Calling all coders!

It’s been wonderful to see so many new members joining our community over the past few days. <3

You might already have noticed that diaspora* is missing some features that you’d really like to use.

As an open-source Free Software project, diaspora* is created by its community. Now that you’re part of this community, we’d love you to help us improve it for everyone.

The main issue that slows the pace of development is simply developer time. To increase developer time and so increase the speed of development, the project needs more developers!

Help us improve the software

If you can code, or want to learn, we’d like to hear from you! diaspora* is built on Ruby on Rails, with many JavaScript elements. Have a look at our guide to contributing to diaspora*.

• Get in touch with our core team before you start work on anything to discuss your proposed contribution. That way we can make sure that your contribution will fit well into the existing structure.
• Some of the bigger features can be pretty complex, so it might be a good idea to start with simpler issues until you’ve become familiar with the code and diaspora* itself.
• We manage development via GitHub’s issue tracker. Look especially for issues tagged with the help wanted and newcomer labels.

If you know someone who can code, and you think they might be interested in this project, tell them about diaspora* and encourage them to consider contributing!

Even if you don't code, there are still plenty more ways to help. Check our wiki for ideas.

Thank you! <3

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