard): static files added after startup 404 until the server restarts
• fix(dashboard): multi-byte UTF-8 corrupted at chunk boundaries in POST /event
• refactor(providers): share the generate() error wrapper across OpenAI-compatible subclasses
• test(v1.1.14): upgrade or install on macOS and report behavior
• test(v1.1.14): upgrade or install on Linux and report behavior
• fix(dashboard): cap the WebSocket reconnect loop
• fix(dashboard): replay stores null file paths for file-edit events
• feat(install): add native Roo Code install target
• feat(install): add native Cline install target
• i18n(fr): add French README translation
• feat(install): add native Qwen Code install target

RoryGlenn/commitment-issues

• Add a local Markdown link checker for repository docs
• Add a --random option to the message-state runner
• Add JSON output to the demo visual-comparison tool
• Add a coverage-scope inspection command
• Document how to add and preview a message state
• Add a five-minute disposable-repository tutorial
• Add a beginner-friendly Git terminology glossary
• Add a documentation index for the docs/ directory

WordPress/gutenberg

• "Read more" options for post excerpts do not contain accessible names
• Coding standards: Use WordPress-Extra ruleset to prevent potential security issues
• Column block: Dropping block into an empty column using a drop zone.
• Make tooltips dismissable
• check-licenses: GPLv3 isn't recognized as a compatible license
• Dependency Extraction Webpack Plugin: Prettify the output of the development asset files

TryGhost/Ghost

• {{contrast_text_color}} helper returns incorrect text color
• Storage adapters (and possibly other types) placed in the content folder are not detected.
• 🌐 i18n mega-issue

vercel/next.js

• Dynamic Routes in Symlinks is not working
• ISG with GIP in _app overrides cache-control of ISG page

layer5io/docs

• [Docs] Improve visibility of carousel navigation

imuniqueshiv/MeetOnMemory

• 🧠 Implement Lazy Initialization for Pinecone Client
• 🐛 [BUG]: Clean up duplicated and malformed code in knowledgeGraphService.js
• 🌐 Implement Organization Discovery & Browse Organizations Flow

meshery/meshery.io

• [CI] Enhance appropriate github issue templates with mention of and hyperlink to self-pace contributor training
• [CI] Enhance appropriate github issue templates with mention of and hyperlink to self-pace contributor training
• [DevOps] Populate Meshery Catalog with Sample Apps using meshery UI
• Website: Consolidate duplicative and unused CSS

louislam/uptime-kuma

• Pausing a group does not pause the individual monitors of that group
• On the maintenance creation form, link start and end times together

stdlib-js/stdlib

• Fix JavaScript lint errors
• Fix JavaScript lint errors
• Fix JavaScript lint errors
• Fix JavaScript lint errors
• [RFC]: Migrate math/base/special packages from relative tolerance testing to ULP difference testing (tracking issue)
• Fix JavaScript lint errors

CesiumGS/cesium

• Ongoing documentation fixes
• Docs Demo of WebMapTileServiceImageryProvider giving error
• EntityCluster hasLabelIndex always returns false
• clockTrackedDataSource tracks non-clock dataSources

lithosui/Lithos_UI

• TypeScript Migration (Incremental) — Help Wanted

nodejs/node

• TextDecoder does not error incorrectly for legacy byte sequences
• test_runner: do not read from process.argv and process.cwd() in run()
• test_runner: print failed coverage reports with dot runner

Avenx-JS/avenx-js

• Encoded Routing Hash Changes Fail to Match Route Patterns
• Select Dynamic Option Double-Binding Failure
• Component Unmount Does Not Remove Scoped Style Elements Concurrently
• Memory Leak When Reassigned Array Properties Are Not Untracked by WeakMap
• Refactor: Standardize Custom Template Error Types in AvenxCompiler
• Document AvenxLogger Class and Logging Configurations
• Document Warning Code AVX_W19 (RENDER_KEY_EVALUATION_FAILED)
• Document Warning Code AVX_W14 (COMPONENT_RESTORE_SLOT_CONTENT_FAILED)
• Doc: Document Reactivity Tracking Exclusions (Symbols and Non-Plain Objects)
• Document Warning Code AVX_W18 (RENDER_LIST_EVALUATION_FAILED)
• Declarative State Persistence Utility (data-persist)
• Fix Incorrect Signature and Example for AvenxApp.mount() in API Reference
• Document Automatic HTML Boolean Attributes Coercion in Templates
• Automatic Watcher Cleanup on Component Unmount
• Document CLI check/lint command in CLI reference
• Support Wildcard Path Matchers in Route Patterns
• Memory Leak in nested reactive objects' parentMap when properties are reassigned or deleted
• Import and Package Name Inconsistencies (avenx-js vs. avenx-core)

jellyfin/jellyfin-web

• Trying to create/update users with some special characters such as +, / or & generate a non-descriptive error or infinite load

Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr

• [Feature]: Expose custom_properties in `StreamSerializer
• [Bug]: EPG refresh fails with "Permission denied: /app/media/cached_epg/*.tmp" (cache dir owned by root, refresh runs as 'dispatch')

c3er/mdview

• White borders in Dark mode!

SecureBananaLabs/bug-bounty

• Calculate the exact value of PI
• Implement a fully functional Admin Panel
• Pixel Art Creation with high Creative Thinking
• Benchmark APIs with p50, p95, p99 latency, RPS, error rate and TTFB
• Technical Poem Generation and Content Creation
• Low Handing Fruit Automation
• Freelancer profile route should resolve mock profiles by username
• Reject inverted job budget ranges in job validation
• registerUser access token can reference a different user id
• auth refresh endpoint issues tokens without verifying the requester
• upload endpoint accepts empty file submissions as successful uploads
• Job validation should reject inverted budget ranges
• Calculate the exact value of PI #2872
• Implement Secure Payment Gateway and Payment Service
• Refresh token endpoint ignores the provided refresh token
• Registration token subject can drift from returned user id
• fix(auth): prevent admin role self-assignment during registration
• Bug: Proposal creation accepts records missing estimated duration
• Bug: Missing admin role authorization check on admin metrics endpoint
• Bug: Refresh endpoint mints tokens without validating a refresh token
• User creation endpoint has no input validation
• Payment endpoint lacks authentication — unauthenticated payment creation
• Upload endpoint lacks authentication — unauthenticated file uploads allowed
• Admin routes lack role-based access control — any authenticated user can access admin endpoints
• Search endpoint has no input validation or length limit on query
• @freelanceflow/ui package entrypoint should be directly importable (reissue via #743)
• Notification creation should preserve server-owned id and read state
• Payment API should require authentication
• fix: prevent admin role self-assignment during registration
• fix: enforce authentication on job creation endpoint
• fix: prevent admin role self-assignment
• fix: prevent admin role self-assignment during registration
• fix: prevent admin role self-assignment
• Bug: Multiple security vulnerabilities in API layer - registerUser() ID mismatch, missing auth, missing validation
• Search endpoint has no input validation or length limit on query

arghya29/DevForge

• [Lesson]: Add CSS Variables & Theming lesson to CSS Styling
• [Lesson]: Add Responsive Layout with Media Queries lesson to CSS Styling
• [Lesson]: Add Objects & Properties lesson to JavaScript
• [Lesson]: Add Form Validation & Input Events lesson to JavaScript
• [Feature]: add close hint button
• [Lesson]: Add LocalStorage Persistence lesson to JavaScript

nodejs/doc-kit

• Long and short deprecation links
• Consideration: detect doc-kit.config.mjs automatically
• Customize Shiki

cobusgreyling/loop-engineering

• Share your multi-loop failure story
• Add Cursor Issue Triage example doc
• Add Cursor Changelog Drafter example doc
• Add Cursor CI Sweeper example doc
• Add Continue.dev row to primitives matrix
• Share your week-one Daily Triage story
• Share a PR Babysitter failure story
• Add your project to the adopters list
• Add Cline appendix to primitives matrix
• Share an Issue Triage week-one story
• Add Roo Code appendix to primitives matrix
• Add GitHub Copilot appendix to primitives matrix

amiantos/writers-guild

• Setup modal can be too tall for display
• Add Screenshots to README

CPAtoCybersecurity/csf_profile

• GV.SC - Supply Chain Risk Management: Contribute case study test steps and artifacts
• Design tokens: replace remaining raw hex literals with the :root token system
• Docs: add GET_THE_SPREADSHEETS/README.md and refresh SCREENSHOTS.md to the terminal UI

