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    Type of resources
    Reading
    Education level(s)
    Graduate / Professional
    Primary user(s)
    student, teacher
    Subject area(s)
    Applied Science, Life Science, Physical Science, Social Science
    Language(s)
    English
    Cluster
    Transparency and Reproducibility in Computation and Analysis
    Last updated
    1 January 2020
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    Open Source Guides

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    Level Graduate / Professional · For student, teacher · Language English

    Abstract

    Open Source Guides ( https://opensource.guide/) are a collection of resources for individuals, communities, and companies who want to learn how to run and contribute to an open source project.

    Background: Open Source Guides were created and are curated by GitHub, along with input from outside community reviewers, but they are not exclusive to GitHub products. One reason we started this project is because we felt that there weren’t enough resources for people creating open source projects.

    Our goal is to aggregate community best practices, not what GitHub (or any other individual or entity) thinks is best. Therefore, we try to use examples and quotations from others to illustrate our points.

    Keywords Analysis · Open Source · Researchers · Software Engineers