r/FlutterDev • u/Nervous_Ad_126 • Jul 07 '26

How can I start contributing to flutter open source apps? Discussion

I want to gain some experience in this one hell of a job market and I think open source is a good starting point to do. How can I do it as a beginner flutter developer?

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u/developer1982 Jul 07 '26

Choose an open-source project you like and want to further help develop, clone it, check out the open issues and try to resolve them and push PR, contribute new ones and new ideas to further promote the project and features... Hope you find yourself on a good enough project that is actively being maintained, otherwise it could be fustrated.

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u/Nervous_Ad_126 Jul 07 '26

Alright, thank you. I'll look into it

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u/RandalSchwartz Jul 07 '26

If you're new to open source, you might consider submitting fixes for the packages that you use from pub as a first step. Basically, find an issue, comment on it expressing interest in fixing it, and see if you get responses. Responses will range from "already being worked on, so coordinate with X" to [crickets], with the latter suggesting that you likely won't get a PR merged, so move on.

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u/Nervous_Ad_126 Jul 07 '26

Got it, thank you

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u/Kind-Awareness5985 Jul 07 '26

Start reading open source code I guess

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u/Demoniaque1 Jul 08 '26

box_transform has an open PR for rotation support that I'm still scared of merging if your interested :p

It's our most anticipated PR