Community & Support

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community & Contribution

JuliaOS is an open-source project, and we welcome contributions from the community! Whether you're a developer, a researcher, or an enthusiast in decentralized technologies, AI, and blockchain, there are many ways to get involved.

Join Our Community

The primary hub for the JuliaOS community is our GitHub repository:

• GitHub Repository: https://github.com/Juliaoscode/JuliaOS

  • Issues: Report bugs, request features, or discuss specific technical challenges.

  • Discussions: (Consider enabling GitHub Discussions) For broader questions, ideas, and community conversations.

  • Pull Requests: Contribute code, documentation, and improvements.

Ways to Contribute

We appreciate all forms of contributions, including but not limited to:

• 💻 Code Contributions:

  • Implementing new features for agents, swarms, or neural network capabilities.

  • Adding support for new blockchains or bridges.

  • Improving existing code, performance, or security.

  • Writing unit and integration tests.

  • Developing new use cases or example applications.

• 📖 Documentation:

  • Improving existing documentation for clarity and completeness.

  • Writing new tutorials or guides.

  • Adding examples to the API reference.

  • Translating documentation.

• 🐞 Bug Reports & Testing:

  • Identifying and reporting bugs with clear reproduction steps.

  • Helping test new releases and features.

• 💡 Ideas & Feedback:

  • Suggesting new features or enhancements.

  • Providing feedback on the project's direction and usability.

• ** evangelism & Advocacy:**

  • Spreading the word about JuliaOS.

  • Writing blog posts or creating videos about your experiences with JuliaOS.

Getting Started with Contributions

1. Set Up Your Environment: Follow the Quick Start
2. Find an Issue: Browse the GitHub Issues page. Look for issues tagged with good first issue or help wanted if you're new.
3. Discuss Your Plans: For new features or significant changes, it's a good idea to open an issue first to discuss your ideas with the maintainers and community.

4. Contribution Workflow:

   • Fork the JuliaOS repository to your own GitHub account.
   • Create a new branch for your changes (e.g., git checkout -b feature/my-new-feature or fix/bug-description).

   • Make your changes, adhering to any coding style guidelines (to be defined, see below).

   • Write or update tests for your changes.

   • Commit your changes with clear and descriptive commit messages.

   • Push your branch to your fork on GitHub.

   • Open a Pull Request (PR) against the main or appropriate development branch of the Juliaoscode/JuliaOS repository.

   • Clearly describe the changes in your PR and link to any relevant issues.

   • Be responsive to feedback and participate in the review process.

Contribution Guidelines

We are in the process of formalizing our contribution guidelines. In the meantime, please aim for:

• Clear Code: Write readable and maintainable code. Add comments where necessary.

• Testing: Include tests for new functionality and bug fixes.

• Commit Messages: Write clear and concise commit messages (e.g., following Conventional Commits).

We plan to create a CONTRIBUTING.md file with detailed guidelines soon.

Code of Conduct

We are committed to fostering an open, welcoming, and inclusive community. All contributors and participants are expected to adhere to a Code of Conduct. We plan to adopt and publish a CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md file (e.g., based on the Contributor Covenant) in the near future.