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pvDataCPP is an EPICS V4 C++ module

Is epics-base/pvDataCPP beginner-friendly?

We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to epics-base/pvDataCPP to say how often they are merged. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars
5
Forks
18
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
9
Dominant language
C++
License
No license data
Last GitHub push
Oct 21, 2026
Latest indexed
Oct 22, 2026
No contributing guide
No code of conduct
Beginner labels
help wanted
No merged PRs in 30d

How to contribute to epics-base/pvDataCPP

  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. Follow the repository to hear when a new beginner-friendly issue opens, or look through the other issues below.
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  • Type mismatch in use of bitSet
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    question

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    epics-base/pvDataCPP#101 · 1 comment ·

  • Compiler problem with MSVC and std:c++20
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug help wanted

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    epics-base/pvDataCPP#99 · 6 comments ·

  • Questionable type detection in parseToPOD.cpp
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    epics-base/pvDataCPP#95 ·

  • Immutable not working correctly
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

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

    epics-base/pvDataCPP#77 · 1 comment ·

  • Repeat doxygen comments in pvAlarm.h
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 48/100

    epics-base/pvDataCPP#75 ·

  • Deprecate PVDisplay and friends?
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement question

    epics-base/pvDataCPP#61 · 5 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Field sub-class comparison is incomplete
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug help wanted

    epics-base/pvDataCPP#52 · 11 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Migrate Requester, Monitor, and related types to pvAccess
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

    epics-base/pvDataCPP#35 · 4 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Need versioning for serialization
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement help wanted

    epics-base/pvDataCPP#26 · 5 comments · 1 assignee ·

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