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EnglishHow Good First Issue Handles Hacktoberfest Issues
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Good First Issue surfaces Hacktoberfest-eligible work by reading two signals from GitHub: the hacktoberfest label on an individual issue, or the hacktoberfest topic on the repository itself. Any issue carrying either signal — and still open and unclaimed — appears in the site's Hacktoberfest collection. The site also displays a live count of open Hacktoberfest issues and links out to hacktoberfest.com for the events side of the programme.
How an issue gets into the Hacktoberfest list
The site doesn't run its own Hacktoberfest registration or tagging system. It inherits whatever maintainers have already done on GitHub:
- Issue-level label — the maintainer adds
hacktoberfestdirectly to the issue. - Repository-level topic — the maintainer adds
hacktoberfestas a topic on the repo, which pulls its eligible issues into scope.
Both routes are described on the site as "the maintainers' invitation" — the tag is how a project signals it wants outside contributions during the season. If neither signal is present, the issue won't appear in the Hacktoberfest view even if it's beginner-friendly.
What the site shows you
The Hacktoberfest section is a filtered view of the same issue pool the rest of the site draws from. On the page, that means:
| Element | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Open issue count | How many Hacktoberfest-tagged issues are currently open (the page cites 582,656 for Hacktoberfest 2026) |
| Issue cards | Title, repo, issue number, open date, difficulty rating, newbie-friendliness score |
| Status flags | Open / unclaimed, plus labels like bug, needs-triage, status/needs-triage |
| Maintainer responsiveness | e.g. "Maintainers usually reply within 1 day" |
| Link out | hacktoberfest.com for events near you |
Each card also carries a "Report a problem with this issue" control with options like Already taken, Not beginner-friendly, and Stale or invalid — a way for the community to flag entries that no longer qualify.
The programme format note
The site states that since 2026 the official Hacktoberfest programme counts events, not pull requests. That's a meaningful shift: the hacktoberfest tag is no longer a path to a PR-based reward, but it still functions as the maintainers' signal that a project is open to newcomers during October. The site links to hacktoberfest.com for finding events near you.
Practical upshot: if you're browsing for a first contribution, the Hacktoberfest filter is still a useful proxy for "maintainer is actively welcoming outside help right now" — just don't expect the tag itself to earn programme credit.
Browsing all Hacktoberfest issues
From the Hacktoberfest section you can open the full list of tagged issues rather than a curated subset. The same difficulty and newbie-friendliness ratings apply, so you can sort by what fits your time budget — the page shows ratings like Difficulty 1/5, Under an hour alongside Difficulty 2/5, 1–3 hours.
If you want to narrow further, the site's technology filters (JavaScript, Python, Go, and an all-categories view) and its "projects most likely to merge your first pull request" list work on top of the Hacktoberfest set the same way they do on the main index.