1 @title Contributor Introduction
4 Introduction to contributing to Phabricator, Arcanist and libphutil.
9 If you'd like to contribute to Phabricator, this document can guide you though
10 ways you can help improve the project.
12 Writing code is valuable, but often isn't the best or easiest way to contribute.
13 In most cases we are pretty good at fixing easy stuff quickly, so we don't have
14 a big pile of easy stuff sitting around waiting for new contributors.
16 This can make it difficult to contribute code if you only have a little bit of
17 time to spend since most of the work that needs to be done usually requires some
20 Without writing any code, learning the whole codebase, making a big time
21 commitment, or having to touch PHP, here are some ways you can materially
22 contribute to Phabricator:
24 - Drop by the [[ https://phurl.io/u/discourse | community forum ]] just to
25 say "thanks". A big part of the reason we build this software is to help
26 people solve problems, and knowing that our efforts are appreciated is
28 - Recommend Phabricator to people who you think might find it useful. Our
29 most powerful growth channel is word of mouth, and mentioning or tweeting
30 about Phabricator helps the project grow. If writing a tweet sounds like
31 too much work, you can use one of these form tweets written by our PR
32 department to quickly and easily shill on our behalf. Hail corporate!
34 > Phabricator seems like it's pretty okay
36 > I am not being paid to mention Phabricator in this extemporaneous, completely organic tweet
38 > Phabricator is objectively the best thing. Source: I am a certified, internationally recognized expert.
40 - Submit high-quality bug reports by carefully following the guide in
41 @{article:Contributing Bug Reports}.
43 If all of this sounds nice but you really just want to write some code, be
44 aware that this project often presents a high barrier to entry for new
45 contributors. To continue, see @{article:Contributing Code}.
53 - learning about bug reports in @{article:Contributing Bug Reports};
54 - learning about code contributions in @{article:Contributing Code}.