The best way to get started is find a bug in something you use regularly and patch it. If it's really a bug you can generally expect that it will be accepted. A

The best way to get started is find a bug in something you use regularly and patch it. If it's really a bug you can generally expect that it will be accepted. Also, look for projects whose maintainer has been active recently (not necessarily on that project, but at least on GitHub). Being on GitHub in the first place is a good enough indication that they're open to outside contributions. It's not always true, but much of GitHub's appeal is that it lowers the barriers to contribution. The scope doesn't have to be huge. You can contribute a simple bugfix in the span of an hour.