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 Made with [contrib.rocks](https://contrib.rocks).
 
 ### Interested in Contributing?
+Khoj is open source. It is sustained by the community and we’d love for you to join it! Whether you’re a coder, designer, writer, or enthusiast, there’s a place for you.
 
-We are always looking for contributors to help us build new features, improve the project documentation, or fix bugs. If you're interested, please see our [Contributing Guidelines](https://docs.khoj.dev/contributing/development) and check out our [Contributors Project Board](https://github.com/orgs/khoj-ai/projects/4).
+Why Contribute?
+- Make an Impact: Help build, test and improve a tool used by thousands to boost productivity.
+- Learn & Grow: Work on cutting-edge AI, LLMs, and semantic search technologies.
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+You can help us build new features, improve the project documentation, report issues and fix bugs. If you're a developer, please see our [Contributing Guidelines](https://docs.khoj.dev/contributing/development) and check out [good first issues](https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/contribute) to work on.