Anyone is welcome to contribute through the official repository on github:
git clone -b dev https://github.com/ntop/ntopng.git
If you want to contribute with a patch, the first step to get it in the main tree is to run the regression tests included in the ntopng source code.
Please check the official GitHub documentation for instructions for sending Pull Requests:
After the submission the ntop core team will review the patches to make sure they are well written and do the right things. If everything goes well, patches are applied to the dev branch and will be included in the nightly builds.
It is recommended to also enable the runtime memory leak detector based on the clang sanitizer when running the tests. This would check both memory errors and leaks (with no performance overhead).
In order to enable the sanitizer, please compile ntopng as below.
cd ntopng
./autogen.sh
./configure --with-sanitizer
make
This will report at the end of each test any memory leak or bad memory access, if any.