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# OSS Wave

### What's it about

It's THE event of the month that lasts around 10 days.

The Wave is a moment in time when maintainers from a variety of repos create or open a number of issues for contributors to tackle. 

We partner with strong repos that are looking to onboard motivated devs to help them fix their issues quickly.

Over 5500 devs & 500 repos (probably more, can’t keep up!) have joined the Wave.

### Why participate? 

It's the perfect time to explore projects across the space, get onboarded, build your skills and be in direct contact with the maintainer. 

This is when everyone is active and when you can get instant feedback on your work. 

Many contributors have found amazing projects to contribute to in the long-term, leading them to furthur opportunities.

Basically, great for your resumé :wink:.  

**Bonus:** Participating increases your chances to earn perks like fellowship grants and limited-edition merch. ([More info in the OnlyDust Fellowship](/contributors-hiya/onlydust-fellowship.md)).

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### How it works

*(Have a look at the using the* [*Find your first issue*](/contributors-hiya/find-your-first-issue.md) *on step by step details).*&#x20;

In order to participate, you will need to register to "Join the Wave".

Before it starts, you'll be seeing a page similar to this:&#x20;

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And boom, when it's live, a whole new page takes action!&#x20;

As a contributor, you'll be able to browse through open issues and repos looking for contributions.&#x20;

* You can use the filters that are provided to have a better look at issues that match your skills or repos that interest you.&#x20;
* Once you find an issue that you'd like to tackle, go through the steps in the [*Find your first issue*](/contributors-hiya/find-your-first-issue.md) section.

Other info:&#x20;

* The OSS Wave lasts \~10 days.
* We strongly recommend contributors and maintainers stay active and communicative throughout the week.
* To keep things smooth, make sure you always let maintainers where things are at.
* Contributors can submit PRs anytime during the week, but we **highly** recommend they submit all final work (even drafts) by Day 10 to show progress.
* Maintainers then have two extra days to review and merge.

All info are sent through our mails (so keep an eye out on that) and on our  [Discord](https://discord.gg/sVDvdKqPqN).&#x20;