# New Contributors - January 2026

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/new-contributors-january-2026/27820>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [February 9, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/new-contributors-january-2026/27820 "2026-02-09T19:05:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![kris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/kris/32/2208_2.png) [@kris](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/kris)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/new-contributors-january-2026/27820/1 "2026-02-09T19:05:35Z")

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Whether it’s code, documentation, speaking engagements, user group activities, answering questions on the forum or Slack, blogging, or many other activities, OpenSearch grows because of our contributors.

Thank you to the following new code contributors for the month of January 2026!

> **[hyanggeun - Overview](https://github.com/hyanggeun)**
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> hyanggeun has 32 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[YukiMabuchi - Overview](https://github.com/YukiMabuchi)**
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> Backend engineer.
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> This Github is for my private projects. - YukiMabuchi

> **[sam-briggs-depop - Overview](https://github.com/sam-briggs-depop)**
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> sam-briggs-depop has 3 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[ouvreboite - Overview](https://github.com/ouvreboite)**
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> Java and C# Software Engineer. ouvreboite has 22 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[imotov - Overview](https://github.com/imotov)**
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> imotov has 70 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[j0r0 - Overview](https://github.com/j0r0)**
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> j0r0 has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[esl1350 - Overview](https://github.com/esl1350)**
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> Software eng @ PIMCO & Georgia Tech alum. esl1350 has 12 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[orages - Overview](https://github.com/orages)**
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> orages has 5 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[pCastq - Overview](https://github.com/pCastq)**
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> Code \<3. pCastq has 3 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[ThisIsQasim - Overview](https://github.com/ThisIsQasim)**
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> ThisIsQasim has 50 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[eyaldar - Overview](https://github.com/eyaldar)**
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> eyaldar has 29 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[eatulban - Overview](https://github.com/eatulban)**
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> eatulban has one repository available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[sakrah - Overview](https://github.com/sakrah)**
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> sakrah has 3 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[wandna-amazon - Overview](https://github.com/wandna-amazon)**
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> AWS CloudTrail Processing. wandna-amazon has one repository available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[talwamz - Overview](https://github.com/talwamz)**
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> talwamz has one repository available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[sabarinathan590 - Overview](https://github.com/sabarinathan590)**
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> Love to learn new technologies and contribute to open source projects.. - sabarinathan590

> **[stelucz - Overview](https://github.com/stelucz)**
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> Interested in networking, linux, Kubernetes, Cilium, OpenStack, OpenContrail, and little bit in Python and C#. - stelucz

> **[ashrao94 - Overview](https://github.com/ashrao94)**
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> ashrao94 has 4 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[phuongnq - Overview](https://github.com/phuongnq)**
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> Full Stack Web Developer. phuongnq has 237 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[MedhaSrivatsa - Overview](https://github.com/MedhaSrivatsa)**
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> MedhaSrivatsa has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[CISSRUPF - Overview](https://github.com/CISSRUPF)**
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> Platform Engineer at @cistec-com
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> We develop KISIM, the leading clinical information system in Switzerland. - CISSRUPF

> **[liamwhite - Overview](https://github.com/liamwhite)**
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> (Don't) test in production. liamwhite has 74 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[tender-barbarian - Overview](https://github.com/tender-barbarian)**
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> Software Developer in Logmanager a.s. (Golang). tender-barbarian has 5 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[leoyu808 - Overview](https://github.com/leoyu808)**
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> leoyu808 has 4 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[cuonghm2809 - Overview](https://github.com/cuonghm2809)**
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> cuonghm2809 has 13 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.