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**[Zulip overview](#zulip-overview)** |
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**[Community](#community)** |
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**[Installing for dev](#installing-the-zulip-development-environment)** |
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**[Installing for production](#running-zulip-in-production)** |
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**[Ways to contribute](#ways-to-contribute)** |
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**[How to get involved](#how-to-get-involved-with-contributing-to-zulip)** |
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**[License](#license)**
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# Zulip overview
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Zulip is a powerful, open source group chat application. Written in
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Python and using the Django framework, Zulip supports both private
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messaging and group chats via conversation streams.
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Zulip also supports fast search, drag-and-drop file uploads, image
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previews, group private messages, audible notifications,
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missed-message emails, desktop apps, and much more.
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Further information on the Zulip project and its features can be found
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at https://www.zulip.org.
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[](https://travis-ci.org/zulip/zulip) [](https://coveralls.io/github/zulip/zulip?branch=master)
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## Community
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There are several places online where folks discuss Zulip.
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One of those places is our [public Zulip instance](https://zulip.tabbott.net/).
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You can go through the simple signup process at that link, and then you
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will soon be talking to core Zulip developers and other users. To get
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help in real time, you will have the best luck finding core developers
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roughly between 16:00 UTC and 23:59 UTC. Most questions get a reply
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within minutes to a few hours, depending on time of day.
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We have a
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[Google mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/zulip-devel)
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that is currently pretty low traffic because a lot of discussions
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happen in our public Zulip instance. We use it to announce Zulip
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developer community gatherings and ask for feedback on technical or
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design decisions. You can use it to ask questions about features or
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possible bugs. Zulip also has a [blog](https://blog.zulip.org/).
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Last but not least, we use [GitHub](https://github.com/zulip/zulip) to
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track Zulip-related issues (and store our code, of course).
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Anybody with a GitHub account should be able to create Issues there
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pertaining to bugs or enhancement requests. We also use Pull
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Requests as our primary mechanism to receive code contributions.
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## Installing the Zulip Development environment
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The Zulip development environment is the recommended option for folks
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interested in trying out Zulip. This is documented in [the developer
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installation guide][dev-install].
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## Running Zulip in production
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Zulip in production supports Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty and Ubuntu 16.04
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Xenial. Work is ongoing on adding support for additional
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platforms. The installation process is documented at
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https://zulip.org/server.html and in more detail in [the
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documentation](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/prod-install.html).
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## Ways to contribute
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Zulip welcomes all forms of contributions! The page documents the
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Zulip development process.
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* **Pull requests**. Before a pull request can be merged, you need to
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sign the [Dropbox Contributor License Agreement][cla]. Also,
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please skim our [commit message style guidelines][doc-commit-style].
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* **Testing**. The Zulip automated tests all run automatically when
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you submit a pull request, but you can also run them all in your
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development environment following the instructions in the [testing
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docs][doc-test]. You can also try out [our new desktop
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client][electron], which is in alpha; we'd appreciate testing and
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[feedback](https://github.com/zulip/zulip-electron/issues/new).
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* **Developer Documentation**. Zulip has a growing collection of
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developer documentation on [Read The Docs][doc]. Recommended reading
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for new contributors includes the [directory structure][doc-dirstruct]
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and [new feature tutorial][doc-newfeat]. You can also improve
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[Zulip.org][z-org].
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* **Mailing lists and bug tracker**. Zulip has a [development
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discussion mailing list][gg-devel] and uses [GitHub issues
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][gh-issues]. There are also lists for the [Android][email-android]
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and [iOS][email-ios] apps. Feel free to send any questions or
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suggestions of areas where you'd love to see more documentation to the
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relevant list! Please report any security issues you discover to
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zulip-security@googlegroups.com.
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* **App codebases**. This repository is for the Zulip server and web
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app (including most integrations); the [desktop][], [Android][], and
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[iOS][] apps, are separate repositories, as are our [experimental
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React Native iOS app][ios-exp] and [alpha Electron desktop
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app][electron].
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* **Glue code**. We maintain a [Hubot adapter][hubot-adapter] and several
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integrations ([Phabricator][phab], [Jenkins][], [Puppet][], [Redmine][],
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and [Trello][]), plus [node.js API bindings][node], an [isomorphic
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JavaScript library][zulip-js], and a [full-text search PostgreSQL
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extension][tsearch], as separate repos.
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* **Translations**. Zulip is in the process of being translated into
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10+ languages, and we love contributions to our translations. See our
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[translating documentation][transifex] if you're interested in
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contributing!
