Hello everyone,
My name is Sonali. I am a computer science student and I am starting my open-source journey.
I am interested in contributing to OpenMRS and preparing for Google Summer of Code. I would like to start with documentation and beginner-friendly issues.
Please guide me on where and how to begin.
Thank you!
Hello Sonali,
Welcome to OpenMRS!
I recommend that you visit the Getting Started as a Developer on the OpenMRS wiki. There, you’ll learn about the different projects, the development environment required to contribute, and other important information to help you get started as an OpenMRS developer.
Hello,
Thank you very much for the guidance and the warm welcome.
I will go through the “Getting Started as a Developer” documentation and set up my development environment. I am especially interested in starting with documentation and beginner-friendly issues.
I will follow up if I have any questions.
Thanks again!
Hi Sonali, welcome to the OpenMRS community! 
Great to see your interest in open source . A good place to begin is the OpenMRS Contributing Guide, which explains how to get started and make your first contributions: https://guide.openmrs.org/contributing/
You can also check the Getting Started as a Developer guide on the OpenMRS Wiki:
For exploring the application without local setup, you can use the OpenMRS dev server: https://dev3.openmrs.org
I’d recommend starting with documentation tasks or issues labeled intro / good first issue on Jira. Also, feel free to join the OpenMRS Slack and ask questions there — the community is very supportive.
All the best for your open-source journey 
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Hi everyone, I’m Panav , a sophomore in the Mathematics & Computing student at IIT Kanpur, and an aspiring GSoC 2026 contributor. I’m currently focusing on web development using MERN stack and learning how to contribute effectively to open-source projects. I recently started exploring this organization and would love some guidance on: how to get started. areas where my contributions could be most helpful I’m excited to learn, contribute consistently. Looking forward to working with you all!
Thank you very much for the warm welcome and the helpful resources.
I will go through the OpenMRS Contributing Guide and the Getting Started documentation. I plan to begin with documentation and beginner-friendly issues.
I appreciate the support!
Looks like I am also on same step,
If you had some experience here , can you share cause I have joined yesterday only.
Looking forward for some beginners issues
If all is installed and ready, get started over here. And pick tickets you feel comfortable with and are not assigned to anyone.