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Is eslint/js beginner-friendly?

We have not seen enough recent pull requests from first-time contributors to eslint/js 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
2.4k
Forks
234
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
7
Avg merge
19m
Merged PRs (30d)
3
Dominant language
JavaScript
License
BSD-2-Clause
Last GitHub push
Sep 15, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 15, 2026
Contributing guide
Contributing guide
Code of conduct
Code of conduct
Beginner labels
No beginner labels indexed

How to contribute to eslint/js

  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 BSD-2-Clause license.
  4. Follow the repository to hear when a new beginner-friendly issue opens, or look through the other issues below.

Issues somebody may already be working on are listed last. List everything by date

  • Change Request: Stop publishing declaration map files for espree
    May be free again @sethamus claimed this 111 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    accepted blocked enhancement

    eslint/js#755 · 3 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Change Request: Remove `nodejsScope` option of eslint-scope
    May be free again @mdjermanovic claimed this 359 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    accepted breaking enhancement

    eslint/js#697 · 3 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Change Request: Add Knip to detect unused dependencies and exports
    May be free again @Pixel998 claimed this 368 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    accepted enhancement

    eslint/js#695 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee ·

  • Dependency Dashboard
    Open

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

    eslint/js#680 ·

  • Expose acorn plugin from espree module
    May be free again @nzakas claimed this 694 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    accepted

    eslint/js#623 · 9 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Future of ecmaFeatures.globalReturn
    May be free again @Pixel998 claimed this 373 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    accepted breaking enhancement

    eslint/js#525 · 22 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Proposal: errors option
    May be free again @nzakas claimed this 405 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    accepted enhancement

    eslint/js#368 · 7 comments · 3 reactions · 1 assignee ·

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