Contributing to Zrythm

Zrythm is a project developed mostly by volunteers from all around the world. You are welcome to join us on our mailing lists or in the zrythm channel in Libera.chat IRC. Tell us how would you like to help, and we will do our best to guide you.

Project Management

We use GitLab as the central point for development, maintenance and issue tracking of Zrythm.

The source files for all the components of the project, including software, web site, documentation, and artwork, are available in our git repositories.

Art

We are always looking for artists to help us design and improve user interfaces, and create multimedia material for documentation, presentations and promotional items.

Documentation

You can read the project documentation already available in the manual and help us identify any errors or omissions. Creating new manuals, tutorials, and blog entries will also help users and developers discover Zrythm.

Programming

Source code is in the main Git repository. We use C as the main programming language for the various components of Zrythm, in addition to Scheme for writing scripts and Python for the website.

You will find it useful to read introductory material about C. A C primer is available at https://www.enlightenment.org/docs/c/start. Also, make sure to read HACKING.md for more details on the development setup, as well as the coding and cooperation conventions used in the project.

Contributing Code

We prefer contributions in the form of merge requests on our GitLab instance.

The Zrythm project uses a Contributor Ceritificate of Origin, which is a mechanism similar to the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) to manage contributions. The Contributor Certificate of Origin is an affirmation that you are the creator of your contribution, and that you wish to allow the Zrythm project to use your work.

Acknowledgement of this permission is done using a sign-off process in Git. The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the patch. The Contributor Certificate of Origin can be found in the [CONTRIBUTOR_CERTIFICATE_OF_ORIGIN](CONTRIBUTOR_CERTIFICATE_OF_ORIGIN) file at the root of this distribution.

If you are willing to agree to these terms, please add a line to every git commit message:

Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@email.com>

If you set your user.name and user.email as part of your git configuration, you can sign your commit automatically with git commit -s.

You must use your real name (i.e., pseudonyms or anonymous contributions cannot be made).

Test and Bug Reports

Install the software and send feedback to the community about your experience. You can help the project by reporting issues.

Translation

You can help translate the software, the website and the manual into your language. Visit Weblate to get started.

Alternatively, you can edit the PO files directly and submit a patch.

Other resources for contributors

Documents, supporting material and auxiliary information useful to hackers and maintainers is available at https://docs.zrythm.org.