gitpod-io / gitpod-io/gitpod

Feature Request: Create a Gitpod landing page for a project

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component: ide feature: project-onboarding has workaround meta: :thinking: reporter-feedback-needed meta: never-stale type: question
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Description

Describe the behaviour you'd like

I'd like to be able to greet new developers to the project with a message, documentation, or instructions when they open the project in Gitpod. This would be similar to the "Get Started" page that vscode shows when you first open it. Maybe this is already possible with Gitpod?

I think it would be sufficient to render the project's CONTRIBUTING.md file if it exists.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Using the terminal as a way to show a greeting message, though I'd like to keep the terminal as clean as possible.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Compare the requested Gitpod landing page with VS Code's Get Started page and the proposed terminal greeting. Check whether a project's CONTRIBUTING.md can be rendered when it exists, with completion defined as showing that document while keeping the terminal clean.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
developer-experience
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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