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3.1k
Forks
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Open beginner issues
1
Indexed issues
28
Avg merge
18h 42m
Merged PRs (30d)
4
Dominant language
JavaScript
License
MIT
Last GitHub push
Oct 17, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide
No contributing guide
Code of conduct
Code of conduct
Beginner labels
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How to contribute to bestofjs/bestofjs

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. It ships a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file, so you can run it without installing its whole toolchain.
  3. Read its code of conduct: it covers issues and pull requests as well as chat.
  4. Pick the open beginner-friendly issue below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.

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  • proposal: I built Vuewind — an open-source Vue 3 UI component library. Looking for feedback and contributors!
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#533 ·

  • Add Vovk.ts to Best of JS
    Open

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 52/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#531 ·

  • Tagging CLI: agent ergonomics improvements (flags vs JSON input)
    Open
    ai-agent enhancement

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#516 ·

  • Tagging taxonomy and Best of JS agent foundation
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#508 ·

  • Migrate monthly rankings to a DB table (retire the rankings JSON archive)
    Open
    backlog prd-task

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#467 ·

  • Migrate web listing features to DB queries (repo_trends + project_trends)
    May be free again @michaelrambeau claimed this 205 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    prd

    bestofjs/bestofjs#413 · 2 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Add Best of JS blog
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#390 · 1 comment ·

  • Migrate from static JSON API to database-backed queries
    May be free again @michaelrambeau claimed this 423 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    discussion

    bestofjs/bestofjs#371 · 5 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Best of JS Radar 📡
    Open
    discussion

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#362 · 2 comments · 2 reactions ·

  • Feat: Search by README contents
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 32/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#281 · 1 comment ·

  • Add workflow for next.js bundle analyzer
    Open
    backlog performance

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#255 ·

  • Investigate JS bundle size
    May be free again @Evomatic claimed this 1091 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    performance

    bestofjs/bestofjs#240 · 2 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Show "related" projects in the project details page
    Open
    new feature

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#216 · 4 comments · 2 reactions ·

  • Improve the JavaScript Hall of Fame
    May be free again @michaelrambeau claimed this 1106 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    bestofjs/bestofjs#74 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · 1 assignee ·

  • preferred way to provide tagging suggestions?
    Open
    discussion

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 25/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#57 · 2 comments ·

  • Thinking about a new ranking system
    Open
    discussion

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#35 · 4 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • Add trend graphs
    Open
    backlog new feature

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#34 · 3 comments ·

  • Introduce parent-child tag relationships
    Possibly taken @michaelrambeau claimed this 9 days ago. Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    bestofjs/bestofjs#522 ·

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