# Hacktoberfest 2022 with Bytebase

> Bytebase is participating in Hacktoberfest 2022! Join the month long celebration of open source with us.

Mila | 2022-09-29 | Source: https://www.bytebase.com/blog/hacktoberfest-2022/

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It's almost October, the holiday season is almost upon us! For us hackers, it means that the annual [Hacktoberfest](https://hacktoberfest.com/) is about to start.

This time, Bytebase is also joining Hacktoberfest and we invite everyone to join us 💙.

## What is Hacktoberfest?

Hacktoberfest = Hacker + Oktoberfest🍺. It is an open-source celebration that takes place every October. Whether you're an open-source newbie or a seasoned developer, you can find something of interest among the projects participating in Hacktoberfest and join this global community event by contributing changes!

## How to participate as a contributor

- Make sure to [register](https://hacktoberfest.com/auth/) between now and October 31;
- Raise a Pull/Merge Request in the repository of a project participating in Hacktoberfest;
  - [GitHub repos](https://github.com/topics/hacktoberfest)
  - [GitLab repos](https://gitlab.com/explore/projects/topics/Hacktoberfest)
- Project maintainers accept your Pull/Merge Requests for them to count toward your total;
- Have 4 Pull/Merge Requests accepted between October 1 and October 31 to complete Hacktoberfest🎉;

The first 40,000 participants to complete Hacktoberfest can choose one of two prizes:

- a tree planted in your name🌳;
- a Hacktoberfest 2022 t-shirt👔.

More details can be found [here](https://hacktoberfest.com/participation/#contributors).

## Bytebase at Hacktoberfest

We've curated some [good first-time issues](https://github.com/bytebase/bytebase/issues/2798) for you to get started with, make sure to check them out ;)

💡If this is your first time contributing to Bytebase, you can start with the [Bytebase source code tour walk-through](https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/bytebase/bytebase/-/blob/docs/design/sql-review-source-code-tour.snb.md). You can also refer to our [Contribution Guide](https://github.com/bytebase/bytebase#-interested-in-contributing).

If you encounter any issues, or need a helping hand, feel free to join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/huyw7gRsyA)!