Reading big open source codebases
Do you work with open source?
Yes. I learn the most by reading large, real codebases. These are the ones I've forked to run locally and study:
- cal.comScheduling infrastructure for everyone.
- Rocket.ChatOpen source team communication platform.
- trigger.devBuild and deploy managed AI agents and background workflows.
- payloadFullstack Next.js framework with an instant backend.
- strapiThe leading open source headless CMS.
- fastifyFast, low overhead web framework for Node.js.
- electronCross-platform desktop apps with web tech.
- musicblocksA musical microworld for learning to code.
- openshipSelf-hosted deployment platform.
- motifSelf-hosted experience graph and memory for AI agents.
If you maintain one of these and have a good first issue, I'd like to hear about it.
Answered by Rishi