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Contribute to Microsoft open source projects

Whether you’re a seasoned open source developer or looking to make your first ever open source contribution Microsoft has many open source projects seeking new contributors. Here are a few to get started:

logo SharePoint/sp-usage-docs

SharePoint Documentation on usage and feature patterns for site owners and citizen developers

3621
  • user-experience
  • sharepoint
  • microsoft
  • citizen-developers

Needs help with: What is retention and how does it work in practical terms?

logo MicrosoftDocs/visualstudio-docsPython

This repo is the home of the official Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, Visual Studio Subscriptions, and Scripting Technologies documentation for Microsoft.

524933

Needs help with: Add documentation about DockerComposeBaseFilePath and AdditionalComposeFilePaths properties for dcproj files

logo MicrosoftDocs/sql-docsPowerShell

Technical documentation for Microsoft SQL Server, tools such as SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) , SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) etc.

4631,387

Needs help with: TempTableChanged reason is missing

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Open source releases from Microsoft


microsoft/c9-python-getting-started

Sample code for Channel 9 Python for Beginners course

4,7921,162

microsoft/cascadia-code

This is a fun, new monospaced font that includes programming ligatures and is designed to enhance the modern look and feel of the Windows Terminal.

7,956193

microsoft/STL

MSVC's implementation of the C++ Standard Library.

4,170384

microsoft/calculator

Windows Calculator: A simple yet powerful calculator that ships with Windows

18,8623,089

microsoft/terminal

The new Windows Terminal, and the original Windows console host - all in the same place!

53,4385,176

microsoft/PowerToys

Windows system utilities to maximize productivity

10,881456

microsoft/vscode

Visual Studio Code

84,93812,462

microsoft/frontend-bootcamp

Frontend Workshop from HTML/CSS/JS to TypeScript/React/Redux

9,3091,056

microsoft/TypeScript

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.

54,9937,503

microsoft/mimalloc

mimalloc is a compact general purpose allocator with excellent performance.

3,432162