What is up-for-grabs.net?

Up-for-Grabs is the source code behind the website up-for-grabs.net, a directory of open source projects that have specifically tagged tasks suitable for first-time contributors. The idea is to help people who want to start contributing to open source find projects that are actively welcoming newcomers, rather than having to cold-approach any random repository. Project maintainers who want to attract new contributors can submit their project to the site by opening a pull request that adds a small data file describing the project, a link to it, and where to find the beginner-friendly issues. The website then displays these projects in a searchable, filterable list so that people looking to contribute can browse by programming language, tag, or project name. The repository itself is what powers that website. It is a JavaScript project built for static hosting on Netlify, meaning it compiles into a set of plain HTML and CSS files with no server needed at runtime. There is a beta version of the site in development alongside the existing site, and the README describes the commands needed to run either locally for development and testing. Contributing to the Up-for-Grabs project itself is also explicitly encouraged. The repository has its own contributing guide covering environment setup, how to test changes locally, and the commands to run before submitting a pull request. The project lists its own contributors using the all-contributors specification, giving credit for code, documentation, and content additions alike.