# Contributions to Opensource **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [January 23, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/contributions-to-opensource/5070 "2023-01-23T05:27:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mayank\_ughade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@mayank\_ughade](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/mayank_ughade)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/contributions-to-opensource/5070/1 "2023-01-23T05:27:11Z")
Hello Community. My name is Mayank. I am currently currently a sophomore and starting out my opensource journey. Fount fortran on GSOC 2022 website and I must say it is fascinating. I would love to start my journey in opensource with fortran but I need a little guidance on how to start. It would be awesome if someone will help me to start out. Thank You! ---
**Author:** ![vmagnin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/vmagnin/32/28_2.png) [@vmagnin](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/vmagnin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 7:41am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/contributions-to-opensource/5070/2 "2023-01-23T07:41:15Z")
Welcome Mayank to the Fortran Discourse and Fortran-lang community! If you want to contribute to the flagship projects fpm, stdlib and Fortran website, there are “Contributing” links on this page: > **[Community — Fortran Programming Language](https://fortran-lang.org/en/community/)** > > Fortran : High-performance parallel programming language If you want to contribute in the projects of the members of the community, many people have GitHub or GitLab repositories and will be happy to have a new contributor. According to your knowledge and skills, you can contribute to small projects or big projects, even to the opensource compilers [LFortran](https://github.com/lfortran/lfortran), [GFortran](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/loop-variable-reaching-integer-huge-causes-infinite-loop/5045/27) or [Flang (LLVM)](https://flang.llvm.org/docs/GettingInvolved.html). ---
**Author:** ![mayank\_ughade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@mayank\_ughade](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/mayank_ughade)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/contributions-to-opensource/5070/3 "2023-01-23T11:02:37Z")
Thank you soo much for this. On it sir !! ---
**Author:** ![vmagnin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/vmagnin/32/28_2.png) [@vmagnin](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/vmagnin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/contributions-to-opensource/5070/4 "2023-01-23T11:11:30Z")
Another way to contribute is to translate the Fortran websites, documentation, etc.: > [@Promoting Fortran in non-English languages](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/promoting-fortran-in-non-english-languages/678/79): > > I registered a project for the webpage and the fpm-docs at weblate: [Fortran programming language @ Hosted Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/fortran-lang/) and will apply there to get free hosting for our open source projects. Translations can be submitted via the web interface and will than result in a PR opened by weblate at the respective repository. Here is one created for the fpm-docs: [Translations update from Hosted Weblate by weblate · Pull Request #65 · fortran-lang/fpm-docs · GitHub](https://github.com/fortran-lang/fpm-docs/pull/65), as you can see the attribution for the tran… ---
**Author:** ![vmagnin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/vmagnin/32/28_2.png) [@vmagnin](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/vmagnin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/contributions-to-opensource/5070/5 "2023-01-23T11:12:34Z")
You can also improve the national Wikipedia Fortran pages: > [@Reviewing all "Fortran" Wikipedia pages & improving Fortran imagery](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reviewing-all-fortran-wikipedia-pages-improving-fortran-imagery/785): > > Why? When typing “Fortran” in most search engines, the national (and/or English) Wikipedia page is at the top of the page. The English page is just below one half of the total views: [Langviews Analysis](https://pageviews.toolforge.org/langviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2020-03-01&end=2021-02-28&sort=views&direction=1&view=list&page=Fortran). If the English page is very complete and accurate, non-English pages can be of various lengths and quality. Many suffer from what we could call the dusty museum syndrome. The objective of the Wikipedia page is not to attract new users to Fortran, but neither is it to scare them away. I therefo… ---
**Author:** ![mayank\_ughade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@mayank\_ughade](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/mayank_ughade)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/contributions-to-opensource/5070/6 "2023-01-23T11:21:00Z")
Oh ok. This is interesting. also I wanted to ask that is Fortan going to participate in GSOC 2023?? ---
**Author:** ![vmagnin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/vmagnin/32/28_2.png) [@vmagnin](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/vmagnin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/contributions-to-opensource/5070/7 "2023-01-23T13:12:24Z")
I guess, although the deadline is approaching and I have read no post about it. Applications for organizations are open from today to 7th February: > **[Google Summer of Code](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/)** > > Google Summer of Code is a global program focused on bringing more developers into open source software development.