# Discovering projects on GitHub

You can discover repositories, topics, and communities on GitHub to support your learning and inspire your own projects.

GitHub can help you find repositories, topics, and people that match your interests. You might want to discover projects so that you can learn a new skill, see how other people solve problems, or find a project to contribute to.

As you explore, you can use different GitHub features for different goals:

* **Explore** can help you browse popular repositories and topics.
* **Search** can help you find projects related to a specific technology or subject.
* **Stars** can help you save repositories and topics that you want to revisit.
* **Following** can help you keep up with people and organizations whose work interests you.

## Ways to discover projects

There is no single way to find interesting work on GitHub. The best approach depends on whether you want to browse broadly or look for something specific.

### Browsing repositories and topics

If you want to explore what other people are building, a good place to start is [Explorer GitHub](https://github.com/explore). Explore can help you discover repositories and topics that are popular or relevant to your interests.

If you've already been active on GitHub, Explore may also show personalized recommendations based on your activity.

### Searching for a specific subject

If you already know what kind of project you want to find, search can help you narrow your options. For example, you might search for a programming language, framework, or topic that you want to learn more about.

For more information about using search, see [À propos de la recherche sur GitHub](/fr/enterprise-cloud@latest/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/about-searching-on-github).

### Learning from people and organizations

Projects are often easier to discover when you follow the people and organizations behind them. Following activity can help you notice new repositories, see what others are building, and find related communities.

For more information, see:

* [Suivre des personnes](/fr/enterprise-cloud@latest/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/following-people)
* [Suivre des organisations](/fr/enterprise-cloud@latest/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/following-organizations)

## Saving projects you want to revisit

As you explore, you may find repositories or topics that you want to return to later. Starring helps you keep track of interesting work and can also help you discover related projects.

For more information, see [Enregistrement de dépôts avec des étoiles](/fr/enterprise-cloud@latest/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/saving-repositories-with-stars).

## Going from discovery to contribution

After you find a project that interests you, you may want to contribute to it. Some people begin by looking for projects they already use, while others look for repositories that welcome first-time contributors.

For more information, see:

* [Trouver des moyens de contribuer à open source sur GitHub](/fr/enterprise-cloud@latest/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/finding-ways-to-contribute-to-open-source-on-github)

* [Contribution à open source](/fr/enterprise-cloud@latest/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/contributing-to-open-source)

* [Contribution à un projet](/fr/enterprise-cloud@latest/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/contributing-to-a-project)

## Next steps

Now that you know how to discover projects on GitHub, you can browse repositories and topics, save interesting work with stars, and follow people or organizations whose work you want to keep up with.