Looking for a good first issue to contribute

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Hi everyone,

I’ve set up OpenMRS locally and gone through the installation successfully. I’d now like to start contributing. Could someone point me to a beginner-friendly issue (not already resolved) that I can work on as my first contribution?

Thanks a lot

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Welcome to the community @mo_farooq !

Please see: https://openmrs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/docs/pages/25477022/Getting+Started+as+a+Developer#Start-contributing!-Find-where-you-can-help

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You can find beginner-friendly tasks under the “good first issue” label on GitHub. That’s the best place to start contributing.

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Hello! I’m Kundan, a pre-med/NEET student and Java developer with an interest in the medical industry. I would like to work on this problem as my first contribution because I have a solid understanding of OOP principles.

Would you kindly give it to me?

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Hey! I was in the same position a few months ago.

The best place to start is the official OpenMRS issue filters:

Good first issues:

Help wanted issues:

These are organized by the community specifically for new contributors, making them much better than searching randomly.

I’m happy to help if you get stuck on anything, so feel free to reach out!

GitHub: praneeth622 (Devarasetty Praneeth) · GitHub

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Hi everyone, I’m Vinay. I’m interested in contributing to OpenMRS and preparing for GSoC.

I have experience with Java, Spring, and Maven, and I’m comfortable working with REST APIs and backend development.

I’d love to start with a good first issue—preferably in backend modules like openmrs-core. Any guidance or issue suggestions would be really appreciated. Thanks!