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Open issues about Search from GitHub projects in every language. The list opens on the ones we rated beginner-friendly, and the subject's other names are matched too.

Search

Open issues
39.2k
New this week
573
Nobody on it yet
39k
Average difficulty
4.0/5

What this list is like

  • Average annotated difficulty: 4.0/5 across 40,035 issues.
  • 4% of 40,035 time estimates are one day or less.

Updated Oct 3, 2026.

About Search

Search covers indexing and querying text and data: full-text search engines, ranking, and search features inside applications.

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Questions

How many Search issues are open here?
39,174 open issues: 573 opened in the last seven days, and 38,951 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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