Have questions about contributing to Matplotlib? Ask them here! From how do I get started to what’s involved in a pull request, and everything in between-this is the place to get oriented.
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Have great examples of your work?
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Encounter anything strange in Matplotlib?
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Found a typo or just a better way to express things in the documentation?
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Want to contribute to the codebase? Follow the steps below:
Step 1: Run locally
When developing Matplotlib, sources must be downloaded, built, and installed into a local environment on your machine. You can either:
Step 2: Find something to work on
We strongly recommend that new contributors tackle unassigned issues labeled good first issue.
Adding a keyword you are most interested in your search might help you finding something you are passionate about faster (e.g. style, image etc).
Step 3: Develop the fix
Develop the fix following the coding guidelines.
We also encourage you to use this discourse space to clarify things and ask for help.
Step 4: Submit a pull request
Please refer to our checklist before submitting a pull request.
Get the pull request reviewed and please be involved in a discussion - you might consider subscribing to notifications on the page of the PR.
Step 5: Don’t stop
Congratulations! Hopefully, your PR was merged and now you are a proud contributor. We thank you for that. But there are still a lot of things to do. Return to the 2nd step and start the journey again.
Acknowledgements this guide was drafted by @eliasnema and is inspired by the Mozilla Contributing Guide