{"meta":{"title":"Finding inspiration on GitHub","intro":"You can find inspiration for your own projects and learning on GitHub and connect with a community.","product":"Get started","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/get-started","title":"Get started"},{"href":"/en/get-started/start-your-journey","title":"Start your journey"},{"href":"/en/get-started/start-your-journey/finding-inspiration-on-github","title":"Find inspiration"}],"documentType":"article"},"body":"# Finding inspiration on GitHub\n\nYou can find inspiration for your own projects and learning on GitHub and connect with a community.\n\n## Introduction\n\nGitHub is a vast open-source community. You can explore GitHub to find interesting repositories, topics, code, people, and organizations that can inspire your own work, or support your own learning.\n\nOnce you've found something that interests you, you can:\n\n* **Star** the repository or topic, so you can easily find it again later.\n* **Follow** people or organizations, so you can stay updated on their activities.\n* **Download** useful repositories or code, and customize it for your own use.\n* **Contribute** to another user's project, by opening a pull request.\n\nOnce you star repositories or follow people, you will see updates on their activities on your [personal dashboard](https://github.com/dashboard).\n\n## Visit Explore GitHub\n\n1. Navigate to [Explore GitHub](https://github.com/explore).\n2. Browse popular repositories and topics.\n3. Click ** Star** next to repositories and topics that interest you, so you can easily find them again later.\n4. Navigate to your [stars page](https://github.com/stars) to see all your starred repositories and topics.\n\n## Search for a topic or project on GitHub\n\n1. Navigate to .\n2. Type a keyword or query into the search bar. For example, try \"green software tools.\" For more detailed information about searching for specific topics, repositories, or code, see [About searching on GitHub](/en/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/about-searching-on-github).\n3. Use the left sidebar to filter the results. For example, to browse all repositories in the \"green-software\" topic, search \"green-software\", then filter by \"Topic\".\n4. Star the repositories that match your interests, such as [GitHub's Green Software Directory](https://github.com/github/GreenSoftwareDirectory).\n\n## Following people and organizations on GitHub\n\nFollowing people and organizations is another good way to stay updated on projects and topics that interest you.\n\n### Following people\n\n1. Navigate to the user's profile page.\n2. Under the user's profile picture, click **Follow**.\n3. Optionally, to unfollow a user, click **Unfollow**.\n\n### Following organizations\n\n1. Navigate to the organization page you want to follow.\n\n2. In the top-right corner, click **Follow**.\n\n \n\n3. Optionally, to unfollow an organization, click **Unfollow**.\n\n## Next steps\n\n* GitHub has a great support community where you can ask for help and talk to people from around the world. Join the conversation on [GitHub Community](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions).\n* In the next tutorial, [Downloading files from GitHub](/en/get-started/start-your-journey/downloading-files-from-github), you'll learn how to download files from GitHub for your own use, and learn the differences between downloading, cloning, and forking repositories.\n\n## Further reading\n\n* [Quickstart for your personal dashboard](/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-user-account-settings/about-your-personal-dashboard)\n* [Finding ways to contribute to open source on GitHub](/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/finding-ways-to-contribute-to-open-source-on-github)"}