New: good first issues that are free right now. See the list
OPEN SOURCE, WITH A LITTLE DIRECTION

Know if an issue is
really free before you start.

Claims, linked pull requests, maintainer reply times and project activity.
A badge under every issue title, right on GitHub.

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Free & open source · Chrome, Edge, Brave · Public repositories
01 · DISCOVER“Is this project active?”Read the evidence
02 · UNDERSTAND“Will someone reply?”Meet the team
03 · CONTRIBUTE“Where can I help?”Find your first step
YOUR TIME DESERVES A GOOD START

Behind every repository,
there’s a community.
Get to know it.

A small companion.
A clearer first step.

Built for the curiousFirst-time contributorsExperienced buildersOpen-source communitiesYou
01 / A CLEARER PICTURELESS GUESSWORK. MORE GOOD WORK.

More than a star count.
A feel for the project.

A popular repository isn’t always the right place to start. CONTRI brings activity, conversations, and contribution openings into one considered view.

01

Is the project moving?

Recent human merges, contributor activity, releases, and repository context. Know what the data actually covers.

90-day activity · source-linked evidence
02

Are people responding?

Observed team activity, average and median first replies, and unanswered samples. Get context before committing your time.

Human responses · honest sample sizes
03

Where can you help?

A badge under every issue title tells you whether it looks free, is assigned, was claimed in the comments — or the claim went quiet — or already has a pull request. Signed in, the same badge sits next to every title on the issue list.

Find an openingLabels · discussion · linked work
Looks free · Claimed · Claim went quiet · Open PR
02 / YOUR QUIET COMPANION

A little glass.
A lot of context.

Right there when you need it. Out of the way when you don’t. Move CONTRI around GitHub and explore the evidence at your own pace.

Interactive illustration · all demo numbers are fictional.
The extension calculates evidence from GitHub.

    CONTRI
example / community-project ILLUSTRATIVE DATA
Public evidence, clearly labeled
03 / FROM CURIOUS TO CONTRIBUTINGTHREE SMALL STEPS

You bring the curiosity.
We’ll bring the context.

01

Open a repository.

CONTRI recognizes the GitHub project you’re viewing. No copy-paste routine, no full-width dashboard.

02

Read the evidence.

See the overview first. Open Team for response patterns or Issues to inspect contribution opportunities.

03

Start a conversation.

Read the project’s guide and issue discussion. Check existing work. Then bring your idea to the community.

YOUR NEXT STEP, PREPARED

Bring your curiosity.
And your favorite AI.

01

Shortlist and watch.

Save promising projects and issues with private notes. Watch an issue and get a notification when it is unassigned, gets a pull request, a claim goes quiet or it closes.

02

Summarize on your device.

Long thread? Chrome’s built-in AI summarizes it and suggests first steps — locally, without uploading anything. Other browsers show the latest comments at a glance, no AI needed.

03

Or bring your favorite AI.

Copy a source-linked contribution brief into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Nothing is sent automatically.

NOTHING TO INSTALLTHREE PAGES, OPEN TO EVERYONE

Start in the browser.
No extension needed.

01

Free right now.

Good first issues that are unassigned, unclaimed and have no open pull request, in projects where maintainers answer. Rebuilt every day. See the free issues.

02

Who answers newcomers?

Projects ranked by how fast the team first replies to outside contributors, so you know what to expect before you open a pull request. See who replies.

03

Open Source Wrapped.

Type a GitHub username and get a shareable card of the year: merged pull requests, projects, reviews and the busiest month. Made in your browser from public data. Make your card.

FOR AI CODING AGENTSONE CALL BEFORE THE FIRST COMMIT

Your agent should ask first.
“Is this issue taken?”

01

The same checks, as tools.

contri-mcp gives Claude Code, Cursor and other MCP clients the verdicts the extension shows: free, claimed, assigned, or already has a pull request.

02

A verdict in about 40 tokens.

One call instead of reading the whole thread, and up to ten issues at once. Read-only, public data, runs on your machine.

FOR MAINTAINERSFEWER DUPLICATE PULL REQUESTS

Two people, one issue.
Tell them before the second pull request.

01

A comment when work is duplicated.

A GitHub Action checks the issue a new pull request closes. If someone else is assigned, claimed it recently or already has a pull request open, it leaves one friendly comment. It never closes or blocks anything. Six lines of YAML.

02

Show how fast you reply.

A README badge with your team’s median first reply to outside contributors, measured from the last 90 days of public pull requests and issues. Find your project.

03

Send newcomers your free issues.

Add your project in one line and its unclaimed good first issues appear on the daily list. See the list · Add a project.

BUILT IN THE OPEN

Better contributions
begin with understanding.

No mysterious quality score. No promises that your PR will be accepted. Just public evidence, thoughtful explanations, and room for your own judgment.

Build it with us
MIT licensedNo analyticsNo backendPublic repositories only
A FEW FIELD NOTES

Good questions.
Clear answers.

Is CONTRI free?+

Yes. The source is available under the MIT license. You can inspect it, improve it, and build on it.

Do I need to sign in?+

No. Anonymous mode works within GitHub’s limit of 60 requests an hour. Signing in with GitHub (read-only, no scopes) raises it to 5,000 and makes most checks a single request. Your sign-in is forgotten when the browser closes unless you choose otherwise, and it is only ever sent to GitHub.

How does it know who the maintainers are?+

From public evidence: GitHub’s team badges, who labels, assigns and merges, CODEOWNERS and the repository owner. That finds maintainers GitHub hides as “contributors”, but it is still not a complete roster, and every result explains its coverage.

Does “Looks free” mean nobody is working on it?+

Not quite. It means CONTRI found no assignee, no recent “I’d like to work on this” claim and no linked open pull request. Someone may still be working quietly, so say hello in the thread before you start.

Does CONTRI need AI to work?+

No. Badges, claims, linked pull requests, reply times and activity are plain rules over public GitHub data, and work the same in Chrome, Edge and Brave. AI is only two optional buttons that use the model built into your browser, on your device; where there is none, CONTRI shows the latest comments instead.

What stays on my device?+

Cached public reports, your shortlist and notes, watched issues, preferences and, if you choose, your sign-in. AI summaries run on your device with Chrome’s built-in model. There is no analytics or backend. The full privacy policy is in the repository.

Is it on the Chrome Web Store?+

Yes. Install CONTRI from the Chrome Web Store in one click. The same listing works in Edge and Brave, and an experimental Firefox build is on GitHub.

YOUR NEXT CONTRIBUTION STARTS SOMEWHERE

Make it a
meaningful one.

Free and open source. Install it in a minute,
share feedback, or help build what comes next.

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Free on the Chrome Web Store · works in Chrome, Edge and Brave. Firefox (experimental) or manual install