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Is wireapp/wire-server beginner-friendly?

In the last 30 days, wireapp/wire-server merged 44 of 81 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 2 days. 1 beginner-friendly issue is open now.

Stars
2.8k
Forks
332
Open beginner issues
1
Indexed issues
50
Avg merge
3d 7h
Merged PRs (30d)
49
Dominant language
Haskell
License
AGPL-3.0
Last GitHub push
Oct 23, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide
No contributing guide
Code of conduct
No code of conduct
Beginner labels
good first issue help wanted

How to contribute to wireapp/wire-server

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Your contributions will be published under the project's AGPL-3.0 license.
  3. Pick the open beginner-friendly issue below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.

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

  • Action Required: Fix Renovate Configuration
    Open

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 83/100

    wireapp/wire-server#5632 ·

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  • Pending Invitation Not Cancelled When User Deleted via SCIM
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    wireapp/wire-server#5443 · 1 comment ·

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  • Publishing schema-profunctor?
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    wireapp/wire-server#5315 · 4 comments · 1 reaction ·

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  • Dependency Dashboard
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    wireapp/wire-server#4754 ·

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  • Services not allowed in MLS - Timeline for MLS Service Support
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    wireapp/wire-server#4613 ·

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  • initializing sub modules requires auth
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    wireapp/wire-server#4469 · 1 comment ·

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  • Help with Installation. Docker Wrapper and Commit ID.
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    wireapp/wire-server#4195 · 3 comments ·

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  • v1/conversations/list/v2 The V1 API returnes the data structure with new access_role logical
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 34/100

    wireapp/wire-server#3746 ·

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  • wire-server locally build
    Open

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

    wireapp/wire-server#3704 ·

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  • WS connections refused with 1006, even though token is correct
    Open

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

    wireapp/wire-server#3377 · 2 comments ·

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  • nginz: Keep /usr/include/zauth.h compatible with other projects
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    wireapp/wire-server#2660 ·

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  • Voice Call is not working
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1927 ·

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  • Performance Requirement
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1885 · 3 comments ·

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  • Video Size Limit
    Open

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

    wireapp/wire-server#1823 ·

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  • Cannot Build docker-intermediate
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1741 · 4 comments ·

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  • Adding external SMTP Service
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1701 ·

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  • Compiling proteus v1.0.3 Mac os big sur
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1673 · 3 comments ·

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  • Backoffice chart references missing image
    Open

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 55/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1365 · 1 comment ·

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  • Creating conversations Doc
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1273 ·

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  • Support Hidden Service Connection (kill metadata)
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 18/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1228 ·

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  • unable to search contacts/people in the mobile apps (android & ios)
    Open

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

    wireapp/wire-server#1225 · 1 comment ·

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  • Can't able to search people inside mobile apps (Android/ios)
    Open

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

    wireapp/wire-server#1224 · 3 comments ·

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  • Cargohold v2.88.0 won't upload objects to s3 because of BadDigest error
    Open

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

    wireapp/wire-server#1203 · 1 comment ·

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  • SSO: bind password-authenticated users to SAML IdP.
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 32/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1151 ·

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  • Database inconsistencies for scim / saml users between spar, brig?
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1147 · 1 comment ·

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  • sign SAML auth requests
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1112 · 6 comments ·

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  • getting 412 response while uploading file on chat
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1104 · 1 comment ·

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  • getting 404 for /properties/WIRE_RECEIPT_MODE and /properties/labels
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1103 · 2 comments ·

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  • Video and Audio Call Limit
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1094 · 4 comments · 3 reactions ·

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  • Missed featureFlags options for services-demo in docker config
    Open

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 35/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1085 · 1 comment · 2 reactions ·

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  • forgot password
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1044 ·

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  • uninitialized sanitized_request
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1021 · 1 comment ·

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  • cookie and token missing
    Open

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

    wireapp/wire-server#1020 · 5 comments ·

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  • How to make a load test for audio/video
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 22/100

    wireapp/wire-server#1018 · 3 comments ·

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  • wireweb app register Unexpected error problem..
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

    wireapp/wire-server#956 · 3 comments ·

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  • Following installation instructions
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    wireapp/wire-server#936 · 1 comment ·

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  • Do Spar things transactionally
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    wireapp/wire-server#913 ·

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  • Media Server
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    wireapp/wire-server#901 · 4 comments ·

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  • Authentication (Token verification) failing
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    wireapp/wire-server#846 · 1 comment ·

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  • Reduce duplication of mock https servers in integration tests.
    Open
    good first issue help wanted

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    wireapp/wire-server#812 ·

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  • Use uri-bytestring consistently
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    wireapp/wire-server#811 · 1 comment ·

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  • Unable to follow docker build procedures in tags, new or not
    Open

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

    wireapp/wire-server#806 ·

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  • Dynamodb, Failed to establish a new connection.
    Open

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

    wireapp/wire-server#777 · 4 comments ·

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  • Implement XMPP federation
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    wireapp/wire-server#631 · 34 comments · 90 reactions ·

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  • Start moving internal documentation to /docs
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    wireapp/wire-server#603 · 12 comments ·

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  • SSL connection issues with Brig on Debian
    May be free again @julialongtin claimed this 2801 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    bug

    wireapp/wire-server#327 · 17 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • oss developer experience: PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md and ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md missing
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

    wireapp/wire-server#143 ·

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  • oss developer experience: CONTRIBUTING.md is missing
    Open

    Difficulty 2/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 35/100

    wireapp/wire-server#142 ·

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  • Wire SMS activation code does not change.
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    wireapp/wire-server#679 · 10 comments ·

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  • Tests fail due to commitBuffer: invalid argument (invalid character)
    Possibly taken A pull request linked to this issue is open or already merged. Open

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

    wireapp/wire-server#764 · 16 comments ·

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