# Contributing

We welcome any feedback and contributions from the community. Please read the following guidelines to contribute to Rowy.

## Code of conduct

We want to have a welcoming and inclusive environment, towards this please read and follow our [our code of conduct](https://github.com/rowyio/rowy/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).

## Getting started

Read the documentation on getting started [here](http://docs.rowy.io/). To get familiar with the project, [good first issues](https://github.com/rowyio/rowy/projects/3) is a good place to start. 

## Working on existing issues

If you are working on an  [issue](https://github.com/rowyio/rowy/issues), share that you are working on it by commenting on the issue and posting a message on #contributions channel in Rowy's [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/B8yAD5PDX4). 
This allows others in the community and the maintainers a chance to provide feedback and guidance before you spend time working on it.

## File a feature request

If you have some interesting idea that will be a good addition to Rowy, then create a new issue using [Feature Request Template](https://github.com/rowyio/rowy/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=feature_request.md) 
to share your idea. If you are working on this to contribute to the project, then let others in the community and project maintainers know by posting on #contributions channel in Rowy's [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/B8yAD5PDX4). 
This allows others in the community and the maintainers a chance to provide feedback and guidance before you spend time working on it.

## Report an issue

You can report all issues through using [Report A Bug](https://github.com/rowyio/rowy/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=bug_report.md) template. Please provide as much information as possible so that it can be resolved.

## Review

All submissions, including code and copy changes, will require review by project maintainers.

## Create a pull request

When making any pull requests to the repository, please follow these instructions:

- Submit your PR to the develop branch
- Add as much information as possible in your PR's description including link to any related issues.
- Ensure all your commits have clear commit message along with comments in the code as required

## License

By contributing to Rowy, you agree that your contributions will be licensed with the same license that is specified in the repository you are contributing to.