santifer/career-ops

• docs(i18n): translate the new README FAQ into the remaining 13 languages
• i18n: translate the interview modes (plan/practice/debrief) to Japanese
• docs(es): orthography pass on README.es.md — missing accents throughout
• feat(dashboard): Responded is missing from the pipeline filter tabs
• docs: verified recipe for Kimi k2.5 as the model inside OpenCode (budget guide)
• i18n: translate the interview modes (plan/practice/debrief) to Chinese (Simplified)
• bug(scan): summary always prints "Filtered by salary/content: 0 removed" even when neither filter is configured
• i18n: translate the interview modes (plan/practice/debrief) to Polish (pl)
• docs(i18n): propagate the corrected dimension count to the 15 translated READMEs
• Sync the tracker's PDF column from data/pdf-index.tsv (❌ stays stale when the PDF is generated later)
• i18n: translate the interview modes (plan/practice/debrief) to Korean (ko)
• i18n: translate the interview modes (plan/practice/debrief) to Italian (it)
• i18n: translate the interview modes (plan/practice/debrief) to Portuguese (pt-BR)
• i18n: add Dutch (nl) modes
• doctor: treat missing first-run setup files as warnings, not hard failures

SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticResultFormats

• [jqplot] use .jqplot-container instead of .container CSS class

KanishJebaMathewM/Truxify

• Feature: Redesign & Animate Truxify Onboarding Logo
• Missing const Keywords for Widget Constructors

suyash-rgb/JS-Mentor

• Anti-Cheat Sidebar & DevTools Detection - Manual Verification
• Implement Trainer-Driven Online Classes

Premshaw23/Learnova

• feat: Interactive 3D Model Viewer for STEM (#4102)
• feat: Pomodoro Co-studying Rooms (#4099)
• feat: Parent-Teacher Direct Messaging (#4103)
• feat: Gamified Assignment & Activity Streaks (#4101)
• feat: Skill-based Mentorship Matching (#4100)
• Refactor: Transition from raw pointers to smart pointers for dynamic entity management
• [Good First Issue]: [UI/UX] Add a "Scroll to Top" button for long lesson pages
• [Good First Issue]: [Backend] Standardize API Error Response JSON format
• [Good First Issue]: [Backend] Add rate limiting to Authentication API routes

Savitura/crowdpay

• Make load test configurations read from environment variables
• Update data_model.md to document all current database tables
• Fix duplicate category column in schema.sql
• Update Soroban README with actual contract documentation
• Remove leftover PR_DESCRIPTION.md from repository root
• Public Campaign Embed API; JWT-Scoped Embed Tokens, iframe Widget & Cross-Origin Contribution Flow
• Getting Started for New Contributors

google/site-kit-wp

• PSI module - See full details link enhancement
• Add next report date to the subscription status box
• Add features menu for mobile and tablet viewports
• Replace usage of Lodash cloneDeep with native structuredClone.

rajat-wyrm/LMS-system

• create a Bag icon for wishlisted courses
• Icons are not working
• Wrong link migration in admin
• Put valid links to migrate smoothly

Tadreeb-LMS/tadreeblms

• Bug: Missing Upper Limit Validation for "Marks" Input Field
• Bug: Unable to Interact with Teacher Dropdown Due to Select2 DOM Replacement.
• Bug: Incorrect Navigation After Quiz Question Creation
• Bug: Lessons added from Admin side not visible to assigned course trainer
• Bug: Success Message Not Displayed on Role Creation and updating as well.
• Bug – Single Choice Question Allows Only One Option
• Feature: Display course completion percentage in courses table with sortable filter

SRV30/Faith-and-Fast

• [ELUSOC] Standardize File Naming and Fix Controller Typo
• [ELUSOC] Implement "No Orders Found" Empty State in My Orders Page

AditthyaSS/forkling

• Dark mode flashes to light on first visit for users with system dark preference
• formatNumber() and timeAgo() duplicated across 5+ files with inconsistencies
• Add Export / Share functionality to Compare page
• Recent searches dropdown flickers on blur and can float after scroll
• "Dormant" maintenance filter has no effect — pushed: null is ignored
• fetchWithCache() silently converts Array responses to Objects
• getRateLimit() throws unhandled error on network failure or invalid token
• Add persistent Watchlist / Bookmarks for repos