.. This is part of the Zrythm Manual.
   Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Alexandros Theodotou <alex at zrythm dot org>
   See the file index.rst for copying conditions.

Contributing
============
We appreciate contributions of any type and size. Tell us
how you would like to help, and we will do our best to
guide you.

We want to provide a friendly and harassment-free environment
so that everyone can contribute to the best of their
abilities. To this end our project uses a `Contributor
Covenant` which was adapted from https://contributor-covenant.org/. You can find the full pledge in our
`Code of Conduct <https://forum.zrythm.org/t/code-of-conduct>`_.

Coding
------
Please see the `HACKING file <https://git.sr.ht/~alextee/zrythm/tree/master/HACKING.md>`_ in the source
distribution.

Web Design
----------
You are welcome to help us improve the looks and
usability of the Zrythm website. Please join our chatrooms
and talk to us.

Artwork and Themes
------------------
Zrythm is CSS themable and also makes use of
many icons, some customized and some borrowed from
other themes. If you would like to contribute
artwork such as icons you can start by creating your own
themes and icons as discussed in
:ref:`icon-themes` and :ref:`css`.

Testing
-------
You are welcome to join us in testing
the latest features in Zrythm and reporting
bugs and feedback on
`Redmine <https://redmine.zrythm.org/projects/zrythm/issues>`_.

The latest development branch for new features is
``development`` in our
`git repository <https://git.zrythm.org/cgit/zrythm>`_.

Translation
-----------
Zrythm is available for translation at `Weblate
<https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/zrythm/?utm_source=widget>`_.

The Zrythm translation project contains the translations
for the Zrythm program, the website as well as sections
of this manual.

Click on the project you wish to work on, and
then select a language in
the screen that follows.
For more information on using Weblate,
please see the
`official documentation <https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/user/translating.html>`_.

Editing this Manual
-------------------
Click on the ``View Source`` button at the top of
the page to find which file the page exists in,
find the file in the source distribution and edit it.

You will need to have
`Sphinx <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/>`_
installed to compile this manual.

Donations
---------
We use the following services for receiving donations.
Any amount, small or large is appreciated and helps
sustain continuous development:

* `LiberaPay <https://liberapay.com/Zrythm>`_
* `PayPal <https://paypal.me/zrythm>`_
* `Open Collective <https://opencollective.com/zrythm>`_

Alternatively, you can `purchase a Zrythm installer
<https://www.zrythm.org/en/download.html>`_.
