Contributing guide

Thank you for considering contributing to Fedify! This document explains how to contribute to the project.

Bug reports

If you find a bug in Fedify, first of all, please search the GitHub issue tracker to see if the bug has already been reported. If it hasn't been reported yet, please open a new issue. When you open an issue, please provide the following information:

• The version of Fedify you are using.
• The version of Deno you are using.
• The version of the operating system you are using.
• The steps to reproduce the bug.
• The expected behavior.
• The actual behavior.

Feature requests

If you have a feature request for Fedify, please search the GitHub issue tracker to see if the feature has already been requested. If it hasn't been requested yet, please open a new issue. When you open an issue, please provide the following information:

• The use case of the feature.
• The expected behavior.
• The reason why you think the feature should be implemented in Fedify, instead of a third-party library or your own project.

Pull requests

License

Fedify is licensed under the AGPL 3.0. By opening a pull request, you agree to license your contribution under the AGPL 3.0. If you cannot agree to this license, please do not open a pull request.

Coding conventions

Please run the following commands before opening a pull request:

deno fmt
deno task check
deno task test

Docs

If you want to fix a typo or improve the documentation, you can open a pull request without opening an issue.

For Markdown, we have the following conventions:

• 80 characters at most per line, except for code blocks and URLs.
• Prefer reference links over inline links.
• Prefer setext headings over ATX headings.
• Two new lines before opening an H1/H2 heading.
• One space before and two spaces after a bullet.
• Wrap file paths in asterisks.
• Wrap code in backticks.

In order to build the docs, as a prerequisite, you need to install Bun first. Then you can run the following commands:

cd docs/
bun install
bun dev

Once the development server is running, you can open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:5173/ to view the docs.

Bug fix

If you want to fix a bug in Fedify, please search the GitHub issue tracker to see if the bug has already been reported. If it hasn't been reported yet, please open a new issue to discuss the bug.

When you open a pull request, please provide the he issue number that the pull request is related to.

A patch set should include the following:

• The regression test that demonstrates the bug. It should fail without the patch and pass with the patch.
• The fix for the bug.
• The CHANGES.md entry. The entry should include the issue number, the pull request number, and your name (unless you want to be anonymous).

Bug fix pull requests should target the most oldest maintenance branch that the bug affects. If you are not sure which branch to target, please ask in the issue tracker.

Feature implementation

If you want to contribute to Fedify, please open a new issue in the GitHub issue tracker to discuss the change you want to make. If the change is accepted, you can start working on the change. When you open a pull request, please provide the following information:

• The issue number that the pull request is related to.
• The description of the change.
• The reason why the change is needed.
• The steps to test the change.

A patch set should include the following:

• The unit tests that demonstrate the feature.
• The implementation of the feature.
• If any API change was made, the documentation update for the API.
• Check if examples work with the change, and update the examples if needed.
• The CHANGES.md entry. The entry should include the issue number, the pull request number, and your name (unless you want to be anonymous).

Feature pull requests should target the main branch.