Hacktoberfest 2026
Hacktoberfest is DigitalOcean's annual month-long celebration of open source, running October 1–31. TunaOS is participating with a curated pool of beginner-friendly tasks — no prior experience with bootc, image building, or Rust required.
How it works
- Pick a task — browse our
good first issuelabeled issues (also taggedcommunity/outreach). - Claim it — leave a comment saying you're working on it so others don't duplicate the effort.
- Fix it — docs edits, small scripts, and test coverage are all welcome.
- Open a PR — follow the Contributing guide, sign off your commit with DCO (
git commit -s), and link the issue. - Get merged — the maintainers review PRs quickly; merged PRs count toward your Hacktoberfest goal.
Curated starter tasks (October 2026)
Look for issues tagged good first issue — a fresh batch is curated each September. Recent examples:
- Document the
pantheondesktop suffix in the README (tunaOS#1350) - Write the Pantheon desktop guide for the Gurnard variant (tunaOS#1351)
- Add unit tests for the Flatpak publish helper (letters#13)
- Add a "Verifying downloads" (checksums/SBOM) section to the README (tunaOS#1366)
- Fold top GitHub Discussion questions into the FAQ (docs#157)
The org-wide backlog goal for 2026 is 8 tagged starter tasks by 09-15 — if you see a task you'd like, claim it early.
What kind of PRs do we accept?
| Area | Examples |
|---|---|
| Docs | FAQ entries, guide pages, README sections, cheat sheets |
| Testing | Unit tests for scripts and small helpers, CI hardening |
| Polish | Better error messages, workflow tweaks, label hygiene |
| Content | Blog post drafts, community pages, ADOPTERS.md entries |
We ask that PRs stay small and focused — large refactors are better proposed in an issue first.
FAQ
Do I need to sign anything? Yes — every commit needs a Developer Certificate of Origin sign-off (git commit -s). See CONTRIBUTING.md.
Can I work on non-GFI issues? Sure — help wanted issues are fine too. If you're new, start with good first issue.
Where do I ask questions? Join Matrix or open a GitHub Discussion.