Apache Beam is a unified programming model for Batch and Streaming data processing.

Is apache/beam beginner-friendly?

In the last 30 days, apache/beam merged 236 of 399 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. 14 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

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8.7k
Forks
4.8k
Open beginner issues
14
Indexed issues
4k
Avg merge
2d 9h
Merged PRs (30d)
368
Dominant language
Java
License
Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push
Nov 7, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 14, 2026
Contributing guide
Contributing guide
Code of conduct
Code of conduct
Beginner labels
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How to contribute to apache/beam

  1. Read the contributing guide first: it says how the maintainers want changes proposed, tested and reviewed.
  2. Read its code of conduct: it covers issues and pull requests as well as chat.
  3. Your contributions will be published under the project's Apache-2.0 license.
  4. Pick one of the 14 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.

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