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The modern link attribution platform. Loved by world-class marketing teams like Framer, Perplexity, Superhuman, Twilio, Buffer and more.

Is dubinc/dub beginner-friendly?

The maintainers of dubinc/dub usually reply to a pull request within 1 day. 7 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

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Oct 4, 2026
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  • Add color modal ignores cleared/invalid hex input in ColorSelector and submits previous color
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 75/100

    dubinc/dub#4787 · 1 comment ·

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  • Redundant decodeURIComponent on searchParams message throws URIError on raw percent characters
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 82/100

    dubinc/dub#4786 · 1 comment ·

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  • Combobox doesn't resort options when selected changes while closed (and omits preserveOrder from sortOptions deps)
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

    dubinc/dub#4785 · 1 comment ·

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  • Messages thread stays blank when navigating back to a previous thread with browser Back/Forward
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 79/100

    dubinc/dub#4782 · 1 comment ·

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  • Navigating between message threads with browser Back/Forward leaves openingThreadId stale and blocks MessagesPanel
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

    dubinc/dub#4780 · 2 comments ·

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  • Partners API: add POST /partners/reactivate (deactivate is one-way via API)
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

    dubinc/dub#4769 · 1 comment ·

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  • Referral `commissionThreshold` counts refunded, fraud and canceled commissions toward the threshold
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    Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

    dubinc/dub#4754 · 1 comment ·

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  • Payout processing fails for workspaces with a 0% payout fee, leaving payouts stuck in "processing"
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

    dubinc/dub#4753 · 1 comment ·

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  • `getBillingStartDate` returns the wrong date on the reset day and for billing days 29–31
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 1/100

    dubinc/dub#4752 · 1 comment ·

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  • `detectBot` never runs its referer and IP bot checks
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

    dubinc/dub#4751 · 5 comments ·

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  • Bulk link update ignores `ext_`-prefixed `externalIds` (`.refine` used instead of `.transform`)
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 28/100

    dubinc/dub#4750 · 1 comment ·

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  • Partner payouts: one failed QStash publish in charge.succeeded leaves partners unpaid
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    Difficulty 3/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 45/100

    dubinc/dub#4708 · 3 comments ·

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  • Partner payouts: a partner is paid twice when a transfer's payouts were never marked as sent
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    dubinc/dub#4707 · 3 comments ·

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  • customer.subscription.updated can apply a stale plan when Stripe events arrive out of order
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    Difficulty 2/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 52/100

    dubinc/dub#4659 · 4 comments ·

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  • Dub is listed on awesome-alternatives
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    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 35/100

    dubinc/dub#4636 · 1 comment ·

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  • Google Ads API v22 sunsets on 2026-10-07: GOOGLE_ADS_API_VERSION still set to v22
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    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 85/100

    dubinc/dub#4615 · 3 comments ·

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  • Domain Transfer Leaves `linksUsage` & `totalLinks` Permanently Desynchronized
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 70/100

    dubinc/dub#4576 · 3 comments ·

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  • Runtime `PrismaClientValidationError` in Payout Reconciliation Cron Job
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 88/100

    dubinc/dub#4575 · 2 comments ·

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  • Deferred deep linking: /track/open IP fallback can return the wrong link and never consumes clicks
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 70/100

    dubinc/dub#4571 · 2 comments ·

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  • [FEATURE] Add analytics investigation capabilities to the Dub MCP server
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    dubinc/dub#4568 · 1 comment ·

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  • Local dev: blank `STRIPE_SECRET_KEY` in `.env.example` causes 500 on workspace API routes
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 74/100

    dubinc/dub#4495 · 4 comments ·

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  • Add PageContent wrapper to Referrals page
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 84/100

    dubinc/dub#4463 · 2 comments ·

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  • [BUG] on safari it doesn't work
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

    dubinc/dub#4406 · 1 comment ·

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  • Prevent arbitrary redirects through `redir_url` on short links
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

    dubinc/dub#4388 · 2 comments ·

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  • Open Redirect via Unrestricted redir_url Parameter on All Short Links
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    dubinc/dub#4337 · 1 comment ·

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  • Deleted / re-keyed links keep redirecting for ~5s due to stale in-process LRU cache
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

    dubinc/dub#4267 · 3 comments ·

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  • Partner onboarding: Legal company name input becomes readOnly on validation error, permanently blocking signup
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    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 80/100

    dubinc/dub#4234 · 3 comments ·

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  • feat(i18n): Add Indonesian (id) locale translation
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 25/100

    dubinc/dub#4197 · 1 comment ·

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  • Add aria-label to home title
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    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 55/100

    dubinc/dub#4124 · 1 comment ·

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  • False Positive – Safe Portfolio URL Flagged as Malicious
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

    dubinc/dub#3983 · 3 comments ·

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  • Improve UI for date time picker for smart-datetime-picker
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    dubinc/dub#3904 · 4 comments ·

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  • Improve navbar UI ( signup + login button )
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    dubinc/dub#3811 · 6 comments ·

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  • Embed: custom reward unit / currency display
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    dubinc/dub#3775 · 5 comments ·

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  • Stripe webhook handler returns 4xx on business logic errors, causing unguarded retries
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    dubinc/dub#3752 · 2 comments ·

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  • Browser verification breaks cURL usage.
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

    dubinc/dub#3694 · 1 comment ·

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  • Mobile dark mode issue: Navigation menu items have low contrast on /brand page
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 38/100

    dubinc/dub#3551 · 4 comments ·

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  • Possible license / attribution concern – Taap.it using Dub?
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 10/100

    dubinc/dub#3535 · 3 comments ·

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  • [FEAT] Accept base64 image upload for `image` field on link creation
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

    dubinc/dub#3503 · 3 comments ·

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  • [FEAT] CORS support for browser-based API calls
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    dubinc/dub#3502 · 4 comments ·

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  • Mobile UI Not Properly Fitting After Sign-In
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 22/100

    dubinc/dub#3431 · 5 comments ·

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  • Malicious URL detected for Google Sites
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

    dubinc/dub#3295 · 7 comments ·

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  • Self-hosting Dub on Docker + Kubernetes: any limitations vs. Vercel stack (deep links, deferred deep links, webhooks, analytics)?
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    self-hosting

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    dubinc/dub#2870 · 4 comments · 6 reactions ·

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  • [FEAT] Randomize where a URL/QR resolves
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    dubinc/dub#997 · 5 comments · 5 reactions ·

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  • [FEAT] Access QR code in SVG via API
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    dubinc/dub#640 · 4 comments · 1 reaction ·

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  • [FEAT]: Redirect rule
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    dubinc/dub#529 · 9 comments · 1 reaction ·

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  • YouTube Timestamp URL Parameter Input Fields & Chapter Links
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 22/100

    dubinc/dub#496 · 2 reactions ·

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  • [feature] [long term] link page
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 12/100

    dubinc/dub#480 · 2 comments · 1 reaction ·

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  • Metatags - Edge case: TikTok's video preview ignored
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    dubinc/dub#425 · 40 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • Creating Dockerfile
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    self-hosting

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

    dubinc/dub#378 · 15 comments · 27 reactions ·

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  • Feature Request: Have a template based landing page for custom domain.
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    dubinc/dub#376 · 3 comments ·

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