A free, evidence-first bug report template for open-source maintainers, contributors, and bounty hunters.
Use it when a report needs to be reproducible by someone who does not share your machine, shell history, or assumptions.
bug-report-template.md— a focused template for deterministic reproduction, environment capture, expected-versus-actual behavior, and proof of the fix.LICENSE— MIT license for this free sample.
- Copy
bug-report-template.mdinto your repository or issue draft. - Replace every bracketed prompt.
- Remove sections that genuinely do not apply.
- Run the reproduction from a clean checkout before submitting.
- Attach logs as text and redact credentials, tokens, private URLs, and user data.
The full Bounty Proof Pack adds templates for pull requests, review responses, regression evidence, payout tracking, and cross-platform environment capture scripts:
The toolkit improves the quality of evidence. It does not guarantee acceptance, merge, or bounty payment.
A strong report should let a maintainer answer “yes” to these questions:
- Can I reproduce it with one exact command?
- Do I know the affected and unaffected versions?
- Is the minimal input included?
- Is the expected behavior grounded in docs, tests, or a stable interface?
- Does the regression test fail before the fix and pass after it?
- Are scope, limitations, and unrelated failures disclosed?
The files in this repository are available under the MIT License. The paid pack has its own included license.