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The ability of an Open Source Software (OSS) project to attract, onboard, andretain any newcomer is vital to its livelihood. Although, evidence suggests anupsurge in novice developers joining social coding platforms (such as GitHub),the extent to which their activities result in a OSS contribution is unknown.Henceforth, we execute the protocols of a registered report to study activitiesof a "Newcomer OSS-Candidate", who is a novice developer that is new to thatsocial coding platform, and has the intention to later onboard an OSS project.Using GitHub as a case platform, we analyze 171 identified NewcomerOSS-Candidates to characterize their contribution activities. Results show thatNewcomer OSS-Candidates are likely to target software based repositories (i.e.,66%), and their first contributions are mainly associated with development(commits) and maintenance (PRs). Newcomer OSS-Candidates are less likely topractice social coding, but eventually end up onboarding (i.e., 30%quantitative, 70% follow-up survey) an OSS project. Furthermore, they citefinding a way to start as the most challenging barrier to contribute. Our workreveals insights on how newcomers to social coding platforms are potentialsources of OSS contributions.

Newcomer OSS-Candidates: Characterizing Contributions of Novice Developers to GitHub