At first, I didn’t know what project to choose or how to start. I initially looked at open-source projects I had used before, such as Thunderbird and K-9 Mail. However, these are large, complex projects with many requirements, so I decided to focus more on my hobbies.
One of my hobbies is video games, so I turned to Minecraft mods. While browsing GitHub, I came across a project called Minecraft Console Client, a different version of the ComputerCraft mod (which allows small programs and turtles to perform actions in the game). Minecraft Console Client lets you create bots that can write or perform actions, and it also supports associating scripts with bots for automation in Minecraft. I contributed to translating the documentation and resources for this project.
## Project Information
The project was initiated by ORelio in 2012 on the Minecraft Forum.
### Maintainers
- ORelio
- ReinforceZwei
- milutinke
- BruceChenQAQ
- bradbyte
Minecraft Console Client (MCC) is a lightweight, cross-platform open-source Minecraft TUI client for the Java edition. It allows you to connect to any Minecraft Java server, send commands, and receive text messages in a fast and easy way without having to open the main Minecraft game.
MCC also provides various automations that can be enabled for administration and other purposes, as well as an extensible C# API for creating bots.
The project is maintained by [MCCTeam](https://github.com/MCCTeam), with 1.4k stars, 404 forks, and contributions from 89 people. The latest release, version 277, was published on December 6.
## Conclusion
This was my first time contributing to an open-source project, and I didn’t expect it to be so easy. Before this contribution, I didn’t realize how simple it was to get involved in open-source projects. I always thought contributions would be complicated, but that wasn’t the case at all.
Given how smoothly things went with MCC, I now realize I could have explored other projects like Thunderbird and K-9 Mail more deeply, despite their complexity. It’s been a great learning experience, and I’m looking forward to contributing more in the future.
