Welcoming Repositories Index Makefile Ecosystem
Top Welcoming Open-Source Makefile Repositories
Top welcoming Makefile repositories. Scored by real 90-day external PR merge rates, maintainer review turnaround speed, and first-time contributor success.
Updated daily • Sun, 11 Oct 2026 UTC
Tracked Repos
108
>100 stars verified
Avg Merge Rate
78%
90-day external PRs
Open GFIs
9
Beginner friendly issues
Welcoming Tier
23
S & A Tier maintainers
Ranked Makefile Repositories
Showing top 50 of 108 ranked repositories
| Rank | Repository | Tier | Score | Merge Rate | Good First Issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Source ontology files for the Gene Ontology | S•Elite | 72.6 | 88.2% | - |
| #2 | explainer for AAuth | S•Elite | 72.4 | 78.1% | - |
| #3 | ROCKNIX/distribution1,487 | A•Welcoming | 69.9 | 63.3% | - |
| #4 | Unified build system for OpenIndiana distribution components | A•Welcoming | 68.9 | 83.7% | - |
| #5 | CLI to install, manage & troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters running Cilium | A•Welcoming | 68.8 | 96.2% | - |
| #6 | Just enough OS for KODI | A•Welcoming | 67.6 | 72.7% | - |
| #7 | openwrt/packages4,581 Community maintained packages for OpenWrt. Documentation for submitting pull requests is in CONTRIBUTING.md | A•Welcoming | 67.2 | 55.9% | 3 |
| #8 | Demos for aiohttp project | A•Welcoming | 66.8 | 89.3% | 1 |
| #9 | cncf/people173 Stores the data that will populate the various people listings on cncf.io | A•Welcoming | 66.5 | 83.9% | - |
| #10 | Plone Documentation | A•Welcoming | 64.7 | 100.0% | - |
| #11 | The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac | A•Welcoming | 62.4 | 100.0% | - |
| #12 | An ontology of cell types | A•Welcoming | 62.3 | 43.5% | - |
| #13 | cilium/hubble4,308 Hubble - Network, Service & Security Observability for Kubernetes using eBPF | A•Welcoming | 62.2 | 91.8% | - |
| #14 | Observability: Grafana, Loki, Alloy, Beyla, Promtail, Tempo, Prometheus, Mimir, Pyroscope , LGTM Stack, logs, metrics and tracing | A•Welcoming | 60.7 | 100.0% | - |
| #15 | A collection of android security related resources | A•Welcoming | 60.1 | 89.7% | - |
| #16 | An automatically generated collection of paks for your MinUI installation | A•Welcoming | 58.7 | 100.0% | - |
| #17 | Shredos Disk Eraser 64 bit for all Intel 64 bit processors as well as processors from AMD and other vendors which make compatible 64 bit chips. ShredOS - Secure disk erasure/wipe | B•Solid | 58.1 | 100.0% | - |
| #18 | A Hetzner Cloud Pulumi resource package, providing multi-language access to Hetzner Cloud | A•Welcoming | 57.8 | 97.3% | - |
| #19 | Community maintained packages for OpenWrt. | B•Solid | 57.6 | 100.0% | - |
| #20 | jmapio/jmap1,366 JSON Meta Application Protocol Specification (JMAP) | B•Solid | 57.2 | 100.0% | - |
| #21 | Specifications for OpenTelemetry | A•Welcoming | 56.8 | 48.4% | - |
| #22 | Go application GitHub repository template. | A•Welcoming | 56.8 | 88.7% | - |
| #23 | machine-readable data for https://awesome-selfhosted.net | A•Welcoming | 56.6 | 25.8% | - |
| #24 | linuxboot/heads1,584 A minimal Linux that runs as a coreboot or LinuxBoot ROM payload to provide a secure, flexible boot environment for laptops, workstations and servers. | A•Welcoming | 56.3 | 29.4% | 5 |
| #25 | OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP) specification and Protobuf definitions | A•Welcoming | 56.3 | 50.0% | - |
| #26 | Go microservice tutorial project using gRPC | B•Solid | 55.7 | 76.4% | - |
| #27 | draft-ietf-moq-transport | A•Welcoming | 55.5 | 5.9% | - |
| #28 | mindsdb/mindshub39,786 The unified workspace where open-source models get things done for you. | B•Solid | 55.0 | 54.5% | - |
| #29 | mxe/mxe1,313 MXE (M cross environment) | B•Solid | 53.3 | 66.7% | - |
| #30 | Main Repository. ReportPortal starts here - see readme below. | B•Solid | 53.1 | 85.7% | - |
| #31 | B•Solid | 52.6 | 33.3% | - | |
| #32 | OP-TEE/build137 Makefiles to use OP-TEE on various platforms | B•Solid | 52.5 | 91.7% | - |
| #33 | OAuth 2.1 is a consolidation of the core OAuth 2.0 specs | B•Solid | 52.4 | 83.3% | - |
| #34 | Packaging scripts for Docker CE | B•Solid | 51.9 | 100.0% | - |
| #35 | Go client libraries for the Istio API. | B•Solid | 51.7 | 94.3% | - |
| #36 | Makefile setup for our Golang projects. | B•Solid | 51.5 | 87.5% | - |
| #37 | Elisp Cheatsheet for Python Programmers | B•Solid | 51.3 | 100.0% | - |
| #38 | RISC-V Assembly Programmer's Manual | B•Solid | 51.0 | 100.0% | - |
| #39 | pgBackRest inside Docker. | B•Solid | 50.5 | 100.0% | - |
| #40 | Documenting the expected behaviour and supported command-line switches for GNU and LLVM based RISC-V toolchains | B•Solid | 50.5 | 55.6% | - |
| #41 | Showcase Application to demonstrate features of Apache SkyWalking | B•Solid | 50.0 | 77.8% | - |
| #42 | OPNsense ports | B•Solid | 49.7 | 33.3% | - |
| #43 | 开源开发工具周刊 | B•Solid | 49.6 | 88.9% | - |
| #44 | Community maintained packages for ImmortalWrt. | B•Solid | 49.6 | 42.9% | - |
| #45 | OpenWrt Project Node.js packages. v20.x TLS v22.x LTS and v24.x LTS | B•Solid | 49.5 | 72.7% | - |
| #46 | libwebrtc binaries (unofficial) | B•Solid | 49.4 | 100.0% | - |
| #47 | CoreELEC/CoreELEC1,878 A lightweight OS for KODI | B•Solid | 49.2 | 100.0% | - |
| #48 | Bill-Haku/kawaii-gcc1,081 GCCコンパイラーを可愛くしましょう！Make your GCC compiler kawaii. | B•Solid | 49.1 | 100.0% | - |
| #49 | Some extended packages for OpenWrt/ImmortalWrt | B•Solid | 49.0 | 100.0% | - |
| #50 | This repository contains the documentation & specs for the ONE Record standard. | B•Solid | 48.9 | 87.5% | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions: Makefile Open Source
What is the most welcoming Makefile open-source repository?
The highest-ranked Makefile repository on GetMerged is currently geneontology/go-ontology, with a C-Rank score of 72.6/100 and a 88.2% PR merge rate.
How can I find good first issues in Makefile?
You can browse verified beginner-friendly issues in Makefile by visiting our curated Good First Issues directory at getmerged.abhishekco.de/good-first-issue/makefile.
What makes a Makefile repository ‘Super Welcoming’ on GetMerged?
A ‘Super Welcoming’ (S-Tier) Makefile repository demonstrates an external PR merge rate above 80%, a median first response time within 24 to 48 hours, active review feedback, and clear onboarding documentation.