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Open source is changing the world – one contribution at a time.

Hello Folks, this post is to inform you about the amazing opportunity to showcase your skills, advance your knowledge by contributing to real-world projects. It’s time to contribute in open source contribution and do your first pull request on Github and Gitlab. Participate in the biggest event to get real-life experience which matters a lot during your placements. Because Companies are also looking for a candidate who has done some open source contribution to real-world live projects.

About HactoberFest Event

Recently, Digital Ocean launched HactoberFest 2021, the 8th edition of HactoberFest. It is an annual open-source festival held in October to encourage individuals all over the world to actively participate in and contribute to open source projects hosted on GitHub and GitLab.

In fact, Hacktoberfest 2020 had attracted 169,886 participants and 116,361 participating open source repositories, representing 135 countries.

From October 1 through October 31, you may simply register here and begin contributing to any participating open source project. Additionally, if you reach DigitalOcean’s contribution criteria, you’ll receive a Hacktoberfest t-shirt!

Hacktoberfest is a great resource for technology companies looking to increase participation in their open-source projects.

Furthermore, if you successfully contribute to LoginRadius open source projects, you will receive a LoginRadius branded Hacktoberfest t-shirt from us as a thank you for your great contributions.

Event	Hacktoberfest 2021
Dates	1st October 2021 to 31st October 2021
Eligibility	Open to everyone
Rules	Make 4 valid merged pull requests to participating repositories
Winners	All participants with 4 valid merged pull requests
Prizes	Exclusive DigitalOcean t-shirt + stickers for various companies

Hacktoberfest 2021 Rules & Important Guidelines

The following are the rules for Hacktoberfest 2021:

Make significant contributions. Simple contributions, such as changing text files or making disruptive modifications, will be flagged as “invalid” by the open-source project’s Maintainer. If your merged pull request is tagged as invalid, it won’t count toward the four you need to finish.
Prizes are awarded only to merged pull requests. Make careful to respond to review comments and integrate your pull requests.
The tag “hacktoberfest” will cause problems for participating repositories. This can be found on the open-source project’s problems page.
Examine the project’s guidelines and open issues before making a contribution. This is to guarantee that the format of your pull requests is consistent with the Project’s objectives.
After completing four merged pull requests, DigitalOcean will send you an email with a form asking for your address and other information in order to give the prize.
Your prize will be delivered between mid-November 2021 and the end of January 2022, depending on your location. This competition is available to people from all over the world.

Steps To Participate

Step 1: Get your local copy of our code
Step 2: Learn to make a pull request
Step 3: Make 1st Contribution
Step 4: Make 2nd Contribution
Step 5: Make 3rd Contribution
Step 6: Make 4th Contribution

Note: If you are/ have been an Intern at OpenGenus, you can message your mentor in your Internship tracker directly to help you contribute at our projects at Hacktoberfest 2021.

Who can Join?

Contributors
Anyone who wants to assist drive the expansion of open source and make constructive contributions to an ever-growing community from anywhere on the planet. Participants of all backgrounds and ability levels are welcome to take part.

Maintainers
Hacktoberfest is available to anyone who operates an open-source project on GitHub or GitLab and wants support from the community to better it.

Participate in this Open Source Contribution and gain recognition, get a better understanding of technology. It also helps in writing cleaner code. This also builds your resume by displaying your ability to work collaboratively on code. It allows you to gain experience with Git and GitHub, which is an important data science ability. It aids in the development of relationships within the open-source community. And From this HacktoberFest, the biggest event across world also gives you a chance to get Free Goodies and Free Swags for participants.