The best way to tell whether its more about you or the project is to try several comparable ones, some of the biggest and oldest open source projects are practi

The best way to tell whether its more about you or the project is to try several comparable ones, some of the biggest and oldest open source projects are practically impenetrable to outside contributors without years or decades of familiarity, this is a problem since the future of such projects is either to be abandoned as their core retires or become entirely dominated by corporations who sponsor the time for people to get on board.