Library for manipulating genomic variants and predicting their effects

Is openvax/varcode beginner-friendly?

In the last 30 days, openvax/varcode merged 45 of 46 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars
88
Forks
28
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
89
Avg merge
2h 11m
Merged PRs (30d)
45
Dominant language
Python
License
Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push
Nov 2, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide
Contributing guide
Code of conduct
Code of conduct
Beginner labels
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How to contribute to openvax/varcode

  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 Apache-2.0 license.
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