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Python Good First Issues

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

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40.2k
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1.1M
Average difficulty
3.7/5

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  • Average annotated difficulty: 3.7/5 across 1,466,047 issues.
  • 16% of 1,466,047 time estimates are one day or less.

Updated Nov 11, 2026.

About Python

A general-purpose language from 1991 (Guido van Rossum). Readable by design, and the default choice for data science, machine learning and scripting.

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How many Python issues are open here?
1,443,105 open issues: 40,191 opened in the last seven days, and 1,117,786 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.
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