OpenSource: how do you choose projects and get involved in it?

Question

open source

I have a desire to develop any open source project in my free time. There is little experience of participating in such projects, mostly they were bug fixes. I didn’t particularly like projects in their essence, so it turned out that I “went and quit”.
I want to find something interesting, for a long time, but the search does not give anything. Out of habit, I look through the list of issues, see that I actually have nothing to do here, and leave, even if the project is of interest.
How are you looking for projects?

Answer 1

If you're not interested, don't force yourself.
No need to search. He must find you.
I fix minor bugs that I encountered while using the software, I fix bugs that HIND ME

Answer 2

In addition to tovogukA Vladimir Sidorov OnYourLips I can add: The main thing is not to hope that all pull requests will be accepted or accepted quickly.
Many who are trying to start helping open source projects are offended by such behavior and quit.
Not always your views and the views of the developers will converge.

Answer 3

These should be those projects that you use yourself.
And if I used it for a long time, I noticed bugs or missing functionality. And even if you didn’t notice (which is from the realm of fantasy), you can always look in the issue tracker.

Answer 4

Maxim, good afternoon. If you have experience, what prevents you from organizing the OS yourself? As for the choice of OS projects, for me personally, personal relationships with the founders and the very atmosphere within the project are a priority. Such projects either appear by themselves or through acquaintances.