# New contributor

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/new-contributor/43734>\
**Category:** Mentorship\
**Created:** [December 18, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/new-contributor/43734 "2025-12-18T05:11:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![soumyagarg30](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/soumyagarg30/32/30963_2.png) [@soumyagarg30](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/soumyagarg30)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/new-contributor/43734/1 "2025-12-18T05:11:39Z")

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I am soumya garg , a computer science student based in India. I am new to this organisation and wanted to contribute to it. Please suggest me some starter things that i can contribute to and also please guide me on how to proceed further and explore the code base.

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**Author:** ![KenWhitesell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/kenwhitesell/32/280_2.png) [@KenWhitesell](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/KenWhitesell)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/new-contributor/43734/2 "2025-12-18T11:55:42Z")

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Welcome @soumyagarg30 !

We recommend people get started by reading:

- [Looking to get involved? Start here!](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/looking-to-get-involved-start-here/18014)
- Also read the blog post at [Getting Started Contributing to Django · Better Simple](https://www.better-simple.com/django/2024/12/25/getting-started-contributing-django/) (Among all the other useful information, there’s specifically a section with resources on finding appropriate tickets.)

Feel free to ask questions here if there’s anything in those references that you don’t understand or if you get stuck.