Kontalk is a community project and therefore relies on contributions.
There are several ways to contribute to Kontalk, even if you are not a
programmer. There are a lot of things to do. Really a lot.
Like all humans, we are not perfect. As software is written by humans, it is not perfect either. Bugs can happen. We don't have a testing team and we mainly rely on automed tests (still covering a tiny part of the app though) and automated crash reports. You can help by reporting issues and malfunctions on GitHub issue tracking system.
Pull requests are very welcome! Here a simple set of rules to make your patch accepted more quickly:
- It should contain just one thing/feature/fix/whatever
- Summarize the contents of the patch in the pull request description
- Go into specific details in commit messages
- Try to squash working commits into one or more significant commits
- Use our editorconfig rules
- Give it a
./gradlew :app:checkstyleto be sure everything is nice
If you don't know what patch to contribute, you may start by looking at issues labeled with help wanted or good first issue.
Translating this awesome app is also a way of contributing. You know your mother tongue better than anyone else and here is your chance to make Kontalk even a better app, in your own language. You may create an account on our translation portal and start translating right away!
Our forum is a place full of people sharing your interest for Kontalk. There you will find us (the developers) and other users that can help you discuss issues, ideas, new features.