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[cla]: https://opensource.dropbox.com/cla/
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[dev-install]: https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev-overview.html
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[doc]: https://zulip.readthedocs.io/
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[doc-commit-style]: http://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/version-control.html#commit-messages
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[doc-dirstruct]: http://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/directory-structure.html
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[doc-newfeat]: http://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/new-feature-tutorial.html
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[doc-test]: http://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/testing.html
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[electron]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-electron
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[gg-devel]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/zulip-devel
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[gh-issues]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues
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[desktop]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-desktop
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[android]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-android
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[ios]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-ios
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[ios-exp]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-mobile
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[email-android]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/zulip-android
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[email-ios]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/zulip-ios
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[hubot-adapter]: https://github.com/zulip/hubot-zulip
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[jenkins]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-jenkins-plugin
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[node]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-node
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[zulip-js]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-js
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[phab]: https://github.com/zulip/phabricator-to-zulip
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[puppet]: https://github.com/matthewbarr/puppet-zulip
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[redmine]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-redmine-plugin
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[trello]: https://github.com/zulip/trello-to-zulip
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[tsearch]: https://github.com/zulip/tsearch_extras
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[transifex]: https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/translating.html#testing-translations
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[z-org]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip.github.io
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## Google Summer of Code
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We participated in
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[GSoC](https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/) last year and
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hope to do so again in 2017. For guidance, please read
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[our GSoC instructions and ideas page](https://github.com/zulip/zulip.github.io/blob/master/gsoc-ideas.md)
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and feel free to email
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[our GSoC mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/zulip-gsoc).
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## How to get involved with contributing to Zulip
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First, subscribe to the Zulip [development discussion mailing
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list][gg-devel].
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The Zulip project uses a system of labels in our [issue
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tracker][gh-issues] to make it easy to find a project if you don't
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have your own project idea in mind or want to get some experience with
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working on Zulip before embarking on a larger project you have in
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mind:
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* [Integrations](https://github.com/zulip/zulip/labels/area%3A%20integrations).
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Integrate Zulip with another piece of software and contribute it
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back to the community! Writing an integration can be a great first
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contribution. There's detailed documentation on how to write
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integrations in [the Zulip integration writing
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guide](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/integration-guide.html).
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* [Bite Size](https://github.com/zulip/zulip/labels/bite%20size):
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Smaller projects that might be a great first contribution.
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* [Documentation](https://github.com/zulip/zulip/labels/area%3A%20documentation):
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The Zulip project loves contributions of new documentation.
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* [Help Wanted](https://github.com/zulip/zulip/labels/help%20wanted):
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A broader list of projects that nobody is currently working on.
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* [Platform support](https://github.com/zulip/zulip/labels/Platform%20support):
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These are open issues about making it possible to install Zulip on a
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wider range of platforms.
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* [Bugs](https://github.com/zulip/zulip/labels/bug): Open bugs.
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* [Feature requests](https://github.com/zulip/zulip/labels/enhancement):
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Browsing this list can be a great way to find feature ideas to
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implement that other Zulip users are excited about.
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* [2016 roadmap milestone](http://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/roadmap.html): The
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projects that are [priorities for the Zulip project](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/roadmap.html). These are great projects if you're looking to make an impact.
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Another way to find issues in Zulip is to take advantage of our
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"area:<foo>" convention in separating out issues. We partition all of
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our issues into areas like admin, compose, emoji, hotkeys, i18n,
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onboarding, search, etc. You can see this here:
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[https://github.com/zulip/zulip/labels]
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Click on any of the "area:" labels and you will see all the tickets
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related to your area of interest.
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If you're excited about helping with an open issue, just post on the
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conversation thread that you're working on it. You're encouraged to
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ask questions on how to best implement or debug your changes -- the
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Zulip maintainers are excited to answer questions to help you stay
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unblocked and working efficiently.
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We also welcome suggestions of features that you feel would be
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valuable or changes that you feel would make Zulip a better open
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source project, and are happy to support you in adding new features or
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other user experience improvements to Zulip.
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If you have a new feature you'd like to add, we recommend you start by
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opening a GitHub issue about the feature idea explaining the problem
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that you're hoping to solve and that you're excited to work on it. A
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Zulip maintainer will usually reply within a day with feedback on the
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idea, notes on any important issues or concerns, and and often tips on
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how to implement or test it. Please feel free to ping the thread if
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you don't hear a response from the maintainers -- we try to be very
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responsive so this usually means we missed your message.
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For significant changes to the visual design, user experience, data
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model, or architecture, we highly recommend posting a mockup,
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screenshot, or description of what you have in mind to zulip-devel@ to
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get broad feedback before you spend too much time on implementation
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details.
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Finally, before implementing a larger feature, we highly recommend
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looking at the new feature tutorial and coding style guidelines on
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ReadTheDocs.
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Feedback on how to make this development process more efficient, fun,
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and friendly to new contributors is very welcome! Just send an email
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to the Zulip Developers list with your thoughts.
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## License
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Copyright 2011-2016 Dropbox, Inc. and contributors
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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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You may obtain a copy of the License at
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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limitations under the License.
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The software includes some works released by third parties under other
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free and open source licenses. Those works are redistributed under the
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license terms under which the works were received. For more details,
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see the ``docs/THIRDPARTY`` file included with this distribution.
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