Set up your project for contributions
About community management and moderation
GitHub offers tools that help repository maintainers establish and enforce standards of behavior in their communities on GitHub.
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About community profiles for public repositories
Repository maintainers can review their public repository's community profile to learn how they can help grow their community and support contributors. Contributors can view a public repository's community profile to see if they want to contribute to the project.
Create issue and pull request templates
About issue and pull request templates
With issue and pull request templates, you can customize and standardize the information you'd like contributors to include when they open issues and pull requests in your repository.
Document your project with wikis
About wikis
You can host documentation for your repository in a wiki, so that others can use and contribute to your project.
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Accessing a project's community profile
View a public repository's community profile to check on a project's health and decide if you want to contribute.
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Adding a code of conduct to your project
Adopt a code of conduct to define community standards, signal a welcoming and inclusive project, and outline procedures for handling abuse.
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Adding a license to a repository
You can include an open source license in your repository to make it easier for other people to contribute.
Document your project with wikis
Adding or editing wiki pages
You can add and edit wiki pages directly on GitHub or locally using the command line.
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Adding support resources to your project
You can create a SUPPORT file to let people know about ways to get help with your project.