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Java Good First Issues

Open issues from GitHub projects written in Java. The list opens on the ones we rated beginner-friendly; each issue links to GitHub, where you claim it and send the pull request.

Java

Open issues
519k
New this week
7.2k
Nobody on it yet
413k
Average difficulty
3.8/5

What this list is like

  • Average annotated difficulty: 3.8/5 across 481,658 issues.
  • 10% of 481,658 time estimates are one day or less.

Updated Nov 1, 2026.

About Java

A statically typed, JVM-based language from Sun (1995), long the default for large server-side systems and Android apps.

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How many Java issues are open here?
518,971 open issues: 7,249 opened in the last seven days, and 413,233 with nobody working on them yet. We count them once a day.
Where do I start?
Pick an issue marked beginner-friendly, read the project's contributing guide and comment before you begin. The contributor guide walks through it, from choosing an issue to your first pull request.
Can you pick one for me?
Yes: sign in with GitHub and Your next issue shows one open issue nobody has claimed, matched to your languages, your time and the difficulty you want.

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