About the Program

Apertre 3.0 is a 30-day open-source contribution program by Resourcio Community, where students and developers collaborate, contribute to real-world projects, and grow their technical + community skills.
Participants can contribute to a wide range of repositories — web, app, ML, design, documentation, and more — under the guidance of mentors and project admins.

✅ Guidelines Eligibility

  • Open to all students and professionals across India.

  • No prior open-source experience required.

  • Both individual and team contributions are allowed (team formation optional).

  • Inter-college and inter-specialization participation is allowed.

  • Every students older than 14 years of age can take part.
Format

The program runs for 30 days (1 Feb – 1 March).

It includes:

  • Project listing & selection

  • Mentor support and guidance

  • Task-based point system

  • Leaderboard tracking

  • Offline closing ceremony – ResCon 2.0

Process

  1. Mentee Registration (from 7th December)

  2. Mentor & Project Registration

  3. Community Partner & Evangelist Registration

  4. Project Shortlisting & Reveal

  5. Apertre Starts – Contribution Window Opens

  6. Points + Leaderboard Updates

  7. Final Review & Evaluation

  8. Results Announcement on 3rd March

  9. Offline Event – ResCon 2.0 (22nd Feb)

Contribution Areas

Participants can contribute to:

  • Frontend / Backend / Full-stack Projects

  • Mobile App Development

  • DevOps / Cloud Projects

  • Design (UI/UX, branding, assets)

  • Documentation

  • Bug fixes / Feature additions

  • Sponsor-specific tasks

Event Deliverables

  • Projects live on GitHub

  • Mentors assigned to each repository

  • Tasks labeled Easy / Medium / Hard

  • Contribution guidelines provided for every repo

✅ Rules General Rules

  • Participants must use Git & GitHub for all contributions.

  • All PRs must follow the repository’s Contributing Guidelines.

  • Plagiarism or copying someone else’s work will lead to immediate disqualification.

  • PRs should be meaningful — spam PRs, irrelevant commits, or automated PRs will not count.

  • Participants must maintain professional communication with mentors and admins.

PR Evaluation Rules

  • PRs must be merged or approved by project admins/mentors to be counted.

  • Points will be assigned based on difficulty level:

    • Easy: 10 points

    • Medium: 20 points

    • Hard: 30 points

    • Documentation: 5 points

    • Bonus Tasks / Sponsor Tasks: variable

  • Extra points may be awarded for outstanding contributions.

Participation Rules

  • Maintain respectful behavior in Discord and event channels.

  • Every students older than 14 years of age can take part.

  • Follow deadlines strictly; late contributions may not be counted.

  • Participants who remain completely inactive for 10+ days may be removed.

Event Duration Rules

  • Contribution window: Feb 1 – Mar 1

  • Final results published after review: 3rd March

✅ Round Details  Round 1: Mentee Registration

  • Online registration

  • No screening required

  • Open to all

Round 2: Contribution Phase (Main Round)

  • Duration: 30 Days

  • Participants contribute to assigned or chosen projects

  • Continuous evaluation and point-based scoring

Round 3: Review & Result

  • Mentors review all PRs

  • Final leaderboard published

  • Winners announced on 3rd March